“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
Why seek out the tried and true, instead of experiences that will stretch you? — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
“when you teach children to measure themselves from their success, they then measure themselves from their failure as well. Finally,” — 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
Everybody who's been successful has gotten lots of help and input from many, many people. — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
“If you had to choose, which would it be? Loads of success and validation or lots of challenge?” — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
No matter what your current ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment. — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
Emphasizing effort gives a child a variable that they can control. They come to see themselves as in control of their success.… — 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
“Michael Jordan embraced his failures. In fact, in one of his favorite ads for Nike, he says: “I’ve missed more than nine… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
The hallmark of successful people is that they are always stretching themselves to learn new things. — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
“no matter what your ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.” — 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
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
“In summary, people who believe in fixed traits feel an urgency to succeed, and when they do, they may feel more than… — 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
