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haǀe the ƉotenƟal to transĨorm oƵr sĐhools ǀalƵe͕ then the Đhild ǁill alreadLJ haǀe halĨ oĨ
and ĐommƵniƟes. nd edžĐiƟng researĐh on the the moƟǀaƟon eƋƵaƟon.
ƋƵesƟon oĨ deǀeloƉing edžƉerƟse has emerged ͻ ,ĞůƉ ƚŚĞŵ ͞ĐĂƚĐŚ Ă ƐƉĂƌŬ͟ ũƵƐƚ ĨŽƌ ĨƵŶ͘
in reĐent deĐades Ĩrom the Įeld oĨ ĐogniƟǀe ^omeƟmes LJoƵ Đan helƉ a Đhild ƉlaĐe ǀalƵe on
ƉsLJĐhologLJ. something he or she has neǀer done ďeĨore.
Ƶshman shared a storLJ oĨ a stƵdent ǁho had
WoǁerĨƵl neǁ eǀidenĐe shoǁs that oƉƉortƵnitLJ the Ĩreedom at a sĐhool retreat to do anLJthing
and ƉraĐƟĐe haǀe Ĩar more imƉaĐt on high Ɖer- Ĩrom among the seǀeral aĐƟǀiƟes theLJ oīered.
ĨormanĐe than does innate talent.” dhe stƵdent Đhose to Đanoe͕ something she
had neǀer done ďeĨore. nd͕ ǁhen she realinjed
^he edžƉlains that sƵĐĐess Đomes Ĩrom the Ĩol- hoǁ mƵĐh ĨƵn she had doing something Đom-
loǁing͗ ͞te ďelieǀe in ǁhat ǁe are doing. te ƉletelLJ neǁ͕ she ǁas more oƉen to trLJing other
ǀalƵe it and doing it reallLJ maƩers to Ƶs. te ďe- neǁ things liŬe math Ɖroďlems.
lieǀe that͕ Ɖroǀiding ǁe ǁorŬ hard͕ ǁe Đan do ͻ Ğ ŐƵŝĚĞ͘ s a teaĐher or a Ɖarent͕ ǁhen
it. te edžƉeĐt that ǁe Đan sƵĐĐeed.” nd͕ ǁhen Ŭids get stƵĐŬ ;and start to doƵďt their aďilitLJ
ǁe are moƟǀated to do something ;eǀen iĨ it is to sƵĐĐeedͿ͕ ǁe Đan steƉ in and ĐoaĐh them
a non-aĐademiĐ ƉƵrsƵitͿ͕ ǁe are more liŬelLJ to throƵgh that diĸĐƵlt njone. dhen͕ ǁe Đan steƉ
sƵĐĐeed in all other areas ;aĐademiĐ inĐlƵdedͿ. ďaĐŬ onĐe theLJ haǀe regained their ĐonĮdenĐe.
,elƉ them ĐonneĐt their eīorts to the sƵĐĐess
dhe aĐtƵal eƋƵaƟon͕ aĐĐording to Ƶshman͕ that theLJ haǀe aĐhieǀed in the Ɖast. Ƶshman
looŬs liŬe this͗ ǁrites͕ ͞ s theLJ saǀor eaĐh moment oĨ sƵĐĐess͕
ǁe Đan helƉ them ĐonneĐt it to those moments
salƵe dž džƉeĐtaƟon oĨ ^ƵĐĐess с DoƟǀaƟon that Đame ďeĨore ʹ and those that ǁill Ĩolloǁ.”
ͻ WƌŽǀŝĚĞ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ƚƌLJ ĂŶĚ ƚƌLJ ĂŐĂŝŶ͘ ZesilienĐe͕
,Žǁ ƚŽ DŽƟǀĂƚĞ grit͕ ǁhateǀer LJoƵ ǁant to Đall it͕ this is an im-
Ɖortant ƉieĐe oĨ the moƟǀaƟon ƉƵnjnjle. nd͕ ďLJ
eloǁ͕ /͛ǀe ĐomƉiled a list oĨ diīerent ǁaLJs giǀing Đhildren the oƉƉortƵnitLJ to ŬeeƉ Đom-
Ɖarents or teaĐhers Đan helƉ Đhildren Įnd their ing ďaĐŬ to the same Ɖroďlems and to master
oǁn moƟǀaƟon. them͕ theLJ gain a sense oĨ ĐonĮdenĐe and
sƵĐĐess. nd͕ Ĩor teaĐhers looŬing to helƉ stƵ-
ͻ ,ĞůƉ ƚŚĞŵ ͞ĐĂƚĐŚ Ă ƐƉĂƌŬ͟ ĨƌŽŵ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ƚĂů- dents do ͞deliďerate ƉraĐƟĐe” rather than rote
ĞŶƚƐ͘ &ind oƵt ǁhat ĨamilLJ inŇƵenĐes edžist. reƉeƟƟon͕ Ƶshman sƵggest that the ƉraĐƟĐe
DaLJďe someone is reallLJ talented at seǁing shoƵld inĐlƵde the ͞ĨoƵr Z͛s”͗ readLJing them-
or ďasŬetďall at home͖ maLJďe someone else selǀes Ĩor neǁ learning͕ reƉeƟƟon and aƉƉliĐa-
ǁatĐhes his mother ǁrites short ǀerses oĨ Ɖo- Ɵon oĨ Ŭnoǁledge and sŬills͕ reǀieǁing material
etrLJ on naƉŬins. /Ĩ those aĐƟǀiƟes alreadLJ haǀe learned earlier͕ and reǀising their ǁorŬ.

Ŷ ĂĐĐůĂŝŵĞĚ ĞĚƵĐĂƚŽƌ ĂŶĚ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ĐŽŶƐƵůƚĂŶƚ͕ DƌƐ͘ ZŝŅĂ ^ĐŚŽŶĨĞůĚ
ŚĂƐ ƐĞƌǀĞĚ ƚŚĞ :ĞǁŝƐŚ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ĨŽƌ ĐůŽƐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƌƚLJ LJĞĂƌƐ͘ ^ŚĞ ĨŽƵŶĚĞĚ
ĂŶĚ ĚŝƌĞĐƚƐ ƚŚĞ ǁŝĚĞůLJ ĂĐĐůĂŝŵĞĚ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂů ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͕ ^K^͕ ƐĞƌǀŝĐŝŶŐ Ăůů
ŐƌĂĚĞ ůĞǀĞůƐ ŝŶ ƐĞĐƵůĂƌ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ,ĞďƌĞǁ ƐƚƵĚŝĞƐ͘ ŬƌŝĂŚ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƐƉĞ-
ĐŝĂůŝƐƚ͕ ƐŚĞ ŚĂƐ ŐŝǀĞŶ ĚLJŶĂŵŝĐ ǁŽƌŬƐŚŽƉƐ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ƐĞƚ ƵƉ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ůĂďƐ ŝŶ
ŵĂŶLJ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ͘ /Ŷ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ͕ ƐŚĞ ŽīĞƌƐ ĞǀĂůƵĂƟŽŶƐ '͘ ͘ ͘ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĂƟŽŶ͕͕ ƐŽ-
ĐŝĂů ƐŬŝůůƐ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŝĚĚƵĐŚ ĐŽĂĐŚŝŶŐ͕ ĨŽĐƵƐŝŶŐ ŽŶ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ƐĞůĨͲĞƐƚĞĞŵ
ĂŶĚ ƐĞůĨͲĂǁĂƌĞŶĞƐƐ͘ ^ŚĞ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƌĞĂĐŚĞĚ Ăƚ ϳϭϴͲϯϴϮͲϱϰϯϳ Žƌ Ăƚ ƌŝŅĂƐĐŚŽŶ-
ĨĞůĚΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ ͘ zŽƵ ĐĂŶ ǀŝĞǁ ƚŚĞ ǁĞď Ăƚ ƌŝŅĂƐĐŚŽŶĨĞůĚƐŽƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘

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