Much of what you achieve depends on what you believe. For instance, do you believe that your abilities are innate — and are therefore mere luck of the draw — or that they depend on your choices? In this article in Psychology Today, Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D., explores the way fifth-graders look at difficulty. Halvorson […]
Think of the last time something went wrong in your life. Perhaps it was a project that came up short, an accident on the road, or even an illness. How much of it was unavoidable, and how much of it was due to mistakes you made? If you tend to blame outside factors instead of […]