The document discusses the importance of developing a growth mindset and embracing challenges as opportunities to learn and improve. It notes that praising intelligence or talent alone can foster a fixed mindset, whereas praising effort, strategies, and progress toward mastery encourages a growth mindset. A growth mindset allows people to see failure not as evidence of a lack of intelligence but rather as a chance to develop skills and abilities through hard work and learning from mistakes.
The document discusses the importance of developing a growth mindset and embracing challenges as opportunities to learn and improve. It notes that praising intelligence or talent alone can foster a fixed mindset, whereas praising effort, strategies, and progress toward mastery encourages a growth mindset. A growth mindset allows people to see failure not as evidence of a lack of intelligence but rather as a chance to develop skills and abilities through hard work and learning from mistakes.
The document discusses the importance of developing a growth mindset and embracing challenges as opportunities to learn and improve. It notes that praising intelligence or talent alone can foster a fixed mindset, whereas praising effort, strategies, and progress toward mastery encourages a growth mindset. A growth mindset allows people to see failure not as evidence of a lack of intelligence but rather as a chance to develop skills and abilities through hard work and learning from mistakes.