Ali Crum and her research team round up over 80 hotel workers. They divide them into two groups: The intervention group, who is told that the work they do (cleaning hotel rooms) is good exercise and satisfies the Surgeon General’s recommendations for an active lifestyle. They are given specific examples of how their daily activities, such as vacuuming, changing linens,...
season 4 ep 3 Hardiness is a strong predictor of our ability to deal with challenges and change. Decades of research shows it plays an important role in both learning and resilience. Yet, it doesn’t get enough attention – it’s time to change that. Listen anywhere you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsSpotifyYouTube HARDINESS One of the world’s leading experts in...
On May 24, 2019 I found out I had bladder cancer. Yeah, WTF? Even the doctor was surprised when he found the tumor. It’s super rare, especially for nonsmokers, especially for people my age. So far I’ve actually been really lucky. The doctors were able to remove the tumor. There has been no need for chemo or radiation, and the...
“In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” – Eric Hoffer Great learners can adapt, solve problems, work through setbacks, build new skills. Learners are resilient. Learners are agile. No matter who we are or what we do, becoming a better learner is a...
Tough emotions – stress, anxiety, fear – hold a lot of power over the way we perform, learn, and handle setbacks. We feel nervous before a big game or presentation and don’t perform our best. We’re presented with a challenge, we feel uncomfortable, we decide we’re not ready. We feel weird about speaking up or asking a question and then...
by Trevor Ragan and Alex Belser | Podcasts | Fear & Resilience APPLE PODCASTSSPOTIFYGOOGLE PLAY Emotions, Learning, and Resilience The way we traditionally look at emotions can hurt our capacity to grow. To become a better learner we need to change our perceptions of emotions, learn to feel them, understand them, and to work with them rather than against them....
Building resilience can help us become better learners. Let’s outline four tools that can help make that happen by Trevor Ragan and Alex Belser PART 1 Challenges, obstacles, adversity, and struggle are inevitable in life – especially when we choose to spend more time out of our comfort zone. They’re going to happen – we can’t change, or control, that....
I’m squatting, you’re spotting. The goal: 12 reps Reps 1-3: no prob Reps 4-7: not bad either, but I’m starting to feel it Rep 8: It gets hard and I start to struggle a bit You jump in and do the last 4 reps for me. I feel better, you feel helpful… but my reps have been robbed! Obviously this...
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