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
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
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
“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
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
“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
