For the kids in the Fixed Mindset group, with a static attitude to intelligence, failure is debilitating. It shows not just that you are not up to the job, but that you might as well give up. After all, you cannot change how much talent you have. For the kids in the Growth Mindset, everything changed. For them intelligence is dynamic. It is something that can grow, expand, and improve. Difficulties are regarded not as reasons to give up, but as learning opportunities.
