A Few Lessons from J.K. Rowling

 I came across this today and it resonated with me for a few reasons. J.K. Rowling talks about the "importance of failure" and "the crucial importance of imagination": two things that have been really important themes for me this morning.

The video I found can be accessed here.

J.K. Rowling talks about how she had to experience "failure" to realize what she wanted to do. She persevered through many struggles in her life and wrote some of my favorite fiction of all time. It reminds me of Carol Dweck, who wrote about the importance of praising children for their efforts and perseverance. Instead of saying "you're so smart!", Dweck's research suggests that we should be saying something more along the lines of "it looks like you worked hard at that!" or "good job putting so much effort into that!" This article was really interesting, and showed how children who are praised specifically for effort are more willing to try harder tasks and are not as anxious about making mistakes.