It's infuriating, but it's also an opportunity to do your little push towards a growth mindset: tell them that then they could practice more so they get better

It's infuriating, but it's also an opportunity to do your little push towards a growth mindset: tell them that then they could practice more so they get better at it. I'm convinced that the more we all tell kids that practice beats talent by a long shot, the happier our next generation will be. Even if only some people around a kid talk like that I'm convinced it can make a difference, get people into this growth mindset when they're big. (TED talk about the growth mindset, if the term feels like manager bullshit mumbo jumbo to you: https://www.ted.com/talks/carol_dweck_the_power_of_believing_that_you_can_improve https://www.ted.com/talks/carol_dweck_the_power_of_believing...)