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( trusted / to / could / be / only the highest-IQ students / take / the principal / to / a note ).
Only the highest-IQ students could be trusted to carry the flag, clap the erasers, or take a note to the principal.
( healthy / have / prove / of / you’d / you / that / dose / better / them / a ).
You’d better prove that you have a healthy dose of them.
( waste / over / proving / you / time / are / and / great / why / over / how )?
Why waste time proving over and over how great you are?
( day / bad / student / high school / you / really / a / imagine that / a / having / are ).
Imagine that you are a high school student having a really bad day.
Who ( )( ) learning when our whole being ( )( )(s ) every time she gave us a test or (c )( ) us in class?
Who cared about or enjoyed learning when our whole being was at stake every time she gave us a test or called on us in class?
( of / are / you / ignored / sort ).
You are sort of ignored.
This growth mindset ( )( )( ) the belief that your basic qualities are things you can (c ) through your efforts.
This growth mindset is based on the belief that your basic qualities are things you can cultivate through your efforts.
( accomplish / it / determine / you / value / you / the things / whether / can ).
It can determine whether you accomplish the things you value.
She believed that people’s IQ scores told the whole story of who they were.
( whole / were / who / the / people’s IQ scores / told / of / they / story / she / believed that ).
( bicycle / a / you / your / find / has / tire / flat ).
You find your bicycle has a flat tire.
Why hide your ( )( )( )( ) them?
Why hide your deficiencies instead of overcoming them?
( )( )( )( )( )
as vividly as you can
There’s another mindset ( )( ) these traits are not simply the ones you are ( )( ) and have to ( )( ).
There’s another mindset in which these traits are not simply the ones you are born with and have to live with.
(A )( ) the daily stomachaches she (p ) with her ( )(s ), ...
Aside from the daily stomachaches she provoked with her judgmental stance, ...
The fixed mindset ( ) really ( )( )( ) Mrs. Wilson.
The fixed mindset was really stamped in by Mrs. Wilson.
I ( )( )( )( ) smart.
I was focused on being smart.
( thrive / the mindset that / allows / in / people / to / this is / their lives / during / some of the most difficult times ).
This is the mindset that allows people to thrive during some of the most difficult times in their lives.
( ) really ( ), you call your best friend to share your experience
Being really frustrated, you call your best friend to share your experience.
to ( ) you a ( )( )( ) how ( )( )( )
to give you a better sense of how a mindset works
even when things ( )( )( )
even when things aren’t going well
( ) very ( ).
You’re very disappointed.
( believing that / yourself / over and over / to / prove / creates / are / permanent and unchangeable / an urgency / your qualities ).
Believing that your qualities are permanent and unchangeable creates an urgency to prove yourself over and over.
( be / foresee / what / of / years / can / impossible / with / it’s / passion, effort, and training / to / accomplished ).
It’s impossible to foresee what can be accomplished with years of passion, effort, and training.
People may (d )( )(e )( )( ).
People may differ in every which way.
( profoundly affects / you / your life / the view / lead / adopt / my research / has shown that / that / for yourself / the way / you ).
My research has shown that the view that you adopt for yourself profoundly affects the way you lead your life.