...when people already know they're deficient, they have nothing to lose by trying. — 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
Choosing a partner is choosing a set of problems. There are no problem-free candidates. — 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
“When people with the fixed mindset opt for success over growth, what are they really trying to prove? That they’re special. Even… — 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
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
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
The whole point of marriage is to encourage your partner's development and have them encourage yours. — 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
The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it's not going well, is the hallmark of the… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
Everyone is a mixture of fixed and growth mindsets. You could have a predominant growth mindset in an area, but there can… — 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… — 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
This point is . . . crucial,” writes Dweck. “In the fixed mindset, everything is about the outcome. If you fail —… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
Business leaders who openly acknowledge people's concerns about becoming obsolete and who invest resources in workers' growth can help create a nation… — 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
It’s for you to decide whether change is right for you right now. Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t. But either way… — 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
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
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
Vowing, even intense vowing, is often useless. The next day comes and the next day goes. What works is making a vivid,… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
You can't just declare that you have a growth mindset. Growth mindset is hard. — 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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
Creating organizations that value a growth mindset can create contexts in which more people grow into the knowledgeable, visionary, and responsible leaders… — 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 someone endorses a fixed mindset, it can limit them, even if they're successful at the moment, because if they start struggling… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
What did you learn today? What mistake did you make that taught you something? What did you try hard at today? — 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 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
