Challenges Quote by 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

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

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

“Building your and other capacity to be an active learner requires a growth mindset, which is the belief that people's basic qualities can be…

— Kouzes/Posner

“To the fixed-mindset person, intelligence and skill are seen as a sum game. Either you can do math or you can’t. You’re artistic or…

— Valerie Young

My job, as I've said, is to break down sectionalism, vested interests and a fixed mindset of merely following precedents, so that I'm not…

— Yoshihide Suga

“A fixed mindset causes people to fear failure; they don’t want to try anything that might damage their current sense of ability and intelligence.…

— David Sturt

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

— Carol S. Dweck

“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

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

— Carol S. Dweck

When there's a setback, someone with a fixed mindset will start thinking, 'Maybe I don't have what it takes?' They may get defensive and…

— Carol S. Dweck