'Hard-working' is what gets the job done. You just see that year after year. The students who thrive are not necessarily the ones who come in with the perfect scores. It's the ones who love what they're doing and go at it vigorously. Carol S. Dweck More Quotes by Carol S. Dweck More Quotes From Carol S. Dweck Chinese culture is already telling children to work hard. That's not growth mindset because they're working hard for the product, not for the growth or the joy of learning. Carol S. Dweck learning work culture children Males and females can both have a fixed mindset about math and science, but it hurts girls more because they are on the negative end of the stereotype. Carol S. Dweck end mindset science negative This knowledge that you might have to really reorganize and redefine yourself and build new skills is really important. Carol S. Dweck yourself new you knowledge Everybody who's been successful has gotten lots of help and input from many, many people. Carol S. Dweck help everybody successful people With a fixed mindset, you're so worried about how smart or talented you are, you don't take on challenges. You don't try new things. Carol S. Dweck you new-things smart challenges With a growth mindset, kids don't necessarily think that there's no such thing as talent or that everyone is the same, but they believe everyone can develop their abilities through hard work, strategies, and lots of help and mentoring from others. Carol S. Dweck talent growth hard-work work Scholars are deeply gratified when their ideas catch on. And they are even more gratified when their ideas make a difference - improving motivation, innovation, or productivity, for example. But popularity has a price: people sometimes distort ideas and, therefore, fail to reap their benefits. Carol S. Dweck innovation sometimes people ideas We're finding that many parents endorse a growth mindset, but they still respond to their children's errors, setbacks or failures as though they're damaging and harmful. If they show anxiety or overconcern, those kids are going toward a more fixed mindset. Carol S. Dweck parents anxiety growth children In one world, effort is a bad thing. It, like failure, means you're not smart or talented. If you were, you wouldn't need effort. In the other world, effort is what makes you smart or talented. Carol S. Dweck you effort failure world
