Activating and Engaging Habits of Mind Persisting Persistent

Activating and Engaging Habits of Mind

Persisting “ Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure” Edward Eggleston “If at first you don’t succeed, try, again.

Managing Impulsivity § Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. Vincent Van Gogh

Listening with Understanding and Empathy Nothing increases the respect and gratitude of one man for another than when he is heard exactly and with interest. R. Umbach

Thinking Flexibly Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought. Albert von Szent-Gyorgyi Change your thoughts and you change your world. Norman Vincent Peale

Thinking About Thinking (Metacognition) Thinking aloud. . . Allowed! When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself. Plato

Striving for Accuracy It’s hard to wring my hands when I am busy rolling up my sleeves. Linda Geraci Good is not good, where better is expected. Thomas Fuller

Questioning and Posing Problems It is in the formulation of the problem that individuality is expressed, that creativity is stimulated, that nuances and subtleties are discovered. Herbert Thelen Nothing shapes our journey through life so much as the questions we ask. Greg Levoy

Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations I've never made a mistake. I've only learned from experience. Thomas A. Edison The main fuel to speed the world’s progress is our stock of knowledge, and the brake is our lack of imagination. Julian Simon

Thinking and Communicating with Clarity and Precision A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn’t make sense. James Thurber This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read. Winston Churchill

Gathering Data Through All Senses If all meanings could be adequately expressed by words, the arts of painting and music would not exist. John Dewey Nothing reaches the intellect before making its appearance in the senses. All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions. Leonardo da Vinci Latin proverb

Creating, Imagining, Innovating § Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought. Albert von Szent-Gyorgyi § Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun. Mary Lou Cook

Responding with Wonderment and Awe Wonder rather than doubt is the root of knowledge. Wisdom begins in wonder. Abraham Joshua Heschel Socrates The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny. . . ' Isaac Asimov

Taking Responsible Risks Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. T. S. Eliot

Finding Humor If you can laugh at it, you can live with it. Erma Bombeck

Thinking Interdependently It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others. Michael De Montaigne Take care of each other. Share your energies with the group. No one must feel alone, cut off, for that is when you do not make it. Willi Unsoeld (Renowned mountain climber)

Remaining Open to Continuous Learning § Every person you meet - and everything you do in life – is an opportunity to learn something. Tom Clancy, Author § Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young. Henry Ford