Quotes on Growth Mindset

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 training.

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

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. When this happens, I say, “Whoops. I guess that was too easy. I apologize for wasting your time. Let’s do something you can really learn from!

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.

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

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-esteem from being superior.

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 can I learn from this? What will I do next time I'm in this situation?

Ask 'How will they learn best?' not 'Can they learn?'.

What did you try hard at today?

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 changes over the life span and is shaped by experience.

I don’t mind losing as long as I see improvement or I feel I’ve done as well as I possibly could.