Dianne Whitford
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As I mentioned in the first post in our newest theme, critical thinking is really a super set of other skills, such as objectivity, creativity, and keeping an open mind. In that vein, today’s post is about keeping...
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Growth Mindset: The Power of “Yet”
After all the posts this week, now we know all about the growth mindset and how it can change the way we perceive ourselves and our struggles. If you haven’t started reading Dianne’s series on Growth...
Why You Should Journal…Daily
Welcome to the new Coffee, Grit, and Inspiration theme – journaling! Over the next four weeks, we’ll give you lots of tips, ideas, and reasons why journaling can help you in your journey of self-development. In...
Growth Mindsets and Video Games
At this point in life, I’d say just about everybody has played a video game or two. I am a video game enthusiast! I love the challenge of learning a new game and getting better at it over time. I was talking to...
How To Tell if You Might Have Low Emotional Intelligence
So, now that we all know what emotional intelligence is, how do we know if we have it? How do you tell if you have low emotional intelligence? What happens if I’m one of the people with low EQ? And what do I do...
CBP S2E9: Over-Apologizing and Minimizing Yourself
It’s amazing what comes out of your own mouth, and at times, how much of what you say seems designed to “make yourself small” – to minimize yourself and what you’re saying. In today’s...
Empathy and Enabling: Hand Up or Hand Out?
As you may know, we started our new theme on Monday: empathy! I’m really excited about this theme, as I feel there’s a lot of room to explore the subject. Obviously, being able to empathize with another...
5 Ways To Change Your Mindset
This month we’ve been talking a lot about growth mindset, and fixed mindset, and the various ways in which your life can be affected by each. In this post, we’re going to talk about material, concrete ways...
Faith and the Critical Thinker
We’ve been talking a lot lately about critical thinking and healthy skepticism, but what about faith? According to George Michael, you gotta have it, but why? If we’re supposed to be questioning everything...
