Ideas Quote by Carol S. Dweck

“Back in the 70s, there was a huge self-esteem movement in education. Basically, it said that if you continued to tell children they were…

— Nick Ambrosino

“they thought they couldn’t, through work and fierce effort. Teaching a child to accept and even embrace struggle, rather than shy away from it,…

— Katty Kay

The best thing parents can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning.

— Carol S. Dweck

I teach a freshman seminar every year, and we delve very, very deeply into their mindsets. They read scientific articles, but we also focus…

— 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

Do you think it is possible to increase your intellectual ability? For decades, I have studied the power of this belief to become reality…

— Carol S. Dweck

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

— Carol S. Dweck

“When people with the fixed mindset opt for success over growth, what are they really trying to prove? That they’re special. Even superior.”

— Carol S. Dweck

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

“Thinking little of yourself is not humility.”

— Nicky Verd

There is always room in your life for thinking bigger, pushing limits and imagining the impossible.

— Tony Robbins

When you feel you have good although incomplete expertise, start trying things. If it's not working, try something else; maintain an experimental mindset.

— Tony Robbins