Growth Quotes by Carol S. Dweck

Teaching is a wonderful way to learn.

— Carol S. Dweck

A company that cannot self-correct cannot thrive.

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This is hard. This is fun.

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...when people already know they're deficient, they have nothing to lose by trying.

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What can I learn from this? What will I do next time I'm in this situation?

— Carol S. Dweck

Wow, that's a really good score. You must have worked really hard.

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You can't just declare that you have a growth mindset. Growth mindset is hard.

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You’re in charge of your mind. You can help it grow by using it in the right way.

— Carol S. Dweck

The whole point of marriage is to encourage your partner's development and have them encourage yours.

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Choosing a partner is choosing a set of problems. There are no problem-free candidates.

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Just because some people can do something with little or no training, it doesn't mean that others can't do it (and sometimes…

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Effort is one of those things that gives meaning to life. Effort means you care about something, that something is important to…

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Important achievements require a clear focus, all-out effort, and a bottomless trunk full of strategies. Plus allies in learning.

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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

Did I win? Did I lose? Those are the wrong questions. The correct question is: Did I make my best effort?” If…

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Chinese culture is already telling children to work hard. That's not growth mindset because they're working hard for the product, not for…

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When entire companies embrace a growth mindset, their employees report feeling far more empowered and committed; they also receive far greater organizational…

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As the growth mindset has become more popular and taken hold, we are beginning to find that there are pitfalls. Many educators…

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Business leaders who openly acknowledge people's concerns about becoming obsolete and who invest resources in workers' growth can help create a nation…

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This point is . . . crucial,” writes Dweck. “In the fixed mindset, everything is about the outcome. If you fail —…

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With a growth mindset, kids don't necessarily think that there's no such thing as talent or that everyone is the same, but…

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People often confuse a growth mindset with being flexible or open-minded or with having a positive outlook - qualities they believe they've…

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“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

It’s for you to decide whether change is right for you right now. Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t. But either way…

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If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love…

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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

Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better? Why hide deficiencies instead of…

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“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

Vowing, even intense vowing, is often useless. The next day comes and the next day goes. What works is making a vivid,…

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Test scores and measures of achievement tell you where a student is, but they don't tell you where a student could end…

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More and more research is suggesting that, far from being simply encoded in the genes, much of personality is a flexible and…

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The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it's not going well, is the hallmark of the…

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Creating organizations that value a growth mindset can create contexts in which more people grow into the knowledgeable, visionary, and responsible leaders…

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Everyone is a mixture of fixed and growth mindsets. You could have a predominant growth mindset in an area, but there can…

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What did you learn today? What mistake did you make that taught you something? What did you try hard at today?

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You try something, it doesn't work, and maybe people even criticize you. In a fixed mindset, you say, 'I tried this, it's…

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Your failures and misfortunes don't threaten other people. . .It's your assets and your successes that are problems for people who derive…

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“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

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