Stuck on a goal? Let’s Chunk it!

I want you to think about the biggest goal you have right now. What is the most ambitious goal you’ve set for yourself? Can you picture it? Can you visualize what you will have to do to achieve it? If you have it in your mind, you are probably feeling intimidated and overwhelmed. If you…

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Pushing Past Mental Blocks

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…

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How do we persevere through anything? Practice!

Perseverance is like any other mindset skill. It’s not something that you either have or don’t have, it is a skill that can be trained, improved, or lost without practice. Perseverance can open up doors that you otherwise couldn’t walk through. As you face difficult tests, intimidating presentations, and complex classwork, perseverance will be the…

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A Mindset Lesson from Elephant Training

Elephants are one of the most powerful creatures on the planet. Their mammoth-like size and strength would allow them to crush any obstacle and go anywhere they please. Nothing could stand in the way of a determined elephant. How is it then that so many elephants are passive, sitting in zoos and circuses without incident?…

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