Point your skeptics to Carol Dweck's research and book, Mindset. http://mindsetonline.com/whatisit/about/ http://mindsetonline.com/whatisit/about/ The writing

Point your skeptics to Carol Dweck's research and book, Mindset. http://mindsetonline.com/whatisit/about/ http://mindsetonline.com/whatisit/about/ The writing can be repetitive but the core ideas and science IMO should be read and understood by everyone especially those who think that talent is solely innate.