Carol Dweck

A no-effort relationship is a doomed relationship, not a great relationship. It takes work to communicate accurately and it takes work to expose and resolve conflicting hopes and beliefs. It doesn’t mean there is no “they lived happily ever after,” but it’s more like “they worked happily ever after.”

Challenge and interest went hand in hand.

Becoming is better than being.

The fixed mindset does not allow people the luxury of becoming. They have to already be

For in the world of the fixed mindset, there is no way to become an Eagle. If you were a true Eagle, you would have aced the test and been hailed as an Eagle at once.

Ain’t no test can do that

But isn’t potential someone’s capacity to develop their skills with effort over time?

in terms of their skills at the time. Maybe they were not yet the people they were to become.

Or did it just take time for Cézanne to become Cézanne

People with the growth mindset know that it takes time for potential to flower.