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We had the IRA ceasefire in August 1994 and a lot of people assumed that a deal had been done - which wasn't right.

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Carol S. Dweck

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

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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.

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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!

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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.

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

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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.

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