Patrick Stewart as "Jean-Luc Picard" in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987-1994)
Of the 30 "Actions for Impact" listed by Grant at the end of the book, choose one that you believe would be most helpful for you to focus on in the year head.
Plan to come back to this website between the fall and the spring semesters to re-read your comments and those submitted by others and add a further comment on your progress toward this or other ways you have made an effort to make "rethinking" a significant part of your life! Now would be a good time to set a reminder for yourself to do that.
I think I would most benefit from #6 for the upcoming school year: "Embrace the joy of being wrong." That will be useful in college because it can be frustrating to get a question wrong, but the idea is to learn, and that includes learning from our mistakes.
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I believe a great action for impact for me to take over the next year would be number 1, to think like a scientist. When I think like a preacher, a prosecutor or a politician, I am fully focused on my own personal opinions rather than facts. However, if I think like a scientist, I am more likely to discover the truth.
ReplyDeleteThere were many of the actions for impact that I should consider and practice more often. However, one that I think would be most helpful to myself for the year ahead is the “schedule a life checkup.” This is something that I tend to avoid doing and I frequently end up in an unhealthy mental state due to overwhelming amounts of stress and workloads.
ReplyDeleteDeborah Thornton
I think I have a hard time drawing the line between my values and opinions, so I think a good one for me to focus on is #2. I try to make my opinions stem from my values, but other people can influence me, and I sometimes trick myself into holding onto ideas with conflicting values. I believe it’s important to occasionally take a step back and reevaluate what you find essential and update yourself accordingly.
ReplyDeleteOut of the thirty, number six resonates the most with me. The thought of embracing my mistakes and finding joy in being wrong used to be such a foreign concept to me. The perfectionism that my younger self lived off of didn't allow for such mercy, but over the years I've improved in the area. Nevertheless, it's one that I still need to work on to this day.
ReplyDelete- Morgan McClellan
Given the amount of change that has happened in my life recently, I think that a good lesson to take with me would be to find the joy in being wrong. All too often I find myself being too critical of myself, whether it be about school or other aspects of my life. I think that finding humility in learning from my mistakes will offer many benefits to me.
ReplyDelete-Abi Johnson
Number 25, establishing psychological safety, stood out to me. I do not mean I am trying to establish psychological safety in a work place or anything (I don't even work yet) but I mean that I personally can stand up for myself in life or in a classroom when I have a question or need help or have something to say that might benefit others too. As Adam Grant talked about in the book, if someone had asked what the foam was from the Columbia, some lives might have been saved. So my goal for now and for the future is to speak up and not be afraid of asking questions or sounding dumb, but doing what I know is right and what can help me to learn.
ReplyDeleteNumber three really strikes a bell for me. All too often, I listen to opinions that I already believe are right to reinforce my view; and whenever I listen to rivaling opinions it is typically to investigate why they are wrong. It would be a great idea for me to seek information that challenges my views, helping me to find the correct view and then to reinforce it by challenging it further, just like a blacksmith tempers his metal in a flame to make it even stronger.
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