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...when people already know they're deficient, they have nothing to lose by trying.
Carol S. Dweck
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Carol S. Dweck
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: October 17
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Picture your brain forming new connections as you meet the challenge and learn. Keep on going.
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Did I win? Did I lose? Those are the wrong questions. The correct question is: Did I make my best effort?” If so, he says, “You may be outscored but you will never lose.
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The wrong kind of praise creates self-defeating behavior. The right kind motivates students to learn.
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Why seek out the tried and true, instead of experiences that will stretch you?
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You have to work hardest for the things you love most.
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Just because some people can do something with little or no training, it doesn't mean that others can't do it (and sometimes do it even better) with training.
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Effort is one of those things that gives meaning to life. Effort means you care about something, that something is important to you and you are willing to work for it.
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No matter what your current ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.
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Your failures and misfortunes don't threaten other people. . .It's your assets and your successes that are problems for people who derive their self-esteem from being superior.
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What did you learn today? What mistake did you make that taught you something? What did you try hard at today?
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Wow, that's a really good score. You must have worked really hard.
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If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning. That way, their children don’t have to be slaves of praise. They will have a lifelong way to build and repair their own confidence.
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The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it's not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset.
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When you enter a mindset, you enter a new world. In one world (the world of fixed traits) success is about proving you’re smart or talented. Validating yourself. In the other (the world of changing qualities) it’s about stretching yourself to learn something new. Developing yourself.
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