
Mindset
Psychology
Carol Dweck
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30 in total- One day, my students sat me down and ordered me to write this book.
- These children were my role models. They obviously knew something I didn’t and I was determined to figure it out—to understand the kind of mindset that could turn a failure into a gift.
- What are the consequences of thinking that your intelligence or personality is something you can develop, as opposed to something that is a fixed, deep-seated trait?
- Believing that your qualities are carved in stone—the fixed mindset—creates an urgency to prove yourself over and over.
- In this mindset, the hand you’re dealt is just the starting point for development.
- Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better?
- In one world—the world of fixed traits—success is about proving you’re smart or talented. Validating yourself.
- You can always change basic things about the kind of person you are.
- The bigger the challenge, the more they stretch.
- Believing that your qualities are carved in stone—the fixed mindset—creates an urgency to prove yourself over and over.
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