Motivating children with short-term rewards is unquestionably the easiest way to get a child to do something immediately. However, motivating children this way has two big problems that make the immediate results not worth it. Psychology professor Dr. Edward Deci, the world’s leading researcher on goals and motivation, explains these two problems in his classic […]
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The definition of talent that Nick Saban provides in his book “How Good Do You Want to Be?” is the most practical definition of talent I’ve ever read. If you Google the definition of talent you get things like: natural aptitude or skill, the natural endowments of a person, the capacity for achievement or success […]
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In her preeminent book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D. provides a simple definition of mindset. She defines mindset as: The view you adopt for yourself [that] profoundly affects the way you lead your life. Dweck goes on to make the case that one’s mindset determines whether or not a person becomes […]