Book Titles

…in the wake of failure, those with growth mindsets tend to bounce back sooner.

…praising our kids for their intelligence is, surprisingly, counterproductive to their learning. We’re better off extolling their effort…

A growth identity is not about whether you get terrific or troubling feedback. It’s about how you hold whatever you get.

While identity is easily triggered by evaluation, it is far less threatened by coaching. It’s almost like getting a free pass.

As feedback conversations get more emotional or the stakes grow higher, it gets easier to hear evaluation, and tougher to hear the coaching.

If you find yourself unable to sleep and fighting bouts of anxiety and loneliness, then handling it well means having the courage to admit that you need help and asking for it.

…being able to establish limits on the feedback you get is crucial to your well-being and the health of your relationships.

Being able to say no is not a skill that runs parallel to the skill of receiving feedback well; it’s right at the heart of it. If you can’t say no, then your yeses are not freely chosen.

Sometimes… you need to shut out the critics for a while so you can discover who you are and how you are going to grow.

Unhelpful feedback is useless; relentless unhelpful feedback is destructive.