Hello, hello, everyone. This is Tanya Dalton, owner of Inquell Press, and I'm here to give you

another episode of The Weekender, a mini episode to help you end your week on the right note.

This week in episode 46, I interviewed

Eric Weinmayr, who inspires disabled people, including veterans, to go out and climb mountains

and canyreneer and just get out there and live their best lives. And the week before that,

we discussed the power of choices. And the combination of these two episodes reminded me of a powerful study I had read about choices

and how they are able to push you to greater heights.

I wanted to share it with you as I felt it was really applicable to what we've been talking about

all season long, how you get out there and you catch those big dreams

and begin to zero in on those large goals in your life. So in an experiment, in around 1998,

researchers presented 128 5th graders with a series of complex puzzles. Now after these students

finished these puzzles, they were told that they did well.

But half of the students were told that they must be really smart to do such a good job.

And the other half, they were told that they must have worked really hard to solve those problems.

And then the researchers offered all the students to choose from three puzzles to work on next.

These three puzzles ranged from very easy to difficult.

And what do you think these students chose?

Who do you think chose the more difficult puzzle to work on next?

Those who were told they were smart or those who were told that they'd worked hard?

Here's what's interesting. Those that were told that they were smart chose those who were told that they'd worked hard. Here's what's interesting. Those that

were told that they were smart chose the easier puzzle, even though they were complimented on their

intelligence. The students who were complimented on their hard work, on the other hand, chose the

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