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First, they need autonomy. Next mastery: the opportunity to get really good at various skills instead of only skimming the surface. [Example] pursued mastery as a dance teacher, photographer, musician, and tiny house builder: each a big challenge with lots of room for improvement.
Lastly, self-directed learners need a sense of purpose: the feeling that their pursuits are connected to a greater mission
— 19 hours, 56 min ago
Lastly, self-directed learners need a sense of purpose: the feeling that their pursuits are connected to a greater mission
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Creating convos:
R-reflective listening
O-open ended questions
P-personal statements
E-experiences-do something together!
— 30 minutes ago
R-reflective listening
O-open ended questions
P-personal statements
E-experiences-do something together!
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The best teachers teach meta-learning skills like how to:
Give and take feedback
Speak in front of people
Tell a powerful story
Write something that people actually want to read
Lead a group
Follow in a group
Make a decent movie, website, or photograph
Live on a budget
Spot logical fallacies in an argument
Meet and converse with anyone
Set a goal and follow through on it
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Give and take feedback
Speak in front of people
Tell a powerful story
Write something that people actually want to read
Lead a group
Follow in a group
Make a decent movie, website, or photograph
Live on a budget
Spot logical fallacies in an argument
Meet and converse with anyone
Set a goal and follow through on it
Rachel Graves Alsop
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Nerds bond quickly with other nerds because they choose to focus on building stuff, learning stuff, and otherwise “nerding out” rather than clawing up a social hierarchy.
Caring deeply is a fast track to making friends.
— 55 minutes ago
Caring deeply is a fast track to making friends.
Rachel Graves Alsop
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Create a space to work alone, together in a single space.
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Rachel Graves Alsop
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I can’t I could if I
I should I choose to
I don’t know I’ll find out
I wish I’ll make a plan
I hate I prefer
I have to I get to
— 19 hours, 44 min ago
I should I choose to
I don’t know I’ll find out
I wish I’ll make a plan
I hate I prefer
I have to I get to
Rachel Graves Alsop
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every time you said “I can’t,” you were making a choice. Because instead of saying “I can’t,” the instructors gently reminded time and time again, we could say a different phrase: “I could if I.”
— 19 hours, 47 min ago
Rachel Graves Alsop
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discipline becomes simply remembering.” Self-discipline isn’t some universal attribute that you either have or don’t. It’s a product of matching your actions to the work that’s most important in your life
— 19 hours, 49 min ago
Rachel Graves Alsop
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Being a nerd, which is to say going too far and caring too much about a subject, is the best way to make friends I know.
— Aug 26, 2024 01:10PM
