2. Have you ever considered
that you may have bad
“thinking habits”?
The way we think can affect
how we learn.
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A man named Art
d’Costa developed the
Habits of Mind.
These are 16 positive
habits that you might like
to try and develop to
make you a better
learner.
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Try another way
Stick to it!
Keep trying!
Hang in there…..
You will always meet with failure on
your journey to success.
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Be like a postage stamp—stick to one
thing until you get there.
Margaret Carty
I hated every minute of training, but I
said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the
rest of your life like a champion.'
Muhammad Ali
If I had to select one quality, one
personal characteristic that I regard as
being most highly correlated with
success whatever the field, I would
pick the trait of persistence.
Determination. The will to endure to
the end, to get knocked down 70 times
and get up off the floor saying, 'Here
comes number 71!'
Richard M. Devos
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Respecting what people
have to say
Understanding others
Not interrupting
Looking people in the eye when you
speak to them
Understanding how the other person
might be feeling
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I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening
carefully Most people never listen.
Ernest Hemingway
If you want to be listened to, you
should put in time listening.
Marge Piercy
If there is any secret of success, it lies in the
ability to get the other person’s point of view
and see things from his angle as well as from
your own.
Henry Ford.
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Be aware of your thoughts
Understand how your brain works
Know your knowing
Know you can change your thoughts
Take responsibility for your thoughts
and feelings
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I thank the Lord for the brain He put in my head.
Occasionally, I love to just stand to one side and watch how
it works.
Richard Bolles
When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself
Plato
Learn to depend upon yourself by doing
things in accordance with your own way of
thinking.
Grenville Kleiser
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Have a plan
STOP before you start
Don’t rush
Think before you act
Look before you leap
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Every minute you spend in planning saves 10 minutes in
execution; this gives you a 1,000 percent return on energy!
Brian Tracy, author and speaker
I can give you a six word formula for success:
Think things through - then follow through.
Eddie Rickenbacker
Take time to deliberate; but when the time for
action arrives, stop thinking and go in.
Andrew Jackson
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Try thinking DIVERGENTLY
Consider all options
Think outside the square
There is usually more than one
way to do things
Ask…”Is this the only way”?
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Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it's
the only one you've got.
Alain (Emile August Chartier)
It's a mighty poor mind that can
only think of one way to spell a
word.
Andrew Jackson
If you never change your mind,
why have one?
Edward deBono
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Have a questioning mind
The question is the answer
Ask more than one question
Who? What? Where? When? Why?
How? What if?
Find problems to solve
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by
his answers.
Voltaire
Nothing shapes our journey through life so much as
the questions we ask.
Greg Levoy
The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right
questions.
Claude Levi-Strauss, businessman
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Add to your knowledge
Use what you already know
Build on what you already know
Take your understanding to a new level
Transform what you already know into
something new
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You are today where your
thoughts have brought you,
you will be tomorrow
where your thoughts take
you.
James Allen, author
Learning is the ability to make sense out of something you observe
based on your past experience and being able to take that
observations and associate it with meaning.
Ruth and Art Winter.
I’ve never made a mistake. I've only learned from
experience.
Thomas A. Edison
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Check and check again
Sometimes near enough is NOT good
enough
Always do your best
Be clear about where you are going
Start with the end in mind
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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one
day longer it takes to be good.
Ben Hogan, Golfer
Measure a thousand times and cut once.
Turkish Proverb
It is necessary to try to surpass oneself
always; this occupation ought to last as long
as life.
Queen Christina, of Sweden
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Make POWERFUL points
Be CLEAR
Strive for accuracy in what you
say and write
Concentrate on one thing at
a time
Don’t exaggerate or overgeneralize
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If you can't write your idea on
the back of my calling card,
you don't have a clear idea.
David Belasco
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools,
because they have to say something.
Plato
Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your
words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they
become habits. Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
Frank Outlaw
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Look at things from different
perspectives
Look! Listen! Touch! Taste! Smell!
Know whether you are an auditory,
visual or kinesthetic learner
Don’t always use your eyes
Trust your other senses
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If all meanings could be adequately expressed by
words, the arts of painting and music would not
exist.
John Dewey
Tell me, and I’ll forget. Show me, and I may remember.
Involve me, and I’ll understand.
Native American Proverb
Students retain:
10% of what they read
20% of what they hear
30% of what they see
50% of what they see and hear
70% of what they say
90% of what they say and do.
Sandra F. Rief How to Reach and Teach ADD/ADHD Children:
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Collaborate to innovate
Try a different way!
Think outside the square
Take risks in your thinking
Juxtapose different ideas to create
something new
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To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.
Joseph Chilton Pearce
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating
yourself.
George Bernard Shaw
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Albert Einstein
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Look at the world with wonder
Be adventuresome
Don’t do the same thing all the time
Challenge yourself to learn new
things
See the world as full of amazing
things
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Practice being excited.
Bill Foster
People do their best work when they are passionately
engaged in what they are doing.
Erie S. Raymond
If you are working on something exciting that you
really care about, you don't have to be pushed. The
vision pulls you.
Steven Jobs
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Venture out!
Be adventuresome
Try new things constantly
Live on the edge of your competence
See mistakes as necessary for
learning new skills
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Sometimes you just have to take the leap and build your
wings on the way down.
Kobi Yamada
The only man who never makes mistakes is the man
who never does anything.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead
where there is no path and leave a trail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Laugh a little
Always look on the bright side
Laugh at yourself
See the funny side of things
Find fun in the unexpected
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You can increase your brain power three to fivefold
simply by laughing and having fun before working on a
problem.
Doug Hal
You can think best when you're happiest.
Peter Thomson, Australian Golfer
The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed.
Sebastien-Roch Nicolas de Chamfort
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Work together
Two heads are better than one
Collaboration is creative
1 + 1 = 3
Learn from others
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Every person you meet - and everything you do in
life – is an opportunity to learn something.
Tom Clancy, Author
It is good to rub and polish our brain against
that of others.
Michael De Montaigne
In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for
what ever good we give out completes the
circle and comes back to us.
Hora Edwards
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There is always more to learn
The world is an open book
No-one knows everything
Learning is a life long journey
Seek and ye shall find
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He that thinks himself the wisest is generally the least
so.
C.C. Colton
The education of a man is never complete until he
dies.
Robert E. Lee
Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.
John Dewey
38. If you want to use the Habits of
Mind to change how you think
then you have to follow the
four steps here.
1.Choose the Habit you want to
work on.
2.What does the Habit LOOK /
SOUND / FEEL LIKE?
3.Think of some
BEHAVIOURS you can try that
will reflect that Habit.
4.DO IT!!
Only when you take action can
you change your behavior. This
goes for your brain as well
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The SKY IS THE
LIMIT when you
use the Habits of
Mind to help
unlock your
learning
potential.
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Some useful websites to visit
Habits of Mind Institute
Habits of Mind (Wikipedia)
Why not join the Studyvibe
Community and practice using
the Habits of Mind everyday.
We will help you keep on
track. You will be amazed at
how differently you will start
seeing the world around you!!
