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

Important achievements require a clear focus, all-out effort, and a bottomless trunk full of strategies. Plus allies in learning.

In a growth mindset, challenges are exciting rather than threatening. So rather than thinking, oh, I'm going to reveal my weaknesses, you say, wow, here's a chance to grow.

What did you try hard at today?

Exceptional people convert life's setbacks into future successes.

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

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