&gt; I can agree with the distinction of &#x27;fixed&#x27; versus &#x27;growth&#x27; mindsets (although... .. how do you measure that?), but that success is guaranteed if you believe and try... Not necessarily.<p>where does Dr. Dweck make that implication anywhere? in fact, her research is more about how the growth mindset gets more exposure to failure, while the fixed mindset tends to avoid failure in the first place, which is just a different type of failure. so in that sense, her work is all about failure, not about &quot;success being guaranteed if you believe and try&quot;.