Mindshifting is recognizing and shifting from the mindsets that hold us back to the mindsets that push us forward. I write about mindsets, Mindshifting, learning, and education, with the hope that these posts give readers more power over their own lives and helps them give others, like their students, more power as well.
What we can learn?
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In her Rethink newsletter, Rachel Botsman wrote about What we can learn from being wrong. Botsman showed how Danny Kahneman, Vincent van Gogh, Kathryn Shulz, Thomas Gilovich, Carol Tavis, Elliot Aronson, Adam Grant, Alistair Campbell, and Ann Frieman all demonstrate that learning is a product of being wrong, and that not being willing to be wrong leads to stagnation and mediocrity. Sweet things are made of this, who am I to disagree? I’m me, and I always find a way to disagree. Maybe growth and learning are more a product of curiosity and play than error. Human cognitive bias dictates that we perceive what we expect to perceive. When we are sure, when we are certain, all of us discard or ignore data and feedback that contradicts our reality. But when we are less sure, when we are curious and playful, then we can learn, adjust, and grow using data and feedback It’s not so much about being right or wrong, it’s being open minded, it’s being able to quiet the limbic survival mind and tap into the cognitive powers of our prefrontal cortex. It’s about Mindsets and MindShifting. Want to know how to do that? Here are two ways:
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Mindshifting Educators
Mindshifting is recognizing and shifting from the mindsets that hold us back to the mindsets that push us forward. I write about mindsets, Mindshifting, learning, and education, with the hope that these posts give readers more power over their own lives and helps them give others, like their students, more power as well.
There is lots of excitement in MindShifting Land. Here are three announcements. Announcement 1 First of all, there are two more courses left in this school year: MindShifting: Flexible Mindsets for Long Term Success starting on April 22 MindShifting: Mastering Your Resourceful Brain starting on May 20 Educators in Washington can register through pdEnroller, and educators in NY can register through Frontline. And here is the MindShifting courses page for everyone else. Announcement 2 Second,...
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On March 18, 2025 we finished up the MindShifting: Conflict and Collaboration course with 12 presentations on lessons that participants created. These are so inspiring, there were lessons for young children through high school, lessons for adults, posters, a song, and an AI generated podcast about a technique to de-escalate a confrontation with a student. You won't want to miss these. The next MindShifting class starts April 22 (NY teachers can find the course on Frontline, WA teachers can...