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You have to work hardest for the things you love most.
Carol S. Dweck
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Carol S. Dweck
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: October 17
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The wrong kind of praise creates self-defeating behavior. The right kind motivates students to learn.
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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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The best thing parents can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning.
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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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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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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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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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Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better?
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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 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 people already know they're deficient, they have nothing to lose by trying.
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Praising children’s intelligence harms their motivation and it harms their performance.
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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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