The Power (and Peril) of Praise http://nymag.com/news/features/27840/ …
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This whole thing where you just won't try if something doesn't come naturally to you isn't necessarily because of over-praise.
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And the smarter you are, the more your natural ability seems to tower over your other abilities.
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And the more you hate feeling banal. "You must have worked really hard" won't work; children get pleasure out of saying "No, I'm shit hot."
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"You must have worked really hard" is basically an unintended "I bet you're a nerd, kid."
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That's just a point the article misses - it's fairly standard stuff otherwise and probably right in many ways.
7:12 AM - 2 Jan 2014
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