twenty years, my research has shown that the view you adopt of yourself profoundly affects the way you lead your life. – Carol Dweck
Dweck and her colleagues’ research has found a very simple belief about ourselves that guides and permeates nearly every part of our lives.This belief limits our potential or enables our success. It often marks the difference between excellence and mediocrity. It influences our self-awareness, our self-esteem, our creativity, our ability to face challenges, our resilience to setbacks, our levels of depression, and our tendency to stereotype, among other things.
Much of who you are on a day-to-day basis comes from your mindset. Your mindset is the view you have of your qualities and characteristics – where they come from and whether they can change.