“Praising children's intelligence harms their motivation and it harms their performance.”
— Carol S. Dweck, Mindset, p. 71
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Insight
Praise effort and process, not innate talent. Talent-praise creates fragility; effort-praise builds resilience.
Try this
Today, when complimenting someone (yourself included), praise the SPECIFIC EFFORT. "You stayed on it for 2 hours" not "you're smart."
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