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5 Inspiring Ways to Start the New Year

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

Spiritual growth based on scientifi c research.

As Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, approaches, here are
fi ve ways to making real changes and get the new year off to
a fresh start.

1. Amp up your expectations.

In 1965, teachers in a San Francisco elementary school were
given lists of students who were likely to have amazing
“growth spurts” in the coming year. A Harvard psychologist,
Robert Rosenthal, had tested all of the children, and was able to inform their teachers which kids
were likely to achieve great things in the coming months.

At the end of the year, the teachers’ experience tallied with Dr. Rosenthal’s: those students he
predicted would have growth spurts did so, enjoying above-average intellectual success across
the board in school.

What the teachers didn’t know was that the list of names they were given at the beginning of the
year was entirely randomly-generated. There was no academic test; each teacher was given a list
of arbitrary names. Yet the students’ growth was real. When teachers expected more from those
students, the students delivered, increasing their performance in class. The IQs of those students
identifi ed as “Growth Spurters” also increased, measuring much higher after the academic year
than at the beginning, and increasing signifi cantly in relation to their peers.

This year, view yourself as a “Growth Spurter.” Give yourself the gift of believing in yourself and

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