236 Quotes by Carol S. Dweck

Is there something in your past that you think measured you? A.

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.

Your failures and misfortunes don’t threaten other people’s self-esteem. Ego-wise, it’s easy to be sympathetic to someone in need. It’s your assets and your successes that are problems for people who derive their self-esteem from being superior.

Skills and achievement come through commitment and effort.

In the fixed mindset, setbacks label you.

Yes, he was depressed, but he was coping the way people in the growth mindset tend to cope – with determination.

Beware of success. It can knock you into a fixed mindset: “I won because I have talent. Therefore I will keep winning.” Success can infect a team or it can infect an individual.

People with the growth mindset know that it takes time for potential to flower.

You can always substantially change how intelligent you are.