Quotes from Carol S. Dweck

The fixed mindset stands in the way of development and change. The growth mindset is a starting point for change,

When you're lying on your deathbed, one of the cool things to say is, 'I really explored myself.' T

In the fixed mindset, imperfections are shameful - especially if you're talented - so they lied them away.

El esfuerzo es para aquellos que no tienen la capacidad. La gente con mentalidad fija nos dice: «Si tienes que trabajar mucho, será que no se te da bien», y añade: «Los verdaderos genios no necesitan esforzarse».

Th growth mindset says all of these things can be developed. All- you, your partner, and the relationship - are capable of growth and change. In the fixed mindset, the ideal is instant, perfect, and perpetual compatibility. Like it was meant to be. Like riding off into the sunset. Like 'they lived happily ever after.

En lugar de dejar que la experiencia fuera la que lo definiese, la canalizó y la utilizó para convertirse en un mejor jugador y en una mejor persona.

Un esfuerzo rico, educado y con contactos funciona mejor.

Como indica un artículo de The New York Times,32el fracaso ha pasado de ser una acción (yo fracaso) a ser una identidad (yo soy un fracasado). Esto es especialmente cierto en la mentalidad fija.

This student takes practice tests and then lies to him about her score. He is supposed to tutor her on what she doesn't know, but she can't tell him the truth about what she doesn't know!

Antes de juzgar, recordemos que el esfuerzo no lo es todo, y que hay esfuerzos que parten en desventaja.

As time went on and he became less and less responsive to challenges from competitors, he resorted to the key weapons of the fixed mindset—blame, excuses, and the stifling of critics and rivals.

Gran parte de los que tienen mentalidad de crecimiento ni siquiera planean llegar a la cumbre; llegan a ella como resultado de hacer lo que aman.

In my opinion, we chatted back and forth pleasantly through the hour-and-a-half journey, but at the end he said to me, "Thank you for telling me about yourself." It really hit me. He was the dream validator - handsome, intelligent, successful. And that's what I had used him for. I had shown no interest in him as a person, only in him as a mirror of my excellence. Luckily for me, what he mirrored back to me was a far more valuable lesson.

Performance cannot be based on one assessment. You cannot determine the slope of a line given only one point, as there is no line to begin with. A single point in time does not show trends, improvement, lack of effort, or mathematical ability….

Sometimes people with the growth mindset stretch themselves so far that they do the impossible.

Por qué es tan aterrador el esfuerzo? Hay dos razones. Una es que en la mentalidad fija se supone que los grandes genios no lo necesitan,

When stereotypes are evoked, they fill people's mind with distracting thoughts - with secret worries about confirming the stereotype. People usually aren't aware of it, but they don't have enough mental power left to do their best on the test. This doesn't happen to everybody, however. It mainly happens to people who are in a fixed mindset. It's when people are thinking in terms of fixed traits that the stereotypes get to them.

And later, much to the disappointment of his wives, his consuming love remained self-improvement and invention, but only in his field.

Les pones etiquetas a tus hijos? Este es el artista, y ese es el científico. Recuerda la próxima vez que no los estás ayudando, aunque los estés elogiando. Recuerda nuestro estudio en el que elogiar la habilidad de los niños hizo que sus cocientes intelectuales disminuyeran. Encuentra una forma de mentalidad de crecimiento para halagarlos.

Como esse estudo era uma espécie de teste de QI, é possível dizer que elogiar a capacidade reduziu o QI dos alunos, e elogiar o esforço elevou-o.

We know from our studies that people with the fixed mindset do not admit and correct their deficiencies.

Es irónico: la cima es el lugar donde los que tienen mentalidad fija ansían estar, y sin embargo, es el lugar al que llegan –sin buscarlo– muchos de los que tienen mentalidad de crecimiento, simplemente como consecuencia del entusiasmo que sienten por lo que hacen.

people achieve expertise "is not some fixed prior ability, but purposeful engagement.

La mentalidad de crecimiento permite que la gente valore lo que está haciendo sin tener en cuenta el resultado.