![]() ![]() ![]() “People do differ in intelligence, talent and ability. “On the other hand,” she continues, “our studies show that teaching people to have a ‘growth mind-set,’ which encourages a focus on effort rather than on intelligence or talent, helps make them into high achievers in school and in life. reinforces this mind-set, which can also prevent young athletes or people in the workforce and even marriages from living up to their potential.” And it causes them to lose confidence and motivation when the work is no longer easy for them.” “This belief also makes them see challenges, mistakes and even the need to exert effort as threats to their ego rather than as opportunities to improve. “Such children hold an implicit belief that intelligence is innate and fixed, making striving to learn seem far less important than being (or looking) smart. Dweck writes about children “who coast through the early grades under the dangerous notion that no-effort academic achievement defines them as smart or gifted. In her article The Secret to Raising Smart Kids, Stanford Professor of Psychology Carol S. ![]() “Great accomplishment, and even what we call genius, is typically the result of years of passion and dedication and not something that flows naturally from a gift.” ![]()
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