Quotes from Carol S. Dweck

Nothing ventured, nothing gained" and "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again" or "Rome wasn't built in a day.

In the growth mindset, it's almost inconceivable to want something badly, to think you have a chance to achieve it, and then do nothing about it.

Binet recognized, it's not always the people who start out the smartest who end up the smartest.

Who cared about or enjoyed learning when our whole being was at stake every time she gave us a test or called on us in class?

I don't divide the world into the weak and the strong, or the success and the failures. I divide the world into the learners and non-learners. – Benjamin Barber

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. How

But those with the fixed mindset didn't want to expose their deficiencies. Instead, to feel smart in the short run, they

If, like those with the growth mindset, you believe you can develop yourself, then you're open to accurate information about your current abilities, even if it's unflattering.

You mean I don't have to be dumb?

With practice, training, and above all, method, we manage to increase our attention, our memory, our judgment and literally to become more intelligent than we were before.

In her book Gifted Children, Ellen Winner offers incredible descriptions of prodigies. These are children who seem to be born with heightened abilities and obsessive interests, and who, through relentless pursuit of these interests, become amazingly accomplished.

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.

Instead of letting the experience define him, he took control of it. He used it to become a better player and, he believes, a

You have to apply yourself each day to becoming a little better. By applying yourself to the task of becoming a little better each and every day over a period of time, you will become a lot better." He

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. Why not? To me that is so much more amazing.

You have to apply yourself each day to becoming a little better. By applying yourself to the task of becoming a little better each and every day over a period of time, you will become a lot better.

With his growth mindset, he asked, " How can I teach them?" not " Can I teach them?" And " How will they learn best?" not " Can they learn?

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again" or "Rome wasn't built in a day.

Did I win? Did I lose? Those are the wrong questions. The correct question is: Did I make my best effort?

Con frecuencia, un buen negociador es aquel que comprende los intereses de la otra persona e intenta servirlos también.

his extreme love of learning and challenge.

It's no wonder that many adolescents mobilize their resources, not for learning, but to protect their egos. And

The fixed mindset says yes. You can simply measure the fixed ability right now and project it into the future. Just give the test or ask the expert.

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.