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We like to think of our champions and idols as superheroes who were born different from us. We don’t like to think of them as relatively ordinary people who made themselves extraordinary.
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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I don’t mind losing as long as I see improvement or I feel I’ve done as well as I possibly could.
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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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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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Vowing, even intense vowing, is often useless. The next day comes and the next day goes. What works is making a vivid, concrete plan.
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It’s for you to decide whether change is right for you right now. Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t. But either way keep the growth mindset in your thoughts then when you bump up against obstacles you can turn to it, it will always be there for you showing you a path into the future.
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For twenty years, my research has shown that the view you adopt for yourself profoundly affects the way you lead your life. It can determine whether you become the person you want to be and whether you accomplish the things you value.
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Choosing a partner is choosing a set of problems. There are no problem-free candidates.
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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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You have to work hardest for the things you love most.
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...when people already know they're deficient, they have nothing to lose by trying.
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Wow, that's a really good score. You must have worked really hard.
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