We like to think of our champions and idols as superheroes who were born different from us. We don’t like to think of them as relatively ordinary people who made themselves extraordinary.

Carol Susan Dweck, PhD, is an American psychologist and professor best known for creating a framework describing “growth” and “fixed” mindsets and how these differing mindsets affect motivation, development, and personality. She is considered one of the world’s leading researchers in the fields of personality, social psychology, and developmental psychology.