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
If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
With a fixed mindset, you're so worried about how smart or talented you are, you don't take on challenges. You don't try… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
When I was in graduate school, I became very interested in why some kids took on challenges and were able to bounce… — 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
I've always been interested, since graduate school, in why some children wilt and shrink back from challenges and give up in the… — 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
What we found was that the greater proportion of process praise, the more likely the child was to have a mindset five… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
I open 'Mindset' with examples of kids who thrive on difficult challenges. — 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 Image
...when people already know they're deficient, they have nothing to lose by trying. — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
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 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 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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
