In her pioneering work on learning and success, Stanford psychology professor and author Carol Dweck posits that people operate with either a “growth” or a “fixed” mindset. When operating with a growth mindset, people see failures and setbacks as learning opportunities. When operating with a fixed mindset, people see failures and setbacks as negative reflections of their intrinsic worth. People operating with a growth mindset are able to approach skills and subject matter that are new to them as an opportunity to, well, grow. People operating with a fixed mindset feel threatened by skills and
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