Carol S. Dweck Quotes

People with a fixed mindset were only interested when the feedback reflected on their ability. Their brain waves showed them paying close attention when they were told whether their answers were right or wrong.

scientists are learning that people have more capacity for lifelong learning and brain development than they ever thought.

They know it when they see it — it’s the ability to dig down and find the strength even when things are going against you.

studies show that people are terrible at estimating their abilities. Recently, we set out to see who is most likely to do this. Sure, we found that people greatly misestimated their performance and their ability. But it was those with the fixed mindset who accounted for almost all the inaccuracy. The people with the growth mindset were amazingly accurate. When you think about it, this makes sense. If, like those with the growth mindset, you believe you can develop yourself, then you’re open to accurate information about your current abilities, even if it’s unflattering.

Success is about being your best self, not about being better than others; failure is an opportunity, not a condemnation; effort is the key to success.

Finding #2: Those with the growth mindset found setbacks motivating. They’re informative. They’re a wake-up call.

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.

important achievements require a clear focus, all-out effort, and a bottomless trunk full of strategies.

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

Instead, they are constantly trying to improve. They surround themselves with the most able people they can find, they look squarely at their own mistakes and deficiencies, and they ask frankly what skills they and the company will need in the future.

it’s not about immediate perfection. It’s about learning something over time: confronting a challenge and making progress.

I was intensely curious because Cézanne is one of my favorite artists and the man who set the stage for much of modern art. Here’s what I found: Some of the paintings were pretty bad. They were overwrought scenes, some violent, with amateurishly painted people. Although there were some paintings that foreshadowed the later Cézanne, many did not. Was the early Cézanne not talented? Or did it just take time for Cézanne to become Cézanne?

it’s not always the people who start out the smartest who end up the smartest.

Some of the world’s best athletes didn’t start out being that hot. If you have a passion for a sport, put in the effort and see.

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 relatively ordinary people who made themselves extraordinary.