Becoming is better than being

Picture your brain forming new connections as you meet the challenge and learn. Keep on going.

Test scores and measures of achievement tell you where a student is, but they don't tell you where a student could end up.

If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning. That way, their children don’t have to be slaves of praise. They will have a lifelong way to build and repair their own confidence.

You’re in charge of your mind. You can help it grow by using it in the right way.

It is not always people who start out the smartest who end up the smartest.

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.