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One of the great pleasures in life is surprising yourself by attaining skills that you’ve admired and maybe even thought were beyond your reach.
Carol S. Dweck Self-Theories · 2000

Quotes

“Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better?”

Carol S. Dweck · Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, 2006 · Primary source

“Becoming is better than being.”

Carol S. Dweck · Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, 2006 · Primary source

“An assessment at one point in time has little value for understanding someone’s ability, let alone their potential to succeed in the future.”

Carol S. Dweck · Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, 2006 · Primary source

“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.”

Carol S. Dweck · Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, 2006 · Primary source

“People with the growth mindset know that it takes time for potential to flower.”

Carol S. Dweck · Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, 2006 · Primary source

Authors

American psychologist · 1946
Carol S. Dweck

Psychologist and author known for her research on motivation, learning and the concept of growth mindset.

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Works

Carol S. Dweck · 2006
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

An examination of how beliefs about intelligence and ability influence learning, motivation, achievement, personal development and responses to challenges and failure.

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Carol S. Dweck · 2000
Self-Theories

An examination of how beliefs about intelligence, personality and personal abilities shape motivation, achievement, responses to failure and social behaviour.

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