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).

Are YOU Smarter than a 5th Grader? Advice from the “Kid President” by   Mikki Sherwood   on   July 28, 2013   Nine-year-old Robby Novak has unbelievable charisma. His “Kid President” videos are taking the internet by storm. In this pep talk, he gives advice for doing “something that will make the world awesome.” His advice: Don’t be boring. If life is a game, aren’t we all on the same team? Don’t stop believing. I want to be on the path that leads to awesome. Keep going, and going, and going, and going. What will you create to make the world more awesome? Nothing if you just keep sitting there! https://youtu.be/l-gQLqv9f4o?list=PLzvRx_johoA8PC6S5k5S2SszRQOR8oSEa *Originally posted on the Career Skillet website (Permission granted by Jill Bowers).