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Showing posts with label oldcat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oldcat. Show all posts
Friday, February 7, 2020

If you only focus on the problem...

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A friend shared this cat at Google+ , and it reminded me of the Un-Think cat which you can see here:  To get unstuck, you must first unthin...
Saturday, January 25, 2020

I'm confident that I can go high.

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This quote is inspired by a passage from Chapter 2 of Laura Ritchie's book, Fostering Self-Efficacy in Higher Education Students (2015)...
Thursday, August 16, 2018

Think about where you'd like to go.

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This cat is inspired by a quote from Carol Dweck's book Mindset : "As you read, think about where you'd like to go and which mi...
Friday, February 16, 2018

Keep calm and read it again.

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Not sure what to do next? Keep calm and read it again. ( cheezburger ) At Pinterest , I found a link to this nifty poster: I Don...

Take risks: think about what you can gain.

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A friend at Google+ shared this post with me, and I found it very helpful: The cognitive biases that are killing your decisions by Jory Ma...
Sunday, February 11, 2018

Life has no remote. You have to get up and change it yourself!

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I was glad that I had a cat to illustrate this one; the graphic I started with is below: Life has no remote. You have to get up and c...
Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Confidence comes from not fearing to be wrong.

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I really like this quote about confidence and risk-taking: Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong. ...

Everyone can change and grow through application and experience.

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The words come from Carol Dweck's book, Mindset . Here are more cats inspired by Carol Dweck quotes: Dweck Collection . Everyone ...

Consider what you are capable of.

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This quote is inspired by a passage from Chapter 2 of Laura Ritchie's book, Fostering Self-Efficacy in Higher Education Students (2015)...
Sunday, February 4, 2018

Some effort will be required.

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Some effort will be required. ( cheezburger ) This cat is inspired by a graphic I found at  Twitter :

Step forward into growth!

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The words come from the psychologist Abraham Maslow: You will either step forward into growth, or you will step backward into safety.  You c...

Success is a process, not an event.

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I was inspired by a graphic from Edutopia (see below):  Success is always a process, never an event. Failure is always an event. Never a per...

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

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The inspiration is President Franklin Roosevelt's first inaugural ( more at Wikipedia ): So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief ...
Monday, January 29, 2018

A mind stretched by new experiences can never go back to its old dimensions.

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The quote is not by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. who was a Supreme Court Justice (although that's the usual attribution as you can see in ...
Sunday, January 21, 2018

A passion for stretching

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The quote comes from Carol Dweck's Mindset . Growth mindset: a passion for stretching yourself. ( Cheezburger )
Thursday, January 18, 2018

Let them grow.

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This one is inspired by an article in the Guardian newspaper by Jessica Lahey: Why we should let our children fail . It is an excerpt from h...
Wednesday, January 17, 2018

I am prepared to take risks in pursuit of my goals.

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Today's cat was inspired by the infographic below: I am prepared to take risks in pursuit of my goals. ( cheezburger ) Th...
Monday, January 15, 2018

Follow your natural curiosity and see what you learn.

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This cat is inspired by an excerpt from Jessica Lahey's book, The Gift of Failure,  which appeared here in the Atlantic:  When Success L...
Friday, January 12, 2018

Stretch yourself so you can reach new goals.

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Stretch yourself so you can reach new goals. ( cheezburger )
Thursday, January 11, 2018

Try new things.

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Not everything will be a success, but in order to grow, you need to try new things. Try new things. ( cheezburger )