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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.

Carol S. Dweck

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Carol S. Dweck
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: October 17
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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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Failure is information-we label it failure, but it's more like, 'This didn't work, I'm a problem solver, and I'll try something else.'
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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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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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This is hard. This is fun.
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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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You have to work hardest for the things you love most.
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Wow, that's a really good score. You must have worked really hard.
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Research shows that normal young children misbehave every three minutes.
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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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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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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.
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Why seek out the tried and true, instead of experiences that will stretch you?
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The wrong kind of praise creates self-defeating behavior. The right kind motivates students to learn.
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