As the growth mindset has become more popular and taken hold, we are beginning to find that there are pitfalls. Many educators misunderstand or misapply the concepts. Carol S. Dweck Read Quote
I have seen schools across the country working long and hard to embed a commitment to the unlimited development of every student into their cultures. The result, in terms of motivated learners and test scores, often is spectacular. Carol S. Dweck Read Quote
Business leaders who openly acknowledge people’s concerns about becoming obsolete and who invest resources in workers’ growth can help create a nation of learners – and perhaps resolve some of the political chaos that’s bubbling around us. Carol S. Dweck Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I loved everything. I loved sciences and I loved humanities. But ultimately, I felt that in the humanities, you know, you’re writing about things that already exist. But in the sciences, you’re discovering things that no one has known before. Ultimately I chose psychology because it seemed to combine science with things that I liked to think about. Carol S. Dweck Read Quote
I had the great good fortune of getting my Ph.D. in the very first year that universities were actively seeking women faculty. The government was putting pressure on universities to hire more women. Carol S. Dweck Read Quote
Some students start thinking of their intelligence as something fixed, as carved in stone. They worry about, ‘Do I have enough? Don’t I have enough?’ Carol S. Dweck Read Quote
What we found was that the greater proportion of process praise, the more likely the child was to have a mindset five years later that welcomed challenges and that represented traits as malleable, not a label you were stuck with. Carol S. Dweck Read Quote
The mindset ideas were developed as a counter to the self-esteem movement of blanketing everyone with praise, whether deserved or not. Carol S. Dweck Read Quote
