I believe we all can live BETTER with a growth mindset but some people struggle to find the motivation and tools to do so. That’s the place where I often find my coaching so rewarding.
Thank you Josh. I hate this expression. Even within my family I see elders with static and growth mindsets. The difference in how they spent there last decades is significant. One passed away within a year when he stopped working. He had nothing to do. Another who achieved huge success earlier in his career felt his most important work happened in his last decade. I think we can all live with a growth mindset.
Very interesting Josh, and incredibly important. I became 100% disabled at the age of 53, and without the ability to learn and thereby change I would probably be a miserable wreck. Likely, so would so many of the Paralympic athletes I watched achieve stunning results, even as they came in last this year in Paris. Such people have a "learning Mindest", which you mention. I myself am asked, and was asked "What is your life goal?". Well, my life goal is and has been for the longest time to learn and keep learning, and more importantly, as a result to apply those learnings to my environment in creative ways. As my environment changes constantly, so must I in order to thrive. My contention is that this would apply to all humans (even non-humans as we are learning). Some learn, some don't.
So, as always, here comes the rub with part of what you say in your article. What if it is true that so many people never learn to learn in their youth. So many schools in so many countries do not teach their students to learn, but simply to memorize. Although memorization is one step toward learning, the final outcome of learning must be critical and creative thinking in the face of decision making. So, and here is the question...Do your methods still work with someone who was never taught to learn and apply those learnings? Does everyone have "an ear" for learning. I use this metaphor because of my experience learning different languages. I speak 5 languages rather well, but some I just can't get through my Neural Network (Slavik, Nordik, Asian, Portuguese). I am told that is because I was not exposed to those languages for a long enough time (only several weeks is enough) before I reached puberty.
So, is my ability to really learn, on my own because I was in an environment and schools where I had to do so to thrive? If so, Does not having that "learning ear" impact how people should be taught/coached to new activities and thinking in their older age, can they be taught, even? Thereby maybe requiring a modification of your wrote approach to your clients, especially for those that never learned how to learn or how to apply their learning to create new value for themselves and those around them. I today, especially see so many examples of people who seem to exhibit this affliction, and they are not necessarily idiots or 'deplorables', they are, in fact neighbors, voters, employees, Congressmen, Senators, and customers...in multiple countries. What say you?
As usual, I love your engagement and your thoughtful comments. Here’s my experience so far- people who seek out a coach aren’t a random sampling of the population; they already recognize a need and desire to change and grow. So perhaps I am not taking on clients who are really shut down from a learning capability perspective because they aren’t asking for coaching. I’d have to say that my clients index high on “willingness to try “ new things, new behaviors etc. Unlike some therapy, I don’t delve deeply into an individual’s past, their childhood etc, unless they volunteer it- so in some cases, maybe they are inhibited by an earlier experience - or lack of experience. Let me ponder how I might better address situations like this. And finally, I don’t follow a rote methodology with clients - there are a set of guiding principles, beliefs if you like, that inform my approach. But every client is a unique individual and I flex to help them meet their goals. I miss you, my friend!
Corollary to the above. Does coaching work for those that really need it? Or have they maybe lost the an important part of the ability to connect those neural linkages at puberty?
I believe we all can live BETTER with a growth mindset but some people struggle to find the motivation and tools to do so. That’s the place where I often find my coaching so rewarding.
Thank you Josh. I hate this expression. Even within my family I see elders with static and growth mindsets. The difference in how they spent there last decades is significant. One passed away within a year when he stopped working. He had nothing to do. Another who achieved huge success earlier in his career felt his most important work happened in his last decade. I think we can all live with a growth mindset.
Very interesting Josh, and incredibly important. I became 100% disabled at the age of 53, and without the ability to learn and thereby change I would probably be a miserable wreck. Likely, so would so many of the Paralympic athletes I watched achieve stunning results, even as they came in last this year in Paris. Such people have a "learning Mindest", which you mention. I myself am asked, and was asked "What is your life goal?". Well, my life goal is and has been for the longest time to learn and keep learning, and more importantly, as a result to apply those learnings to my environment in creative ways. As my environment changes constantly, so must I in order to thrive. My contention is that this would apply to all humans (even non-humans as we are learning). Some learn, some don't.
So, as always, here comes the rub with part of what you say in your article. What if it is true that so many people never learn to learn in their youth. So many schools in so many countries do not teach their students to learn, but simply to memorize. Although memorization is one step toward learning, the final outcome of learning must be critical and creative thinking in the face of decision making. So, and here is the question...Do your methods still work with someone who was never taught to learn and apply those learnings? Does everyone have "an ear" for learning. I use this metaphor because of my experience learning different languages. I speak 5 languages rather well, but some I just can't get through my Neural Network (Slavik, Nordik, Asian, Portuguese). I am told that is because I was not exposed to those languages for a long enough time (only several weeks is enough) before I reached puberty.
So, is my ability to really learn, on my own because I was in an environment and schools where I had to do so to thrive? If so, Does not having that "learning ear" impact how people should be taught/coached to new activities and thinking in their older age, can they be taught, even? Thereby maybe requiring a modification of your wrote approach to your clients, especially for those that never learned how to learn or how to apply their learning to create new value for themselves and those around them. I today, especially see so many examples of people who seem to exhibit this affliction, and they are not necessarily idiots or 'deplorables', they are, in fact neighbors, voters, employees, Congressmen, Senators, and customers...in multiple countries. What say you?
As usual, I love your engagement and your thoughtful comments. Here’s my experience so far- people who seek out a coach aren’t a random sampling of the population; they already recognize a need and desire to change and grow. So perhaps I am not taking on clients who are really shut down from a learning capability perspective because they aren’t asking for coaching. I’d have to say that my clients index high on “willingness to try “ new things, new behaviors etc. Unlike some therapy, I don’t delve deeply into an individual’s past, their childhood etc, unless they volunteer it- so in some cases, maybe they are inhibited by an earlier experience - or lack of experience. Let me ponder how I might better address situations like this. And finally, I don’t follow a rote methodology with clients - there are a set of guiding principles, beliefs if you like, that inform my approach. But every client is a unique individual and I flex to help them meet their goals. I miss you, my friend!
Sorry, I did not mean to say 'wrote'.
miss you too! But this is a fun way to interact.
Corollary to the above. Does coaching work for those that really need it? Or have they maybe lost the an important part of the ability to connect those neural linkages at puberty?