Carol S. Dweck

Teaching is a wonderful way to learn.

— Carol S. Dweck

This is hard. This is fun.

— Carol S. Dweck

What did you try hard at today?

— Carol S. Dweck

I'm such an egghead.

— Carol S. Dweck

When I went into psychology, there were very few women.

— Carol S. Dweck

“you aren’t a failure until you start to blame.”

— Carol S. Dweck

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

— Carol S. Dweck

Why seek out the tried and true, instead of experiences that will stretch you?

— Carol S. Dweck

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

— Carol S. Dweck

Don't judge. Teach. It's a learning process.

— Carol S. Dweck

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

— Carol S. Dweck

It is not always people who start out the smartest who end up the smartest.

— Carol S. Dweck

“Believing that your qualities are carved in stone—the fixed mindset—creates an urgency to prove yourself over and over.”

— Carol S. Dweck

Praising children’s intelligence harms their motivation and it harms their performance.

— Carol S. Dweck

When we praise children for their intelligence, we tell them that this is the name of the game: Look smart; don't risk…

— Carol S. Dweck

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

Praise your child explicitly for how capable they are of learning rather than telling them how smart they are.

— Carol S. Dweck

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

— Carol S. Dweck

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

— Carol S. Dweck

We found that process praise predicted the child's mindset and desire for challenge five years later.

— Carol S. Dweck

I grew up in an environment that promoted a very fixed mindset. It was an era that worshipped IQ and thought that…

— Carol S. Dweck

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

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

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

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

“as Gilbert Gottlieb, an eminent neuroscientist, put it, not only do genes and environment cooperate as we develop, but genes require input…

— Carol S. Dweck

“It’s the parents who respond to their children’s setbacks with interest and treat them as opportunities for learning who are transmitting a…

— Carol S. Dweck

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

— Carol S. Dweck

I loved everything. I loved sciences and I loved humanities. But ultimately, I felt that in the humanities, you know, you're writing…

— Carol S. Dweck

“these children of praise have now entered the workforce, and sure enough, many can’t function without getting a sticker for their every…

— Carol S. Dweck

“I looked for themes and underlying principles across lectures,” and “I went over mistakes until I was certain I understood them.” They…

— Carol S. Dweck

“It’s the parents who respond to their children’s setbacks with interest and treat them as opportunities for learning who are transmitting a…

— Carol S. Dweck

“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

“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

“We often see books with titles like The Ten Secrets of the World’s Most Successful People crowding the shelves of bookstores, and…

— Carol S. Dweck

“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

A company that cannot self-correct cannot thrive.

— Carol S. Dweck

Unproductive effort is never a good thing.

— Carol S. Dweck

You have to work hardest for the things you love most.

— Carol S. Dweck

I open 'Mindset' with examples of kids who thrive on difficult challenges.

— Carol S. Dweck