Your failures and misfortunes don't threaten other people. . .It's your assets and your successes that are problems for people who derive their self-esteem from being superior.

For twenty years, my research has shown that the view you adopt for yourself profoundly affects the way you lead your life. It can determine whether you become the person you want to be and whether you accomplish the things you value.

Wow, that's a really good score. You must have worked really hard.

I don’t mind losing as long as I see improvement or I feel I’ve done as well as I possibly could.

The whole point of marriage is to encourage your partner's development and have them encourage yours.

If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning. That way, their children don’t have to be slaves of praise. They will have a lifelong way to build and repair their own confidence.

Praising children’s intelligence harms their motivation and it harms their performance.