Quotes About Potential

a person's true potential is unknown (and unknowable); that it's impossible to foresee what can be accomplished with years of passion, toil, and training.

With his growth mindset, he asked, " How can I teach them?" not " Can I teach them?" And " How will they learn best?" not " Can they learn?

The fixed mindset says yes. You can simply measure the fixed ability right now and project it into the future. Just give the test or ask the expert.

For in the world of the fixed mindset, there is no way to become an Eagle. If you were a true Eagle, you would have aced the test and been hailed as an Eagle at once.

That's belief that partners have the potential for change should not be confused with the belief that the partner will change. The partner has to want to change, commit to change, and take concrete actions toward change.

In the growth mindset, it's almost inconceivable to want something badly, to think you have a chance to achieve it, and then do nothing about it. When it happens, the "I could have been" is heartbreaking, not comforting.

Esto es lo que eso significa: solo porque algunas personas puedan hacer bien algo sin necesidad de esforzarse, eso no significa que no lo puedan hacer otros con entrenamiento (y a veces, incluso mejor). Esto es muy importante, porque hay muchísima gente con mentalidad fija que cree que el rendimiento temprano de alguien ya te dice todo lo que hay que saber sobre su talento y su futuro.

It can't be fun when your claim to fame, your special talent, is in jeopardy. Here's Adam Guettel: "I wish I could just have fun and relax and not have the responsibility of that potential to be some kind of great man . As with the kids in our study, the burden of talent was killing his enjoyment.

You can look back and say, "I could have been…," polishing your unused endowments like trophies. Or you can look back and say, "I gave my all for the things I valued." Think about what you want to look back and say. Then choose your mindset.

As a child I was a member of The Gifted Child Society and continually praised for my intelligence. Now, after a lifetime of not living up to my potential (I'm 49), I'm learning to apply myself to a task. And also to see failure not as a sign of stupidity but as lack of experience and skill. Your chapter helped see myself in a new light.

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.

What any person in the world can learn, almost all persons can learn, if provided with the appropriate prior and current conditions of learning.

Y yo no me voy a rendir; no voy a dejar que te rindas. Si te quedas sentado apoyándote contra la pared todo el día, acabarás por apoyarte en algo o en alguien toda tu vida. Y la genialidad que hay en ti se irá a la basura.

They forget the yet. Isn't that what school is for, to teach? They're there to learn how to do these things, not because they already know everything.

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.

Was Wooden a genius, a magician able to turn mediocre players into champions? Actually, he admits that in terms of basketball tactics and strategies, he was quite average. What he was really good at was analyzing and motivating his players. With these skills he was able to help his players fulfill their potential, not just in basketballl - but in life. Something he found even more rewarding than winning games.

Por cierto, la mentalidad de crecimiento no te fuerza a dedicarte a nada; simplemente te dice que puedes desarrollar tus habilidades. De nuevo eres tú quien tiene que decidir si quieres hacerlo o no.

Here's what this means: 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. This is so important, because many, many people with the fixed mindset think that someone's early performance tells you all you need to know about their talent and their future.

La mentalidad de crecimiento es la creencia de que las habilidades pueden cultivarse, pero no te dice cuánto cambio es posible ni cuánto tiempo requerirá. Y tampoco significa que todo, como las preferencias o los valores, pueda cambiarse.

The way to free ourselves of shadow possession is to awaken our heroic potential.

The natural way to activate inner potential is to shine the light of consciousness upon it.

A thought comes into her head: that lately she doesn't ask herself what is possible, but rather what possibilities remain.

The power of the human mind is a wondrous thing. Even now, we can only begin to imagine what it is capable of.

There is no better boost in the present than an invitation to the future.