Quotes from Carol S. Dweck

So in the fixed mindset, both positive and negative labels can mess with your mind. When you're given a positive label, you're afraid of losing it, and when you're hit with a negative label, you're afraid of deserving it.

You can always substantially change how intelligent you are.

This growth mindset is based on the belief that your basic qualities are things you can cultivate through your efforts, your strategies, and help from others. Although people may differ in every which way—in their initial talents and aptitudes, interests, or temperaments—everyone can change and grow through application and experience.

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.

I think intelligence is something you have to work for … it isn't just given to you….

When you're lying on your deathbed, one of the cool things to say is, 'I really explored myself.' This sense of urgency was instilled when my mom died. If you only go through life doing stuff that's easy, shame on you." So

I've seen so many people with this one consuming goal of proving themselves—in the classroom, in their careers, and in their relationships. Every situation calls for a confirmation of their intelligence, personality, or character. Every situation is evaluated: Will I succeed or fail? Will I look smart or dumb? Will I be accepted or rejected? Will I feel like a winner or a loser?

Do people with this mindset believe that anyone can be anything, that anyone with proper motivation or education can become Einstein or Beethoven? No, but they believe that a person's true potential is unknown (and unknowable); that it's impossible to foresee what can be accomplished with years of passion, toil, and training.

Put yourself in a growth mindset. Picture your brain forming new connections as you meet the challenge and learn. Keep on going.

mindset was more important than talent.

Wow, you got [say] eight right. That's a really good score. You must have worked really hard." They were not made to feel that they had some special gift; they were praised for doing what it takes to succeed.

All at once, she understood what a champion was: someone who could raise their level of play when they needed to. When the match is on the line, they suddenly "get around three times tougher.

Robert Sternberg, the present-day guru of intelligence, writes that the major factor in whether people achieve expertise "is not some fixed prior ability, but purposeful engagement

Le enseñó que «hay una línea muy fina entre la confianza en uno mismo y la soberbia.

Lo que aprendió fue que la auténtica confianza en uno mismo es «el valor de estar abierto, de darle la bienvenida a los cambios y a las nuevas ideas, independientemente de donde vengan».

they operated on the fixed-mindset premise that great geniuses do not need great teams. They just need little helpers to carry out their brilliant ideas. Don't forget that these great geniuses don't want great teams, either. Fixed-mindset people want to be the only big fish so that when they compare themselves to those around them, they can feel a cut above the rest.

Algo importante que he aprendido en mi investigación es que con la mentalidad de crecimiento no siempre se necesita tener confianza.

En realidad, si te sumerges de cabeza en algo es porque no lo dominas. Esto es un rasgo maravilloso de la mentalidad de crecimiento: no tienes que pensar que ya eres excelente en algo que quieras hacer y que disfrutas haciendo.

Those with the growth mindset were the ones who showed the most character or heart. They were the ones who had the minds of champions

growth mindset is based on the belief that your basic qualities are things you can cultivate through your efforts, your strategies, and help from others. Although people may differ in every which way—in their initial talents and aptitudes, interests, or temperaments—everyone can change and grow through application and experience.

the growth mindset tend to cope—with determination.

What works is making a vivid, concrete plan: "Tomorrow during my break, I'll get a cup of tea, close the door to my office, and call the graduate school." Or, in another case: "On Wednesday morning, right after I get up and brush my teeth, I'll sit at my desk and start writing my report.

Yesterday they were hotshots; today they're failures. Here's what happens. They look at the faculty with our long list of publications. "Oh my God, I can't do that." They look at the advanced students who are submitting articles for publication and writing grant proposals. "Oh my God, I can't do that." They know how to take tests and get A's but they don't know how to do this—yet. They forget the yet.

Ahora la forma establecida de fomentar la productividad era por medio de la orientación, no por medio del terror. Premiaba el trabajo de equipo más que