You have to work hardest for the things you love most.
What did you try hard at today?
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.
Research shows that normal young children misbehave every three minutes.
It’s for you to decide whether change is right for you right now. Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t. But either way keep the growth mindset in your thoughts then when you bump up against obstacles you can turn to it, it will always be there for you showing you a path into the future.
This is hard. This is fun.
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!
The whole point of marriage is to encourage your partner's development and have them encourage yours.
...when people already know they're deficient, they have nothing to lose by trying.
What can I learn from this? What will I do next time I'm in this situation?
I don’t mind losing as long as I see improvement or I feel I’ve done as well as I possibly could.
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.
Don't judge. Teach. It's a learning process.
A company that cannot self-correct cannot thrive.
Your failures and misfortunes don't threaten other people. . .It's your assets and your successes that are problems for people who derive their self-esteem from being superior.
I believe ability can get you to the top,” says coach John Wooden, “but it takes character to keep you there.… It’s so easy to … begin thinking you can just ‘turn it on’ automatically, without proper preparation. It takes real character to keep working as hard or even harder once you’re there. When you read about an athlete or team that wins over and over and over, remind yourself, ‘More than ability, they have character.'
Praising children’s intelligence harms their motivation and it harms their performance.
It is not always people who start out the smartest who end up the smartest.
The wrong kind of praise creates self-defeating behavior. The right kind motivates students to learn.
Wow, that's a really good score. You must have worked really hard.
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