#learnin

When our hopes for performance are not completely met, realistic optimism involves accepting what cannot now be changed, rather than condemning or second-guessing ourselves. Focusing on the successful aspects of performance (even when the success is modest) promotes positive affect, reduces self-doubt, and helps to maintain motivation (e.g., McFarland & Ross, 1982).... Nevertheless, realistic optimism does not include or imply expectations that things will improve on their own. Wishful thinking of this sort typically has no reliable supporting evidence. Instead, the opportunity-seeking component of realistic optimism motivates efforts to improve future performances on the basis of what has been learned from past performances. ↗

— Sandra L. Schneider

#expectations #improvement #learning #optimism #performance

Secretary Powell and I agree on every single issue that has ever been before this administration except for those instances where Colin's still learning. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#agree #been #before #colin #ever

We'll go back to the moon by not learning anything new. ↗

— Burt Rutan

#back #go #learning #moon #new

Listen to learn. Learn to earn! ↗

— Rob Liano

#earn #income-growth #inspiration #knowldege #learning

How are we suppose to thrive when everything we do in life is done to hinder us? We know more from the streets than from school. More from movies than books. The world is constantly trying to contain you, to make your life harder. You have to break free from this viscous current. Don't you see? Or you will be swept away into a sea of ordinary. ↗

— B.S. Wood

#difficulties #hope #inspirational #learning #motivational

We now understand that higher-level thinking is more likely to occur in the brain of a student who is emotionally secure than in the brain of a student who is scared, upset, anxious, or stressed. ↗

— Mawhinney and Sagan

#emotions #learning #stress #teaching #understanding

One thing changes every evening: It's the audience, and I'm working my magic. I'm always learning from it. ↗

— Eli Wallach

#audience #changes #evening #every #i

My daughter, the one who lives nearby, is raising her children to be very much aware. We went on a nature walk on Monday; I'm learning so much from her. ↗

— Joanne Woodward

#children #daughter #her #i #learning

To turn the tide of materialism in the Christian community, we desperately need bold models of kingdom-centered living. Despite our need to do it in a way that doesn't glorify people, we must hear each other's stories about giving or else our people will not learn to give. ↗

— Randy Alcorn

#christianity #community #encouragement #example #giving

He was twenty. I remembered twenty. I'd known everything at twenty. It took me another year to realize I knew nothing. I was still hoping to learn something before I hit thirty, but I wasn't holding my breath. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#learning #twenty #knowledge