Do you feel like a failure? Moving forward in life is hard, especially when others tell you you’re not good enough. I often tell struggling kids and their parents that schools make good workers… people who do what they’re told. Teachers want you to show the work in the way they do it. They want you to follow a rubric of instructions. There’s often no room for individuality or ingenuity. In short, school isn’t designed to teach future leaders, inventors, or creators. Continue

A growth mindset is correlated with success more than intelligence is predictive of success. So how do you get this growth mindset? Did you know your brain can learn to change the way it works? It doesn’t just learn the new information you study at school. Our brains are able to change and adapt. You can learn to use your brain to your benefit through developing a growth mindset. What’s a growth mindset? The concept of fixed and growth mindsets was introduced by Stanford Univ

Resilience is the ability to handle hardships in life. People who are resilient are more capable of handling adversity than people who are not resilient. Life can throw us challenges at any given time, but have you wondered why some people seem to handle them easily while others seem to fall apart? Resilience? Resilient people are able to use their skills and strengths to handle whatever challenges come their way. Bad grades. Death of a pet. Relationship break up. Late assign