“Finding #2: Those with the growth mindset found setbacks motivating. They’re informative. They’re a wake-up call.”
― Mindset: How You Can Fulfil Your Potential
― Mindset: How You Can Fulfil Your Potential
“As growth-minded leaders, they start with a belief in human potential and development—both their own and other people’s. Instead of using the company as a vehicle for their greatness, they use it as an engine of growth—for themselves, the employees, and the company as a whole.”
― Mindset: How You Can Fulfil Your Potential
― Mindset: How You Can Fulfil Your Potential
“Many growth-minded people didn’t even plan to go to the top. They got there as a result of doing what they love. It’s ironic: The top is where the fixed-mindset people hunger to be, but it’s where many growth-minded people arrive as a by-product of their enthusiasm for what they do.”
― Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
― Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
“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 . They’re tackling problems, charting new courses, working on important issues. Maybe they haven’t found the cure for cancer, but the search was deeply meaningful.”
― Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
― Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
“John Wooden, the legendary basketball coach, says you aren’t a failure until you start to blame. What he means is that you can still be in the process of learning from your mistakes until you deny them.”
― Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
― Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
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