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Carol Dweck, Stanford University Professor, On Why Telling Your Children They’re Smart Is Actually Bad For Them (VIDEO)

Dweck, a psychology professor at Stanford University and author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, spoke with Shihab-Eldin at the Aspen Ideas Festival in June. Dweck’s research shows that people break down into two basic psychological mindsets: fixed and growth. Those with fixed mindsets tend to think that basic abilities and talents are fixed …

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