Best Carol S. Dweck Quotes
- Your failures and misfortunes don't threaten other people. . .It's your assets and your successes that are problems for people who derive their self-esteem from… Assets
- Teaching is a wonderful way to learn. Learn
- Effort is one of those things that gives meaning to life. Effort means you care about something, that something is important to you and you… Care
- 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. Especially
- It’s for you to decide whether change is right for you right now. Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t. But either way keep the growth… Bump
- No matter what your current ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment. Ability
- The wrong kind of praise creates self-defeating behavior. The right kind motivates students to learn. Behavior
- For twenty years, my research has shown that the view you adopt for yourself profoundly affects the way you lead your life. It can determine… Accomplish
- ...when people already know they're deficient, they have nothing to lose by trying. Already Know
- Becoming is better than being Becoming
- Picture your brain forming new connections as you meet the challenge and learn. Keep on going. Brain
- I believe ability can get you to the top,” says coach John Wooden, “but it takes character to keep you there.… It’s so easy to… Ability
- So what should we say when children complete a task—say, math problems—quickly and perfectly? Should we deny them the praise they have earned? Yes. When… Apologize
- I don’t mind losing as long as I see improvement or I feel I’ve done as well as I possibly could. Don T
- We like to think of our champions and idols as superheroes who were born different from us. We don’t like to think of them as… Born
- Did I win? Did I lose? Those are the wrong questions. The correct question is: Did I make my best effort?” If so, he says,… Best
- If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued… Best