Fixed-leaning

You tend to read ability as something you either have or don’t — which makes effort feel like evidence against you.

In depth

• What it looks likeyou gravitate to things you’re already good at, and hard things feel exposing rather than interesting.
• Costthe safest way to never look untalented is to never attempt anything difficult — which is also how you stop improving.
• Leveradd one word. “I can’t do this” becomes “I can’t do this yet” — Dweck’s whole intervention, more or less.