I sometimes think that I will never be a good cook or that I just was not born to be bilingual. Occasionally, I catch my daughter saying that I cannot do it.
And I hear people say things such as they are not good at math or not cut out to be in business. These are all examples of a fixed mindset, and we are all guilty of it from time to time.
Fortunately, a fixed mindset does not have to be forever. Psychologist Carol Dweck is one of the leading experts on mindset and the author of the book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success.
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