Quotes by Carol S. Dweck

Carol S. Dweck

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.

Best Effort

Growth

Winning

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

Mean

Wise

Exceptional people convert life’s setbacks into future successes.

Exceptional

Future Success

People

Failure is information-we label it failure, but it’s more like, ‘This didn’t work, I’m a problem solver, and I’ll try something else.’

Information

Labels

Trying

For twenty years, my research has shown that the view you adopt for yourself profoundly affects the way you lead your life. It can determine whether you become the person you want to be and whether you accomplish the things you value.

Twenties

Views

Years

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.’

Believe

Real

Team

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

Mind

It is not always people who start out the smartest who end up the smartest.

Ends

People

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.

Bumps

Growth

Way

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

Wise

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Believe

Best Effort

Brain

Bumps

Challenges

Children

Ends

Exceptional

Future Success

Get Better

Giving

Growth

Growth Mindset

Idols

Information

Labels

Long

Mean

Mind

Mindset

Mistake

Next Day

Parent

Passion

People

Personality

Real

Research

Self Esteem

Situation

Team

Thinking

Three

Trying

Twenties

Useless

Views

Waste

Way

Winning

Wise

Years

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Quotes by Carol S. Dweck

Carol S. Dweck

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.

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.

Exceptional people convert life’s setbacks into future successes.

Failure is information-we label it failure, but it’s more like, ‘This didn’t work, I’m a problem solver, and I’ll try something else.’

For twenty years, my research has shown that the view you adopt for yourself profoundly affects the way you lead your life. It can determine whether you become the person you want to be and whether you accomplish the things you value.

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

It is not always people who start out the smartest who end up the smartest.

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.

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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