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..

What did you try hard at today?.

What did you learn today? What mistake did you make that taught you something? What did you try hard at today?.

This point is . . . crucial,” writes Dweck. “In the fixed mindset, everything is about the outcome. If you fail — or if you’re not the best — it’s a….

When you enter a mindset, you enter a new world. In one world (the world of fixed traits) success is about proving you’re smart or talented. Validati….

Research shows that normal young children misbehave every three minutes..

If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, en….

Failure is information-we label it failure, but it's more like, 'This didn't work, I'm a problem solver, and I'll try something else.'.

Test scores and measures of achievement tell you where a student is, but they don't tell you where a student could end up..

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

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 ….

The best thing parents can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning..

Becoming is better than being.

I believe ability can get you to the top,” says coach John Wooden, “but it takes character to keep you there.… It’s so easy to … begin thinking you c….

So what should we say when children complete a task—say, math problems—quickly and perfectly? Should we deny them the praise they have earned? Yes. W….

Exceptional people convert life's setbacks into future successes..

...when people already know they're deficient, they have nothing to lose by trying..

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 peo….

Effort is one of those things that gives meaning to life. Effort means you care about something, that something is important to you and you are willi….

Praising children’s intelligence harms their motivation and it harms their performance..

The whole point of marriage is to encourage your partner's development and have them encourage yours..