Author: Carol S. Dweck

Quotes

Unproductive effort is never a good thing.

Unproductive effort is never a good thing.

- Carol S. Dweck

Most experts and great leaders agree that leaders are made, not born, and that they are made through their own drive for learning and self-improvement.

Most experts and great leaders agree that leaders are made, not born, and that they are made through their own drive for learning and self-improvement.

- Carol S. Dweck

I was very invested in being smart and thought to be smart was more important than accomplishing anything in life.

I was very invested in being smart and thought to be smart was more important than accomplishing anything in life.

- Carol S. Dweck

When I went into psychology, there were very few women.

When I went into psychology, there were very few women.

- Carol S. Dweck

Males and females can both have a fixed mindset about math and science, but it hurts girls more because they are on the negative end of the stereotype.

Males and females can both have a fixed mindset about math and science, but it hurts girls more because they are on the negative end of the stereotype.

- Carol S. Dweck

Some students start thinking of their intelligence as something fixed, as carved in stone. They worry about, 'Do I have enough? Don't I have enough?'

Some students start thinking of their intelligence as something fixed, as carved in stone. They worry about, 'Do I have enough? Don't I have enough?'

- Carol S. Dweck

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