You can't just declare that you have a growth mindset. Growth mindset is hard. — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
Why seek out the tried and true, instead of experiences that will stretch you? — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
What can I learn from this? What will I do next time I'm in this situation? — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
...when people already know they're deficient, they have nothing to lose by trying. — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
You’re in charge of your mind. You can help it grow by using it in the right way. — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better? — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
The whole point of marriage is to encourage your partner's development and have them encourage yours. — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
As the growth mindset has become more popular and taken hold, we are beginning to find that there are pitfalls. Many educators… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
“Learning the nuts and bolts of the company could later give you a big advantage. All of our top growth-mindset CEOs knew… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
Just because some people can do something with little or no training, it doesn't mean that others can't do it (and sometimes… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
Effort is one of those things that gives meaning to life. Effort means you care about something, that something is important to… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
When entire companies embrace a growth mindset, their employees report feeling far more empowered and committed; they also receive far greater organizational… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
Chinese culture is already telling children to work hard. That's not growth mindset because they're working hard for the product, not for… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
In a growth mindset, challenges are exciting rather than threatening. So rather than thinking, oh, I'm going to reveal my weaknesses, you… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
“It’s the parents who respond to their children’s setbacks with interest and treat them as opportunities for learning who are transmitting a… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
People often confuse a growth mindset with being flexible or open-minded or with having a positive outlook - qualities they believe they've… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
When you enter a mindset, you enter a new world. In one world (the world of fixed traits) success is about proving… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
“It’s the parents who respond to their children’s setbacks with interest and treat them as opportunities for learning who are transmitting a… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
This point is . . . crucial,” writes Dweck. “In the fixed mindset, everything is about the outcome. If you fail —… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
With a growth mindset, kids don't necessarily think that there's no such thing as talent or that everyone is the same, but… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
We're finding that many parents endorse a growth mindset, but they still respond to their children's errors, setbacks or failures as though… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
For twenty years, my research has shown that the view you adopt for yourself profoundly affects the way you lead your life.… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
Do you think it is possible to increase your intellectual ability? For decades, I have studied the power of this belief to… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better? Why hide deficiencies instead of… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
“Is there something in your past that you think measured you? A test score? A dishonest or callous action? Being fired from… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
Choosing a partner is choosing a set of problems. There are no problem-free candidates. — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
Important achievements require a clear focus, all-out effort, and a bottomless trunk full of strategies. Plus allies in learning. — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
Did I win? Did I lose? Those are the wrong questions. The correct question is: Did I make my best effort?” If… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
“growth mindset: a zest for teaching and learning, an openness to giving and receiving feedback, and an ability to confront and surmount… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
The best thing parents can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
You try something, it doesn't work, and maybe people even criticize you. In a fixed mindset, you say, 'I tried this, it's… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
Your failures and misfortunes don't threaten other people. . .It's your assets and your successes that are problems for people who derive… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
“Every lapse doesn’t spell doom. It’s like anything else in the growth mindset. It’s a reminder that you’re an unfinished human being… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
More and more research is suggesting that, far from being simply encoded in the genes, much of personality is a flexible and… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
Test scores and measures of achievement tell you where a student is, but they don't tell you where a student could end… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
“tune in to the messages you’re sending. Are they messages that say: You have permanent traits and I’m judging them? Or are they messages… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share
...when people already know they're deficient, they have nothing to lose by trying. — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share
Most experts and great leaders agree that leaders are made, not born, and that they are made through their own drive for learning and… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share
Why seek out the tried and true, instead of experiences that will stretch you? — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share
What can I learn from this? What will I do next time I'm in this situation? — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share
When we praise children for their intelligence, we tell them that this is the name of the game: Look smart; don't risk making mistakes. — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share
We're not saying people don't need fuel for strenuous work; they just don't need it constantly. People have many more resources at hand than… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share
“What on earth would make someone a nonlearner? Everyone is born with an intense drive to learn. Infants stretch their skills daily. Not just… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share
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. — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share
The whole point of marriage is to encourage your partner's development and have them encourage yours. — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share
“When people with the fixed mindset opt for success over growth, what are they really trying to prove? That they’re special. Even superior.” — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share
