This is a much higher level of flexibility than what is discussed in or pages on cognitive flexibility. Over time these conversations will help your child learn to view things from someone else's perspective and use what is learned to improve problem-solving.įlexible thinking allows successful people to change strategies, perspectives, goals, and, sometimes, even their values. That is why we encourage you to involve your child in the planning process. This is not politeness only, their active listening allows them to hear other perspectives or insights to add to their own. Typically, successful people spend as much or more time listening than talking. Our pages on planning gives you the opportunity to have your child assist with planning and tools to help manage impuslivity. Though it is possible to "overthink" a problem, planning is often essential to success. Successful people tend to think before they act. Our page on goal-directed persistence provides ideas and tools to help your child develop persistence. Their persistence includes the ability to analyze a problem and create a strategy for solving it.
Sixteen Habits of Mind of Successful People The brief descriptions below provide an introduction to the sixteen identified habits. If you would like more detailed information about studies, programs, projects, and resources you can go directly to Art Costa's Habits of Mind website. Many schools have embraced the Habits of Mind studies and embed the habits into their school climate activities.
Others are an extension of a self-regulation skills or an additional positive habit. Some of these habits overlap with self-regulation skills. It may be determined that other habits will need to be added to the list. But, the developers of the list have stated that they did not mean for it be exhaustive. Some articles refer to them as The Sixteen Habits of Mind, as if there are exactly sixteen habits that successful people need. Between them, they identified sixteen habits of mind that are critical for success. They drew on research, but they also relied on information gleaned from interviews with successful people. Art Costa, a college professor, and Bena Kallick, an educational consultant, combined their efforts to determine the mindful habits that are common among successful people.
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