No matter what your current ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.

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

When you enter a mindset, you enter a new world. In one world (the world of fixed traits) success is about proving you’re smart or talented. Validating yourself. In the other (the world of changing qualities) it’s about stretching yourself to learn something new. Developing yourself.

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

The wrong kind of praise creates self-defeating behavior. The right kind motivates students to learn.

This point is . . . crucial,” writes Dweck. “In the fixed mindset, everything is about the outcome. If you fail — or if you’re not the best — it’s all been wasted. The growth mindset allows people to value what they’re doing regardless of the outcome.

Exceptional people convert life's setbacks into future successes.