Health and Human Services Professional Development

True Grit: Do you Have What it Takes to Succeed? by   Mikki Sherwood   on   July 24, 2013   Do you want to know the single most important key to success? According to Angela Lee Duckworth (via Ted Talks) you need to have GRIT. Grit surpassed economics, educational achievement, and even intelligence and talent, as the single most important predictor of success. One key aspect of grit is a “growth mindset.” According to researchers at Stanford University, an individual with a growth mindset understands that the ability to learn and grow can change with a change in circumstance and effort. If you have a growth mindset you are much more able to persevere if you fail because you know that failure is temporary, and success is still an option if changes are made. Do you have GRIT? blob:https://embed.ted.com/0cce5d24-4711-4703-a368-832606b7140c *Originally posted on the Career Skillet website (Permission granted by Jill Bowers).

What Can Adults Learn From Children? by   Mikki Sherwood   on   April 20, 2014 Ted talks video reviewed by: Caitlin Sheehan, Graduate Student EIU In this  Ted Talks  video, 12-year old Adora Svitak states that being called “childish” is offensive to her, but not for the reason you may think. She points out that most irrational behavior is perpetuated by adults. However, she points out that young people have made a difference in the world for many generations. For example, Anne Frank provided a riveting account of the Holocaust, Ruby Bridges fought to end segregation in the US, and Charlie Simpson helped to raise £120,000 for Haiti. Therefore, Svitak states, learning should be reciprocal between adults and youth. In fact, progress only happens because new generations become better than the previous generation and kids, with all of their “irrationality,” really can teach adults something. *Originally posted on the Career Skillet website (Permission grante...