The Power Of Not Yet: Believing That You Can Improve

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If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning. That way, their children don’t have to be slaves of praise. They will have a lifelong way to build and repair their own confidence.

Carol Dweck is a pioneering researcher in the field of motivation, why people succeed (or don’t) and how to foster success. Dweck is a professor...