They may appreciate endowment, but they admire effort, for no matter what your ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into acco… - Carol S. Dweck

no matter what your ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.

effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.

As children, we were given a choice between the talented but erratic hare and the plodding but steady tortoise. The lesson was supposed to be that slow and steady wins the race. But, really, did any of us ever want to be the tortoise? No, we just wanted to be a less foolish hare. We wanted to be swift as the wind and a bit more strategic — say, not taking quite so many snoozes before the finish line. After all, everyone knows you have to show up in order to win. The story of the tortoise and the hare, in trying to put forward the power of effort, gave effort a bad name. It reinforced the image that effort is for the plodders and suggested that in rare instances, when talented people dropped the ball, the plodder could sneak through.

Becoming is better than being

Is there something you’ve always wanted to do but were afraid you weren’t good at? Make a plan to do it.