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The power of believing that you can improve | Carol Dweck

The power of believing that you can improve | Carol Dweck

Carol Dweck researches “growth mindset” — the idea that we can grow our brain’s capacity to learn and to solve problems. In this talk, she describes two ways to think about a problem that’s slightly too hard for you to solve. Are you not smart enough to solve it … or have you just not […]

Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert

Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert

Find an accurate transcript (and subtitles in 46 languages) on ted.com: “Eat, Pray, Love” author Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses — and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person “being” a genius, all of us “have” a genius. It’s a funny, personal and surprisingly […]

Stacey A. Dixon Could Become The First Black Woman To Serve As The Nation’s No. 2 Intelligence Official After Biden Nomination

Stacey A. Dixon Could Become The First Black Woman To Serve As The Nation’s No. 2 Intelligence Official After Biden Nomination

Stacey A. Dixon has been nominated to the second highest-ranking intelligence post by President Joe Biden. If confirmed, she would become the first Black person to serve in a senior intelligence post. Dixon, who was nominated by the President on Wednesday, is currently the deputy director of the Defense Department’s National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. If confirmed […]