Sublime

All of these people had character. None of them thought they were special people, born with the right to win.

Dr. Carol Dweck, professor at Stanford University, we have a mind-set problem. Dweck has done an enormous amount of research to understand what makes someone give up in the face of adversity versus strive to overcome it.

When we teach people the growth mindset, with its focus on development, these ideas about challenge and effort follow.

the most reliable predictor for long-term success is having a “growth mindset.”

Even when experts are willing to recognize the role of the mind, they continue to insist that it’s all innate!

Dweck came to see that some students aim at performance goals, while others strive toward learning goals.

In the fixed mindset, however, the loss of one’s self to failure can be a permanent, haunting trauma.

In short, people who believe in fixed traits feel an urgency to succeed, and when they do, they may feel more than pride.