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Alfred Binet, the inventor of the IQ test.
Modern Ideas About Children,
Gilbert Gottlieb,
not only do genes and environment cooperate as we develop, but genes require input from the environment to work properly.
people have more capacity for lifelong learning and ...
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Robert Sternberg, the present-day guru of intelligence,
purposeful engagement.”
the hand you’re dealt is just the starting point for development.
your basic qualities are things you can cultivate through your efforts, your strategies, and help from others.
everyone can change and grow through application and experience.
Why hide deficiencies instead of overcoming them?
The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it’s not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset.
people with the growth mindset were not labeling themselves and throwing up their hands.
they were ready to take the risks, confront the challenges, and keep working at them.
ideas about challenge and effort follow.
Howard Gardner,
Extraordinary Minds,
“a special talent for identifying their own strengths...
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converting life’s setbacks into future successes.
the love of challenge, belief in effort, resilience in the face of setbacks, and greater (more creative!) success?
The fixed mindset makes you concerned with how you’ll be judged; the growth mindset makes you concerned with improving.
a fixed ability that needs to be proven, and a changeable ability that can be developed through learning.
stretching yourself to learn something new. Developing yourself.
failure is about not growing.
effort is what makes you smart or talented.
Benjamin Barber, an eminent political theorist,
divide the world into the learners and nonlearners.”
Infants stretch their skills daily.
the most difficult tasks of a lifetime, like learning to walk and talk.
They never decide it’s too hard or not wo...
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children with the fixed mindset want to make sure they succeed.
children with the growth mindset, success is about stretching themselves.
“I think intelligence is something you have to work for…it
See their faults and help them to work on them. Challenge them to become a better person. Encourage them to learn new things.
“CEO disease.”
Lee Iacocca
Chrysler ...
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Lou Gerstner,
IBM.
Mia Hamm, the greatest female soccer star of her time,
“All my life I’ve been playing up, meaning I’ve challenged myself with players older, bigger, more skillful, more experienced—in short, better than me.”
“Each day I attempted to play up to their level…and I was improving faster than I ever dreamed possible.”
‘I really explored myself.’
Christopher Reeve,
Marina Semyonova, a great Russian dancer and teacher,
“This is hard. This is fun.”
Paul Cézanne’s
Jack Welch,
CEO of General Electric,
chose executives on the basis of “runway,” their cap...
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