Quotes About Learning

I don't mind losing as long as I see improvement or I feel I've done as well as I possibly could.

Mindset change is not about picking up a few pointers here and there. It's about seeing things in a new way. When people...change to a growth mindset, they change from a judge-and-be-judged framework to a learn-and-help-learn framework. Their commitment is to growth, and growth take plenty of time, effort, and mutual support.

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

What ANY person in the world can learn, almost ALL people in the world can learn. If provided with proper learning conditions.

Beware of success. It can knock you into a fixed mindset.

When you learn new things, these tiny connections in the brain actually multiply and get stronger. The more that you challenge your mind to learn, the more your brain cells grow. Then, things that you once found very hard or even impossible- like speaking a foreign language or doing algebra- seem to become easy. The result is a stronger, smarter brain.

I'm a reference librarian. I have a master's degree in prying.

the path is more important than the goal

Practice Makes Perfect I'll know better next time Than to even begin; Everything's easier on the second try-- Especially sin.

I'm committed to universal health coverage and education.

when people already know they're deficient, they have nothing to lose by trying.

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.

Don't judge. Teach. It's a learning process.

John Wooden, the legendary basketball coach, says you aren't a failure until you start to blame. What he means is that you can still be in the process of learning from your mistakes until you deny them.

Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better?

I derive just as much happiness from the process as from the results.

The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it's not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset. This is the mindset that allows people to thrive during some of the most challenging times in their lives.

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 it it's unflattering. What's more, if you're oriented toward learning, as they are, you need accurate information about your current abilities in order to learn effectively

All kids misbehave. Research shows that normal young children misbehave every three minutes. Does it become an occasion for judgement of their character or an occasion for teaching?

remarkable thing I've learned from my research is that in the growth mindset, you don't always need confidence. What I mean is that even when you think you're not good at something, you can still plunge into it wholeheartedly and stick to it. Actually, sometimes you plunge into something because you're not good at it.

Finding #2: Those with the growth mindset found setbacks motivating. They're informative. They're a wake-up call.

If you had to choose, which would it be? Loads of success and validation or lots of challenge?

Becoming is better than being." The fixed mindset does not allow people the luxury of becoming. They have to already be.

What on earth would make someone a nonlearner? Everyone is born with an intense drive to learn. Infants stretch their skills daily. Not just ordinary skills, but the most difficult tasks of a lifetime, like learning to walk and talk. They never decide it's too hard or not worth the effort. Babies don't worry about making mistakes or humiliating themselves. They walk, they fall, they get