Quotes About Challenges

Reality is, there is almost always something going wrong. Hard times are normal.

How many worlds make up a life!

Families, oh, you know, I mean, they're the ones who ought to be in the closet. They're so embarrassing.

Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.

We're failing our children with education, we're failing our environment.

The reason that minorities and women don't have a better shot at getting elected to the Senate or to statewide office is because the campaign finance rules are so skewed as to make it very difficult for non-traditional candidates to raise the money necessary to get elected.

Life is just a lot of everyday adventures.

Yes, he was depressed, but he was coping the way people in the growth mindset tend to cope—with determination.

When Do You Feel Smart: When You're Flawless or When You're Learning?

In the fixed mindset, setbacks label you.

What eventually set him apart was his mindset and drive. He never stopped being the curious, tinkering boy looking for new challenges.

Picture your ideal love relationship. Does it involve perfect compatibility—no disagreements, no compromises, no hard work? Please think again. In every relationship, issues arise. Try to see them from a growth mindset: Problems can be a vehicle for developing greater understanding and intimacy. Allow your partner to air his or her differences, listen carefully, and discuss them in a patient and caring manner. You may be surprised

We also know that there is a mindset that helps people cope well with setbacks, points them to good strategies, and leads them to act in their best interest.

Yet it's been clear to me for a long time that different students handle depression in dramatically different ways. Some let everything slide. Others, though feeling wretched, hang on. They drag themselves to class, keep up with their work, and take care of themselves -- so that when they feel better, their lives are intact.

However, this point is crucial: The growth mindset does allow people to love what they're doing -- and to continue to love it in the face of difficulties.

The more depressed people with the growth mindset felt, the more they took action to confront their problems, the more they made sure to keep up with their schoolwork, and the more they kept up with their lives. The worse they felt, the more determined they became!

When I was a young researcher, just starting out, something happened that changed my life. I was obsessed with understanding how people cope with failures, and I decided to study it by watching how students grapple with hard problems.

As soon as children become able to evaluate themselves, some of them become afraid of challenges. They become afraid of not being smart.

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.

Por qué perder el tiempo demostrando una y otra vez lo bueno que eres, cuando podrías invertir esa energía en ser aún mejor? ¿Por qué ocultar las deficiencias, en lugar de superarlas? ¿Por qué rodearte solo de amigos o compañeros que alimenten tu autoestima en lugar de abrirte a otros que te reten a crecer? ¿Y por qué ir por el camino trillado en lugar de arriesgarte a vivir experiencias enriquecedoras?

When we taught people the growth mindset, it completely changed the way they reacted to their depressed mood. The worse they felt, the more motivated they became and the more the confronted the problems that faced them.

Iacocca lived the fixed mindset. Although he started out loving the car business and having breakthrough ideas, his need to prove his superiority started to dominate, eventually killing his enjoyment and stifling his creativity. 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.

Relationship expert David Wile says that choosing a partner is choosing a set of problems. There are no problem-free candidates. The trick is to acknowledge each other's limitations, and build from there.

This point is also crucial. In the fixed mindset, everything is about the outcome. If you fail—or if you're not the best—it's all been wasted. The growth mindset allows people to value what they're doing regardless of the outcome. They're tackling problems, charting new courses, working on important issues. Maybe they haven't found the cure for cancer, but the search was deeply meaningful.