Albert Einstein, probably the person most thought of as a “genius,” embraced mistakes and approached learning in a particularly productive way. Some of my favorite quotes from Einstein include: A person who never made a mistake never tried something new. It’s not that I am smart. It is just that I stay with problems longer. I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. These and other quotes from Einstein suggest strongly that he had a growth mindset, even though mindset was not a concept at the time that he was alive. Einstein talked
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