Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth. We are happy when we are growing.

Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.

The growth mindset allows people to value what they’re doing regardless of the outcome.

Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better? Why hide deficiencies instead of overcoming them? Why look for friends or partners who will just shore up your self-esteem instead of ones who will also challenge you to grow? And why seek out the tried and true, instead of experiences that will stretch you? 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. This is the mindset that allows people to thrive during some of the most challenging times in their lives.

....The talent is here. The opportunities aren't. And it is the opportunities that foster growth.

Growth is so uncomfortable yet so rewarding

However, this point is crucial: The growth mindset does allow people to love what they're doing — and to continue to love it in the face of difficulties.

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. This is the mindset that allows people to thrive during some of the most challenging times in their lives.

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

People in a growth mindset don’t just seek challenge, they thrive on it. The bigger the challenge, the more they stretch. And nowhere can it be seen more clearly than in the world of sports. You can just watch people stretch and grow.

Happiness comes to those who deliberately expand their horizons and experiences.

In the growth mindset, talent is something you build on and develop, not something you simply display to the world and try to coast to success on.

What's loftiest in the mind can only live through growth.