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Why Feedback and Self-Direction Go Hand in Hand

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By Art Costa, Bena Kallick, and Allison Zmuda As we confront the tests of life, we begin to realize our potentials, talents, beliefs, values, styles, and tastes. With age, we continue to discover new talents, insights, and ways to apply Read More …

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Managing Impulsivity is A Skill We All Should Master!

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The sign of intelligent people is their ability to control emotions by the application of reason. -Marya Mannes Do you ever find yourself just blurting out what comes to mind? After you say it, do you regret it? Do you find yourself Read More …

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What Does it Look Like to Take Responsible Risks?

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There is a time for daring and a time for caution, and a wise man knows which is called for. -John Keating, Teacher in Dead Poet’s Society So, the challenge, as John Keating puts it, is how do we become Read More …

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The Benefits of Finding Humor in Everyday Situations

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Warning: Humor may be hazardous to your illness. -Ellie Katz Humor refers to our human ability to perceive and express a sense of the clever or amusing: What is the astronaut’s favorite place on the computer? The space bar. Humor Read More …

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Are You Striving for Accuracy and Precision?

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If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and Read More …

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The Power of Persisting: Strategies for Success

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If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get Read More …

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Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations

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Learning is the ability to make sense out of something you observe based on your past experience and being able to take that observation and associate it with meaning. – Ruth and Art Winter Intelligent human beings learn from reflecting Read More …

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Do You Pose Questions That Invite Metacognition?

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Our ‘inner voice’ is what we use to reflect on what we do, how and why we behave in the way we do, how we critique ourselves and how we connect the knowledge, ideas, concepts and concept frameworks developed using Read More …

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How to Think and Communicate with Clarity and Precision

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“Watch your thoughts, they become words. “Watch your words; they become actions. “Watch your actions; they become habits. “Watch your habits; they become character. “Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.” – Frank Outlaw Do you ever hear your friends, Read More …

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Gathering Data Through All the Senses

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“Nothing reaches the intellect before making its appearance in the senses.” – Latin proverb Does this quotation shock you? Or should we say, shock your senses? Perhaps it is surprising to realize that your brain reduces the world to its Read More …

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