The Growth Mindset

The Growth Mindset

Greater Good Science Center Raising Happiness Blog

YOUR MINDSET about how people learn can profoundly influence how happy your kids are. There are two basic mindsets.

People with fixed-mindsets believe that their talents personalities are inborn, carved in stone.
People with growth-mindsets believe that that success is a result of effort as much as or more than aptitude.

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