Quotes About Learning

You can always substantially change how intelligent you are.

Just because some people can do something with little or no training, it doesn't mean that others can't do it (and sometimes do it even better) with training.

I think intelligence is something you have to work for … it isn't just given to you….

Put yourself in a growth mindset. Picture your brain forming new connections as you meet the challenge and learn. Keep on going.

mindset was more important than talent.

Wow, you got [say] eight right. That's a really good score. You must have worked really hard." They were not made to feel that they had some special gift; they were praised for doing what it takes to succeed.

Robert Sternberg, the present-day guru of intelligence, writes that the major factor in whether people achieve expertise "is not some fixed prior ability, but purposeful engagement

Lo que aprendió fue que la auténtica confianza en uno mismo es «el valor de estar abierto, de darle la bienvenida a los cambios y a las nuevas ideas, independientemente de donde vengan».

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.

the growth mindset tend to cope—with determination.

Yesterday they were hotshots; today they're failures. Here's what happens. They look at the faculty with our long list of publications. "Oh my God, I can't do that." They look at the advanced students who are submitting articles for publication and writing grant proposals. "Oh my God, I can't do that." They know how to take tests and get A's but they don't know how to do this—yet. They forget the yet.

When bosses become controlling and abusive, they put everyone into a fixed mindset. This means that instead of learning, growing, and moving the company forward, everyone starts worrying about being judged. It starts with the bosses' worry about being judged, but it winds up being everybody's fear about being judged. It's hard for courage and innovation to survive a company wide fixed mindset.

Me emocionó escuchar recientemente que Haim Ginott, a través del trabajo de toda su vida con los niños, llegó a la misma conclusión: «El elogio no debería ser sobre los atributos personales del niño, sino sobre su esfuerzo y sus logros».

They don't talk royalty. They talk journey. An inclusive, learning-filled, rollicking journey.

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

parents, teachers, and coaches pass on a growth mindset not by having a belief sitting in their heads but by embodying a growth mindset in their deeds: the way they praise (conveying the processes that lead to learning), the way they treat setbacks (as opportunities for learning), and the way they focus on deepening understanding (as the goal of learning).

read Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain.

Cuando crees que tus cualidades básicas pueden desarrollarse, puede que los fracasos también te duelan, pero no te identificarás con ellos. Los fracasos no te definirán. Y si las habilidades pueden desarrollarse –si son posibles el cambio y el crecimiento–, eso significa que todavía existen muchos caminos hacia el éxito.

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.

part of an organization that wants to help you grow,

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.

everyone can change and grow through application and experience.