[benofsky]

Make it clear from the start that success comes from hard work not necessarily raw intelligence, it took me quite a while to overcome this idea instilled in me by my parents (i.e. when your kid does something good, "well done, you must have worked so hard to do that" opposed to "well done, you're so smart")

[KoZeN]

Not sure why you're being downvoted. I personally think this is pretty good advice.

I never really excelled academically yet I became quite succeessful through pure hard work. Unfortunately I got a lot of bad advice as a kid and it was drilled into me that I would never be as successful as 'smart' people. Had I known that I could counter-act my disadvantage with pure grunt work then I probably would have been more successful from a younger age.