Effort Is for the Plotters, Not the Runt of the Litter

The little engine that could, the saggy baggy elephant and the scruffy tugboat were cute. The problem was that these stories made it into an either or. Either you have ability, or you expend effort; this is part of the fixed mindset. People with the fixed mindset tell us, if you have to work at something, you must not be good at it. They add, things come easily to people who are true geniuses.