Why seek out the tried and true, instead of experiences that will stretch you?

You have to work hardest for the things you love most.

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.

Exceptional people convert life's setbacks into future successes.

The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it's not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset.

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.

Why seek out the tried and true, instead of experiences that will stretch you?