Quotes About Attitude

And what's so heroic, they would say, about having a gift?

there's only a razor's edge between self-confidence and hubris.

For twenty years, my research has shown that the view you adopt for yourself profoundly affects the way you lead your life.

Think about effort as a positive constructive force, not as a big drag.

I said to David, "You know, in France, when they're nice to you, you feel like you've passed a test. But in Italy, there is no test.

As a New York Times article points out, failure has been transformed from an action (I failed) to an identity (I am a failure). This is especially true in the fixed mindset.

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.

In fact, every word and action can send a message. It tells children—or students, or athletes—how to think about themselves. It can be a fixed-mindset message that says: You have permanent traits and I'm judging them. Or it can be a growth-mindset message that says: You are a developing person and I am committed to your development.

However, lurking behind that self-esteem of the fixed mindset is a simple question: If you're somebody when you're successful, what are you when you're unsuccessful?

Beware of success. It can knock you into a fixed mindset: "I won because I have talent. Therefore I will keep winning." Success can infect a team or it can infect an individual.

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? Let's first look in on the age-old, fiercely waged debate about human nature and then return to the question of what these beliefs mean for you.

For thirty 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 does this happen? How can a simple belief have the power to transform your psychology and, as a result, your life?

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.

mindset was more important than talent.

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

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

the growth mindset tend to cope—with determination.

Quién dice que los elefantes no pueden bailar?

Mrs. Collins, if we do not learn and work hard, we will take an Icarian flight to nowhere.

But if your claim to fame is not having any deficiencies - if you're considered a genius, a talent, or a natural - then you have a lot to lose. Effort can reduce you.

You don't have to have one mindset or the other to be upset. Who wouldn't be? Things like a poor grade or a rebuff from a friend or loved one -- these are not fun events. No one was smacking their lips with relish. Yet those people with the growth mindset were not labeling themselves and throwing up their hands. Even though they felt distressed, they were ready to take the risks, confront the challenges, and keep working at them.