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And that is what I'd like to ask Carole Dweck about: how damaging is it for a kid to realize that effort alone doesn't cut it either....
Because mindset is research-based, possibly a question which reflects your expressed sentiment and also the content of a few posts upthread about reaching the limits of one's ability, may be something along these lines:
- In the research, did you reach a point at which growth mindset was not able to assist the subject's further measurable growth in an area, due to limits of ability?
- Are you aware of further research being done in the area of reaching the absolute limits of one's ability, at which point the growth mindset is no longer able to facilitate the test subject's continued measurable growth in that area?

Interesting 2009 article by Po Bronson, whose endorsement of Dweck's 2006 book mindset is printed on the paperback's cover:
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"Will prove to be one of the most influential books ever about motivation." - Po Bronson, author of NurtureShock