Occupation: Professor Birth: October 17, 1946
Teaching is a wonderful way to learn..
Just because some people can do something with little or no training, it doesn't mean that others can't do it (and sometimes do it even better) with ….
The wrong kind of praise creates self-defeating behavior. The right kind motivates students to learn..
You have to work hardest for the things you love most..
A company that cannot self-correct cannot thrive..
Did I win? Did I lose? Those are the wrong questions. The correct question is: Did I make my best effort?” If so, he says, “You may be outscored but ….
Choosing a partner is choosing a set of problems. There are no problem-free candidates..
Your failures and misfortunes don't threaten other people. . .It's your assets and your successes that are problems for people who derive their self-….
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….
What can I learn from this? What will I do next time I'm in this situation?.
It’s for you to decide whether change is right for you right now. Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t. But either way keep the growth mindset in your thought….
Important achievements require a clear focus, all-out effort, and a bottomless trunk full of strategies. Plus allies in learning..
Wow, that's a really good score. You must have worked really hard..
No matter what your current ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment..
Picture your brain forming new connections as you meet the challenge and learn. Keep on going..
Vowing, even intense vowing, is often useless. The next day comes and the next day goes. What works is making a vivid, concrete plan..
For twenty years, my research has shown that the view you adopt for yourself profoundly affects the way you lead your life. It can determine whether ….
Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better?.
Why seek out the tried and true, instead of experiences that will stretch you?.
You’re in charge of your mind. You can help it grow by using it in the right way..
It is not always people who start out the smartest who end up the smartest..