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Life isn't easy, no matter where you are. You'll make choices you think are right, and then suffer for them.

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Carol S. Dweck

Test scores and measures of achievement tell you where a student is, but they don't tell you where a student could end up.

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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.

Mean, People, Training, Wise

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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