More and more research is suggesting that, far from being simply encoded in the genes, much of personality is a flexible and dynamic thing that changes over the life span and is shaped by experience.

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

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

The best thing parents can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning.

A company that cannot self-correct cannot thrive.

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.

Effort is one of those things that gives meaning to life. Effort means you care about something, that something is important to you and you are willing to work for it.