1: Stanford professor Dr. Carol Dweck and her colleagues administered a nonverbal IQ test to two groups of adolescents

Afterwards, one group was praised for their intelligence (“You must be smart!”).

The other was praised for their effort (“You must have worked really hard!”).

The researchers then administered a second test with a harder set of problems.  

“The intelligence-praised children performed worse,” Sahil Bloom writes in his book The 5 … continue reading

Elon Musk is wicked smart.

“But when he explains technology to consumers he uses language even a sixth-grader can read,” observes Carmine Gallo in his book The Storyteller’s Secret.

“Welcome everyone to the announcement of Tesla Energy.  What I’m going to talk about tonight is a fundamental transformation of how the world works, about how energy is delivered across Earth,” Elon Musk began his remarks about Tesla’s new Powerwall … continue reading