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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
This growth mindset is based on the belief that your basic qualities are things you can cultivate through your efforts, your strategies, and help from others. Although people may differ in every which way—in their initial talents and aptitudes, interests, or temperaments—everyone can change and grow through application and experience.
from Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck
Michael Henein added 9mo ago
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.
from Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck
Michael Henein added 9mo ago
Believing that your qualities are carved in stone—the fixed mindset—creates an urgency to prove yourself over and over.
from Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck
Michael Henein added 9mo ago
Picture your brain forming new connections as you meet the challenge and learn.
from Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck
Michael Henein added 9mo ago
You have to work hardest for the things you love most.
from Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck
Michael Henein added 9mo ago
However, lurking behind that self-esteem of the fixed mindset is a simple question: If you’re somebody when you’re successful, what are you when you’re unsuccessful?
from Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck
Michael Henein added 9mo ago
The other thing exceptional people seem to have is a special talent for converting life’s setbacks into future successes.
from Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck
Michael Henein added 9mo ago
for no matter what your ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.
from Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck
Michael Henein added 9mo ago
Did I do it for the success, or did I do it because I thought the effort itself was valid?
from Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck
Michael Henein added 9mo ago