Category: mastery

• From Arrested Development to Attested Development: 3 Simple Ways to Get Back on Track

  

  “You come to the gym more than the average member”, the gym employee commented. “Wow! Really? Thanks for the encouragement!”, I responded, feeling dissatisfied with myself all the same.    “I guess the problem”, I thought, as I drove home,” is that I’m not seeing any progress”. In fact, after a very cold winter which […]

  Claire Maria Ford

  June 15, 2019

  employee engagement, esl, goal-setting, growth, growth mindset, mastery, motivation, personal development, productivity

  angela duckworth, arrested development, deliberate practice, effort, grit, motivation, progress, skill, skill development

• In a rut? Maybe it’s time to follow Sarah’s Script!

  

  “ But I don’t want to follow the script! I hate scripts.”, I commented emphatically to a colleague while discussing a professional experience I had had a few years ago. “Me neither”, agreed my colleague Sarah, “Whenever I try a new recipe, I can’t just follow the instructions, I have to add my own personal […]

  Claire Maria Ford

  February 23, 2019

  goal setting, growth mindset, mastery, Mindfulness, motivation, personal development, productivity, school, teaching, Uncategorized, workplace wellbeing

  carol dweck, daniel pink, growth mindset, mastery, motivation, robert greene