In the world of education, there are hundreds of terms and concepts related to mindset. It makes sense, because your mindset determines the level of success you will have in school more than anything else! We want to start the year by breaking down the major concepts and showing where we fit in to the…
I used to be intimidated by the length of a test. 50 questions would be an almost insurmountable challenge. 100 questions? Forget about it! That is until the Ph.D. program, where years of preparation led me to the qualifying exams: 2 days, 4 questions. If you pass, you get to move on and write a…
At Winning Mindset (our parent company), we often talk about a predator mindset versus a prey mindset. In the animal kingdom, predator animals have eyes in the front of their head while prey have eyes on the side of their heads. This is because predators are focused and narrowed in on their goal (hunting for…
We have all experienced a mental block at some point or another. Maybe it was a math problem that you KNEW you could answer, but just couldn’t find a way to come up with. Maybe it was an essay you had to write and the only line staring back at you was, “hi my name…
Sunday Story: Shake It Off And Step Up A parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule. The mule fell into the farmer’s well. The farmer heard the mule ‘braying’ – or – whatever mules do when they fall into wells. After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer sympathized with the…