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Why seek out the tried and true, instead of experiences that will stretch you?
Carol S. Dweck
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Carol S. Dweck
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: October 17
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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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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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No matter what your current ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.
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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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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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This is hard. This is fun.
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...when people already know they're deficient, they have nothing to lose by trying.
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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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Praising children’s intelligence harms their motivation and it harms their performance.
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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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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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