• Becoming is better than being. people who believe in fixed traits feel an urgency to succeed. success means that their fixed traits are better than other people’s.
• you aren’t a failure until you start to blame. 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.
• The fixed mindset, plus stereotyping, plus women’s trust in other people’s assessments of them: All of these contribute to the gender gap in math and science.
• Real self-confidence is reflected in your mindset: your readiness to grow. the more of a growth mindset the student had, the better he or she did on the negotiation task.
• For people with the growth mindset, the number one goal was forgiveness. “I’m no saint, but I knew for my own peace of mind that I had to forgive and forget.
• Shyness harmed the social interactions of people with the fixed mindset but did not harm the social relations of people with the growth mindset.
• School cultures often promote, or at least accept, the fixed mindset.