Doing Hard Work

We raise our self-esteem and confidence by achieving something we perceive to be difficult:

 

“The surest path to high self-esteem is to be successful at something you perceived would be difficult. Each time we steal our students’ struggle by insisting they do work that is too easy for them, we steal their opportunity  to have an esteem-building experience. Unless kids are consistently engaged in challenging work, they will lose their motivation to work hard.”

Sylvia B. Rimm, Ph.D.

Why Bright Kids Get Poor Grades and What You Can Do About It

I invite you to consider these questions:

 

• What are you willing to experience that may be challenging or difficult?
• When do you notice wanting someone to steal your struggle?
• What work are you doing that’s too easy?
• When are you engaged and lit up?
• How motivated are you to squirm?

 

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