25 Carol S. Dweck Quotes for You to Enjoy

Carol S. Dweck

American Educator

Born: Oct 17, 1946

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You try something, it doesn't work, and maybe people even criticize you. In a fixed mindset, you say, 'I tried this, it's over.' In a growth mindset, you look for what you've learned. Carol S. Dweck

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Unproductive effort is never a good thing. Carol S. Dweck

Good Unproductive Good Thing Never Effort Thing

Maybe you don't know how to do something at work. Instead of asking the boss or seeking someone as a mentor, you might not want to show them your ignorance. So, you're depriving yourself of this learning and mentorship. All of these ways are ways that a fixed mindset will hold you back. Carol S. Dweck

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You can't just declare that you have a growth mindset. Growth mindset is hard. Carol S. Dweck

You Mindset Just Declare Hard Growth

Think about being a teenager and feeling like school is just about taking tests you may or may not be interested in, after which someone will judge whether or not you're smart. No one's going to be inspired by that. Carol S. Dweck

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Emphasizing effort gives a child a variable that they can control. They come to see themselves as in control of their success. Emphasizing natural intelligence takes it out of the child's control, and it provides no good recipe for responding to a failure. Carol S. Dweck

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I'm such an egghead. Carol S. Dweck

As human beings, it is natural for us to pick up signals about what is valued in our environment and to want to embody those values. But being superior and infallible isn't something to strive for. Those values do not encourage people to do what is good for their organization in the long run. Carol S. Dweck

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Business leaders who openly acknowledge people's concerns about becoming obsolete and who invest resources in workers' growth can help create a nation of learners - and perhaps resolve some of the political chaos that's bubbling around us. Carol S. Dweck

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When I went into psychology, there were very few women. Carol S. Dweck

Women Few Were Very Few Women Psychology

When someone endorses a fixed mindset, it can limit them, even if they're successful at the moment, because if they start struggling and tumbling, they can lose their confidence, but also, they may not create a growth mindset environment for others. Carol S. Dweck

Confidence Lose Others Mindset Someone Struggling Environment Also Because Limit Fixed May Them Create Successful Moment Even Growth Start

I teach a freshman seminar every year, and we delve very, very deeply into their mindsets. They read scientific articles, but we also focus on what their mindset is, and they learn to recognize when they are in more of a fixed mindset, because we're all a mixture. Carol S. Dweck

I have seen schools across the country working long and hard to embed a commitment to the unlimited development of every student into their cultures. The result, in terms of motivated learners and test scores, often is spectacular. Carol S. Dweck

We say women have made great strides: in biology, in many areas of chemistry, in many places, women are now the majority of medical students. But when I began my career, that wasn't the case. There were very strong stereotypes in biology and medicine. Carol S. Dweck

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What we found was that the greater proportion of process praise, the more likely the child was to have a mindset five years later that welcomed challenges and that represented traits as malleable, not a label you were stuck with. Carol S. Dweck

Children love this idea that their brain is like a muscle that gets stronger as they use it. Carol S. Dweck

Love Stronger Idea Like Brain Gets Children Use Muscle

I grew up in an environment that promoted a very fixed mindset. It was an era that worshipped IQ and thought that your IQ was the most important thing in determining your future. My sixth-grade teacher even seated us around the room in IQ order. Carol S. Dweck

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One very common thing is that often very brilliant children stop working because they're praised so often that it's what they want to live as - brilliant - not as someone who ever makes mistakes. It really stunts their motivation. Carol S. Dweck

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