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Michael Jordan's mother told him to get back to work after he was cut from his high school basketball team. The story illustrates how growth mindset beats fixed talent: success comes from daily practice, not innate ability.
Michael Jordan's mother told him to get back to work after he was cut from his high school basketball team. The story illustrates how growth mindset beats fixed talent: success comes from daily practice, not innate ability.
The fixed mindset would say, I either have brains or I don't. Okay, Johnny, you did a great job. You're the best. You're the best. You're the best. But then the process to get to the best begins to fade as people get older. That's what happens with— there's a portion of the book on parenting, right? And it's so true. It's remarkably true about athletes like Michael Jordan, you know, cut from his high school basketball team, the greatest athlete of the 21st century— of the 20th century. Sorry. Yeah, sorry about that. So I mean, my goodness, number one athlete. He was cut from his high school basketball team and his mother said, "Well, get your ass back to work, buddy, and go to work and get better at what you do. Every day you go out and get better at something that you're going to do." And lo and behold, the rest is history. We don't even have to talk about that.
