How to Embrace Challenge Flashcards
What is a challenge?
It is a situation of being faced with something that needs great effort in order to be done successfully, and therefore tests a person’s ability.
What is reframing?
It means to change the way something is expressed or considered.
How negative emotions can be reframed?
Tiredness can be reframed into satisfaction, while fears can be reframed into opportunities. Reframing is an activation of the prefrontal cortex in a face of a challenge. Everyone can activate their special part of the right hemisphere by flipping the view deliberately. Reframing put problems into the real context by reframing to the complete full picture.
How stoic philosophy is a bit flawed?
An exercise of virtue should be energetic! The stoic philosophy is passive; not energetic at all.
Issues are the subjects of the matter. What does it mean?
For example, if someone calls themself “bad at math”, the issue is with the level of math learning, not in their personal qualities. Personal confidence should not be the problem.
What are transitive and intransitive goods?
Transitive goods are obtained by direct action and can be easily taken away. On the other hand, intransitive goods are much unlikely to be destroyed. Obtaining knowledge is intransitive! We are constantly focused on transitive goods: presentations, events, and exams. Good work will also result in the growth of intransitive goods: knowledge, skill, virtue, and bond.
What is a quantity challenge?
The Quantity Challenge (Matter):
- Specifies the incoming task;
- Answers to “What?”;
- Charges to work in the optimal intensity;
- Activates Duration, Path, and Outcome;
- Does not provide growth;
- Example: “Finish 3 math homework topics in 2 hours.”
What is a quality challenge?
The Quality Challenge (Form):
- Introduces the inner change;
- Example: “Be more focused during the lectures.”
How to set a bar for a challenge correctly?
Setting the bar too low is not going to be challenging enough for motivation, while too high is discouraging. The sweet spot is just above the personal best.
What are two reasons to be very specific while setting up a challenge?
Firstly, it makes challenges a bit different each time. Secondly, it leaves much more space for something new.
How to measure challenge?
The Stretch is the recommended challenge measure. There is no general definition of the best practice for setting up the challenge. The ultimate answer is on which method gives the best sense of the Stretch when the challenge has been put into the mind with an aim for it. The degree of Stretch in every hour of work really determines how much the person is growing.
