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16 Habits that Help

 

  • Persisting

Stick to it! Persevering in task through to completion; remaining focused. Looking for ways to reach your goal when stuck. Not giving up.

 

  • Managing impulsivity

Take your Time! Thinking before acting; remaining calm, thoughtful and deliberative.

 

  • Listening with understanding and empathy

Understand Others! Devoting mental energy to another person’s thoughts and ideas. Make an effort to perceive another’s point of view and emotions.

 

  • Thinking flexibly

Look at it Another Way! Being able to change perspectives, generate alternatives, consider options.

 

  • Thinking about your thinking (Metacognition)

Know your knowing! Being aware of your own thoughts, strategies, feelings and actions and their effects on others.

 

  • Striving for accuracy

Check it again! Always doing your best. Setting high standards. Checking and finding ways to improve constantly.

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  • Questioning and problem posing

How do you know? Having a questioning attitude; knowing what data are needed and developing questioning strategies to produce those data. Finding problems to solve.

 

  • Applying past knowledge to new situations

Use what you Learn! Accessing prior knowledge; transferring knowledge beyond the situation in which it was learned.

 

  • Thinking and communicating with clarity and precision

Be clear! Striving for accurate communication in both written and oral form; avoiding over generalizations, distortions, deletions and exaggerations.

 

  • Gather data through all senses:

Use your natural pathways! Pay attention to the world around you Gather data through all the senses; taste, touch, smell, hearing and sight.

 

  • Creating, imagining, and innovating

Try a different way! Generating new and novel ideas, fluency, originality

 

  • Responding with wonderment and awe

Have fun figuring it out! Finding the world awesome, mysterious and being intrigued with phenomena and beauty.

 

  • Taking responsible risks

Venture out! Being adventuresome; living on the edge of one’s competence. Try new things constantly.

 

  • Finding humor

Laugh a little! Finding the whimsical, incongruous and unexpected. Being able to laugh at oneself.

 

  • Thinking interdependently

Work together! Being able to work in and learn from others in reciprocal situations. Team work.

 

  • Remaining open to continuous learning

 

Habits of the MIND

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