Psychology of Success: Praising for 'Effort' vs. 'Ability'

Psychology research by Carol Dweck shows that praising someone for working hard is better than praising them for their ability.

In this fascinating psychology study, 5th grade students show huge changes in their school performance and motivation simply because they received a compliment on their hard work instead of a compliment on their intelligence. The implications for personal development and success are clear.

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[madselena]

I was praised for my intelligence as a child + I was ashamed for the times I had bad results, therefore I was conditioned, or trained, that hard work is not acknowledged all the time and that only the results matter.

I'm an adult now looking to overwrite this. I don't have and never had the will or however you want to call it, to put in the hard work or effort to improve myself. And here I talk about having a correct posture, avoiding sedentarism, going to the gym etc. Yes, I have a job that I do for money. But outside of that, all that is personal development suffers because of this.

If you have any ideas for how to overwrite this, I'm open to listen. Please share.

[indiraramcharran]

Long term smart effort obviously pays off.

[TheAxolotl]

my maths teacher is grading assignments off of effort and its cool

[francismausley]

Praising effort encourages! "...whoso maketh efforts for Us, he shall enjoy the blessings conferred by the words: ‘In Our Way shall We assuredly guide him."‘ ~ Baha'i Faith

[ReapeX]

Thanks, this video and cognitive dissonance caused me to subscribe