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Thoughts, Actions, and Habits
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Thoughts, Actions, and Habits
Let’s start with a math lesson by a writing teacher.
PROBLEM: This presentation has thirteen slides. Each slide takes about seven minutes to present. How many minutes will it take to get through all the slides?
SOLUTION: 13 slides x 7 minutes = 28 minutes
GREAT!!!! We’ll have plenty of time for questions!!!
It’s a New School Year!!!!
Your beliefs become your thoughts,
Your thoughts become your words,
Your words become your actions,
Your actions become your habits,
Your habits become your values,
Your values become your destiny.
Mahatma Gandhi
Beliefs, Habits, and Destiny
Habits make us more efficient: we don’t have to think about every choice we make.
An efficient brain allows us to stop thinking about basic behaviors, such as walking or tying shoes, so we can devote energy to more creative pursuits.
An efficient brain saves lives by making our heads smaller and childbirth easier.
Habits: The Good News
When brains power down at the wrong moment, we don’t see a predator hiding in the bushes or a new way to solve a problem.
Habits can also lead to problems: a rigid mindset can undermine our successes.
Habits can prevent us from seeing life in a new way
Habits: The Bad News
Pavlov’s Classic Conditioning
Are people much different?
How a Habit is Born
Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.
Mark Twain
Can we change our habits?
Remember the Habit-Forming Cycle?
How can students change bad academic habits?
Breaking a Habit?
1. What do you (or your students) repeatedly DO, OR FAIL TO DO, that does not enhance your quality of life or even makes your life obviously worse?
2. What do you (or your students) repeatedly TELL YOURSELF that may be keeping you stuck, undermining your efforts to change certain aspects of your life that you are not happy with?
The Groundhog Day Syndrome
The Paradox of Choice
The Paradox of Choice
The Paradox of Choice
The Paradox of Choice
Taking notes
Going to the tutoring center
Checking sources in research papers
Showing your work in math problems
Checking Facebook, phone, and finding other distractions
Good and Bad Academic Habits
