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Ep269 - Carol Dweck | The Growth Mindset

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The Power of Words, Smart and Stupid

I read your book after my older daughter was approaching high school. My younger daughter benefited from it to the point where i banned the two last words in our house, smart and stupid. You're just very subtly conveying these ideas that smart people don't make mistakes. The most important thing in the world is to be smart and look smart at all times. And then people start narrowing their world so they can succeed within that fixed mind set.

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