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This. I have the exact same problem. Praised for being smart from a young age (graduated high school at 16), left me with some bad habits about work and effort., and it's only been lately, that I've started to dismantle them.

tl;dr Praising smart kids for their intelligence is a sure-fire way to screw them up for years.



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