Ocupation: Professor
Life: b. October 17, 1946
Birthday: October 17
When you enter a mindset, you enter a new world. In one world (the world of fixed traits) success is about proving you’re smart or talented. Validating yourself. In the other (the world of changing qualities) it’s about stretching yourself to learn something new. Developing yourself.
source: Carol S. Dweck (2006). “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success”, p.15, Random House
topic: Smart, Quality, World, Growth Mindset, Stretching Yourself