David W. Lowell > Quotes

“Dweck tells us that, on average, people are quite inaccurate in estimating their own potential. For those who have the fixed mindset, then, this would suggest that they are avoiding challenges where they might actually have been successful.”
― David W. Lowell, Unbelievable Me: 5 Steps to a Mindset for Success

“A few modern philosophers…assert that an individual’s intelligence is a fixed quantity, a quantity which cannot be increased. We must protest and react against this brutal pessimism…With practice, training, and above all, method, we manage to increase our attention, our memory, our judgment and literally to become more intelligent than we were before.”
― David W. Lowell, Unbelievable Me: 5 Steps to a Mindset for Success

“it would be virtually impossible for two different individuals to share exactly the same beliefs. This is because, despite the fact that it is possible for two individuals to share the same environment, it is impossible for both people to perceive everything exactly the same way — all experiences are subjective.”
― David W. Lowell, Unbelievable Me: 5 Steps to a Mindset for Success

“studies show that people are resistant to learning new material which challenges their beliefs.”
― David W. Lowell, Unbelievable Me: 5 Steps to a Mindset for Success