Rethinking Learning: Exploring the Diverse Ways Our Minds Work
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“I’m a terrible test taker!” “I’m no good at math.” “I’m just not school smart.” “School was not for me.” These are things so many of us say in response to our learning journey within traditional schooling that taught us there was only one right way to be a “good student”. What if you were smart all along? In reality, there are infinite ways to grow your wisdom and understanding of the world around you. In this episode, Nikki discusses the process of unlearning limiting beliefs around your capacity and capability to learn new things or achieve in the face of past “failures.” From the example of NBA champion J.R. Smith’s recent docuseries to a recent New York Times article about businesses using personality tests to hire new employees, have a listen to explore your unique learning style.
TOPICS
[5:30] traditional family dynamics
[9:30] group coaching reflections
[12:00] being taught how to process the world
[14:00] JR Smith documentary
[19:00] applying learning styles to the workplace
[21:40] millennial leadership
[26:00] systematically being stuck in old ways of progress
RELEVANT LINKS
Article: Decades of Scientific Research that Started a Growth Mindset Revolution (Carol Dweck)
Video: Esther Perel: Rethinking infidelity ... a talk for anyone who has ever loved
Book: Text Me When You Get Home: The Evolution and Triumph of Modern Female Friendship by Kayleen Schaefer
Checkbox Other Podcast:
Human Design: Know Your Energetic Blueprint with Erin Claire Jones
Inject New Life into Your Hiring and Job Search Process with This Change (exploratory hiring)
Documentary: Redefined: J.R. Smith
NYT article: The $2 Billion Question of Who You Are at Work
TV Show: Will Trent
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QUOTES
“We have the opportunity and potential to create different options for us to be able to get to the goals that we're looking for.”
“What happens when we over-index and we don't give ourselves permission to be human is that kind of mold or that model becomes a prison more than it becomes an option.”
“One of the big things around millennial leadership is this idea that the priority is less on the struggle and more on did we get that output?”
“Humans are on a learning spectrum. We are humans on a processing spectrum. We are unique, but we are able to pull from past experience and understand, okay, there are some ways that this works for me, some ways that it doesn't.”
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MEET THE HOST: NIKKI INNOCENT
I’ve never been one to be put in a category or fit under one label so here are a few descriptors I identify with: Connector. Empath. Inclusion Advocate. Creator of Safe Spaces in the Gray Area. Women’s Leadership Coach. Hype Woman. Story Fiend. Lover of Conversation. Former Corporate Marketer.