pimg class=”alignright” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202012/dontquit.jpg” alt=”dontquit” width=”320″ height=”320″ title=”How to Succeed with a Growth Mindset” /A couple decades ago a Stanford University psychologist by the name of a title=”Mindset” href=”http://mindsetonline.com/abouttheauthor/index.html” target=”_blank”Carol Dweck/a became famous when she suggested parents praise their children’s efforts instead of compliment them on their “inherent” intelligence (“Joey, you’re such a smart boy! “Suzy, how’s Mama’s smart girl?”). The descriptive accolades telling kids how intelligent they are, her research demonstrated, actually undermined children’s self-confidence and willingness to venture new tasks or unfamiliar material. On the opposite side of the spectrum, acknowledgement of children’s engagement and perseverance resulted in their aiming for bigger challenges./p
pThe research, Dweck claimed, identified what she called a differentiation of “a title=”Mindset” href=”http://mindsetonline.com/whatisit/themindsets/index.html” target=”_blank”mindset/a.”  When we’re operating from a “fixed” mindset, for example, we believe our talents and abilities are somehow set or predetermined. We’re either innately good at something or we’re not. When we accept […]

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