Best quotes by Carol S. Dweck on Challenges

Checkout quotes by Carol S. Dweck on Challenges

• ‟ When I was in graduate school, I became very interested in why some kids took on challenges and were able to bounce back from setbacks whereas others shy away from difficulty and really crumble when they hit failures. I became fascinated with people who had that kind of courage to take on challenges.

  - Carol S. Dweck
  

• ‟ I've always been interested, since graduate school, in why some children wilt and shrink back from challenges and give up in the face of obstacles, while others avidly seek challenges and become even more invested in the face of obstacles. So this has been my primary question for over 40 years.

  - Carol S. Dweck
  

• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ With a fixed mindset, you're so worried about how smart or talented you are, you don't take on challenges. You don't try new things.

  - Carol S. Dweck
  

• ‟ I open 'Mindset' with examples of kids who thrive on difficult challenges.

  - Carol S. Dweck