Effort Over Result
- Cristin Mullen
- May 11
- 1 min read
In Arizona, most of us are finishing our last week(s) of the semester. With this, I’d like to extend a friendly reminder to be strategic in your praise.
Self-Esteem Boosts Motivation
The greatest predictor of your student’s future success is their self-esteem. This includes their categorization and conception of themselves. Self-esteem grows and cycles within our inner self-talk.
No matter the outcome this semester, it’s vital that we support our student’s self-esteem, to set them up for next semester.
Grow your student’s self esteem by celebrating their successes, and supporting their interests.
Effort Over Result, Fuels The Future
Final grades season can have us so wrapped up in results that we forget to recognize effort. Trying matters too right? Perhaps, trying is even more important than the result?
Isn’t the continuous act of trying in the face of failure, the exact thing that great minds have in common, and the exact thing we want our struggling students to do far into the future? In fact, grit is a characteristic of a great mind, and a proponent of future success.
Many great developments are built on a foundation of failures. It is EFFORT that brought great minds to push through their setbacks and barriers.
“Trying” is the lifeblood of success and the key to your struggling student’s future.
This strategy is simple: Praise effort over result.
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