Carole Dweck on Coaching: Praise, Criticism & Shifting Mindsets

Carol Dweck is one of the world’s most influential social psychologists. Her research is of vast importance to coaches and how they praise and criticise their athletes.

Carol is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University and an expert on how a person’s thought patterns and belief – or mindset – affect their ability to learn and perform.

She is the author of numerous papers and books, and those most relevant to coaching include the book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. She also has a great website: mindsetonline.com

Dweck on Coaching: Praise, Criticism & Shifting Mindsets (Re-broadcast)

If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning. That way, their children don’t have to be slaves of praise. They will have a lifelong way to build and repair their own confidence.
― Carol S. Dweck

Mindset change is not about picking up a few pointers here and there. It’s about seeing things in a new way. When people…change to a growth mindset, they change from a judge-and-be-judged framework to a learn-and-help-learn framework. Their commitment is to growth, and growth take plenty of time, effort, and mutual support.
― Carol S. Dweck, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

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