https://www.chabad.org/search/keyword.asp?kid=21975 Newest articles written by Bella Abdurachmanov Copyright 2026, Chabad.org - Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center, all rights reserved. Mon, 01 Jan, 0001 12:00:00 EST Mon, 01 Jan 0001 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=3568695 https://www.chabad.org/theJewishWoman/article_cdo/aid/3568695/jewish/Giving-Our-Children-the-Gifts-of-Grit-and-a-Growth-Mindset.htm Our children are growing up in a bold new world. As always, we strive to pass on important traits to them, such as lovingkindness, charity and compassion. But what about the new traits that modern psychology has introduced? I mean those two particular traits that are quickly becoming synonymous with success: grit and the growth mindset. Grit is a term made famous in academic circles by Angela Duckworth, MacArthur Fellow and professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. She studies the result that happens when you combine “passion and perseverance [to reach a] long-term goal.” There were spies who were “gritty” and spies who were not The growth mindset, a term coined by Carol Dweck, professor of psychology at Stanford University, is the belief that our “basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work.” This is contrary to a fixed mindset, the belief that our basic abilities are founded on set characterist Wed, 25 Jan 2017 12:00:00 EST