What did you learn today? What mistake did you make that taught you something? What did you try hard at today?

Just because some people can do something with little or no training, it doesn't mean that others can't do it (and sometimes do it even better) with training.

So what should we say when children complete a task—say, math problems—quickly and perfectly? Should we deny them the praise they have earned? Yes. When this happens, I say, “Whoops. I guess that was too easy. I apologize for wasting your time. Let’s do something you can really learn from!

Exceptional people convert life's setbacks into future successes.

We like to think of our champions and idols as superheroes who were born different from us. We don’t like to think of them as relatively ordinary people who made themselves extraordinary.

Did I win? Did I lose? Those are the wrong questions. The correct question is: Did I make my best effort?” If so, he says, “You may be outscored but you will never lose.

Don't judge. Teach. It's a learning process.