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Academic Coaching to learn the most in the least amount of time
What the Best Students Do
Learning is much more than simply memorizing facts and spitting them back out on a multiple choice or short answer exam. In fact, students whose main goal is to simply get through the assignment, miss out on the joy of learning that particular subject, and decrease their passion for learning in general. We start our work with students by examining the areas that they are already “experts” in.
Positive Psychology Coaching for Enhanced Performance
Unpleasant emotions (anger, fear, sadness) outnumber pleasant ones (happiness) by a ratio of 3:1. Convincing empirical evidence indicates the evolutionary progression of our brain’s development trends negatively, suggesting that our reptilian brains were formed for the sole purpose of avoiding threats to survival, thus creating an inherent fight, flight, or freeze response. This unavoidable and integrated relationship with negativity has been with human beings ever since. As a result, we tend to view setbacks and difficulties as either a comment on our character, or as a problem to be fixed.
Neuroplasticity and Sports Performance
The mind (energy and information flow in the brain) is created by the brain. Our brains learn mostly by what the mind attends to, and what we attend to necessarily change’s our brain. For example, when we remember a joyful occasion, we are more prone to be playful and creative in the present moment.
Book Recommendations
Winning the Mind Game
John Edgette
Mindset
Carol Dweck
Willpower
Roy Baumeister
Flourish
Martin Seligman
iGen
Jean Twenge
The Art of Mental Training
Gonzales
Way of the Peaceful Warrior
Millman
The Evolving Self
Kegan
Daring Greatly
Brown