People with a fixed mindset don’t believe in making efforts, as they are afraid that it will make them appear inadequate or incapable.51 This is also a result of an ingrained belief in talent and innate gifts. As we discussed earlier, our culture seems to value inborn ability and effortless achievement more than hard work. We tend to applaud a ‘child prodigy’ more than someone who is putting in huge amounts of effort. So people with a fixed mindset fear effort as it makes them look lesser than a talented individual. If they just rely on their so-called talent and make no effort whatsoever,
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