Mindset quotes carol dweck biography

“He didn’t ask for mistake-free games. He didn’t demand that his players never lose. He asked for full preparation and full effort from them. “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 you will never lose.”
― Carol Dweck, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

“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 people who made themselves extraordinary.”
― Carol Dweck, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

“Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better?

Mindset quotes carol dweck biography pdf

Why hide deficiencies instead of overcoming them? Why look for friends or partners who will just shore up your self-esteem instead of ones who will also challenge you to grow? And why seek out the tried