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BehavioralCDCarol Dweck 1-min read 3-min action

The Power of Yet

Add the word 'yet' to any sentence where you've written yourself off.

The concept

Growth mindset as a one-word intervention

Dweck's Stanford research found that students graded 'not yet' instead of 'fail' showed measurable shifts toward growth-mindset behaviors. The word reframes a fixed verdict as a point on a learning curve.

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The Power of Believing You Can Improve
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