How to Improve Learning & Performance by Developing a Growth Mindset
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How to Improve Learning & Performance by Developing a Growth Mindset
Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better? Why hide deficiencies instead of overcoming them? Why look for friends or partners who will just shore up your self-esteem instead of ones who will also challenge you to grow? And why seek out the tried and true, instead of experiences that will stretch you? T... See more
Carol Dweck • Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
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.
Carol S. Dweck • Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
We can appreciate them as much as we want for the growth-oriented process—what they accomplished through practice, study, persistence, and good strategies.
Carol S. Dweck • Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Parents think they can hand children permanent confidence—like a gift—by praising their brains and talent. It doesn’t work, and in fact has the opposite effect. It makes children doubt themselves as soon as anything is hard or anything goes wrong. If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children t... See more