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Carol S. Dweck Biography

Carol S. Dweck (born October 17, 1946) is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. Dweck is known for her work on the mindset psychological trait. She graduated from Barnard College in 1967 and earned a PhD from Yale University in 1972. She taught at Columbia University, Harvard University, and the University of Illinois before joining the Stanford faculty in 2004.

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Becoming is better than being

Becoming, Growth, Growth Mindset

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

Growth, Long, Losing, Mind, Possibly

. . . when people already know they're deficient, they have nothing to lose by trying.

Already, Deficient, Growth, Lose, People, Trying

Don't judge. Teach. It's a learning process.

Judge, Judging, Process, Teach

In a growth mindset, challenges are exciting rather than threatening. So rather than thinking, oh, I'm going to reveal my weaknesses, you say, wow, here's a chance to grow.

Challenges, Growth, Thinking, Threatening

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.

Growth, Hallmark, Mindset, Passion

The best thing parents can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning.

Children, Effort, Enjoy, Mistake, Parents, Teach

Effort is one of those things that gives meaning to life. Effort means you care about something, that something is important to you and you are willing to work for it.

Giving, Life, Mean, Willing, Wise, Work

The whole point of marriage is to encourage your partner's development and have them encourage yours.

Development, Growth, Marriage, Point, Wise

This is hard. This is fun.

Fun, Growth, Hard, Wise

What did you try hard at today?

Growth Mindset, Hard, Today, Trying

Choosing a partner is choosing a set of problems. There are no problem-free candidates.

Candidates, Growth, Partner, Problem, Set, Wise

You have to work hardest for the things you love most.

Hard Work, Hardest, Love, Things, Things You Love, Work

Praising children’s intelligence harms their motivation and it harms their performance.

Children, Childrens, Motivation, Performance, Praise, Praising

Wow, that's a really good score. You must have worked really hard.

Growth, Score, Wise, Worked, Wow

When you enter a mindset, you enter a new world. In one world (the world of fixed traits) success is about proving you’re smart or talented. Validating yourself. In the other (the world of changing qualities) it’s about stretching yourself to learn something new. Developing yourself.

Quality, Smart, Stretching, Talented, Traits, World

A company that cannot self-correct cannot thrive.

Company, Growth, Self, Thrive, Wise

Vowing, even intense vowing, is often useless. The next day comes and the next day goes. What works is making a vivid, concrete plan.

Growth, Making, Next Day, Plan, Useless, Works

Exceptional people convert life's setbacks into future successes.

Convert, Exceptional, Future Success, People

No matter what your current ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.

Ability, Accomplishment, Effort, Matter

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