More and more research is suggesting that, far from being simply encoded in the genes, much of personality is a flexible and dynamic thing that chang….

Picture your brain forming new connections as you meet the challenge and learn. Keep on going..

You’re in charge of your mind. You can help it grow by using it in the right way..

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 ….

Becoming is better than being.

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….

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

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….

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….

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

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

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

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.'.