You shouldn't procrastinate your work, or else you would put yourself in a lot of stress. I think people need to focus on your work before you even do anything else, because you would not remember how to start off where you left off the last time you have done your work.

yah but it can be really hard sometimes, specifically for kids that have things like depression

It is very hard to find such person who can give me a right feedback as a good friend

Then take post-it-notes and write down supportive things on them. Then put the post-it-notes on places that you will see. Do that. Lastly, the people that will help you the best might be the people that you would think of last.

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Course: Growth mindset > Unit 3

Lesson 3: Working through mistakes and frustration

Transform my mistakes and grow!

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In order to come up with a plan on how to transform our mistakes into opportunities to grow our brains, we've split mistakes into three categories.

Slow-down opportunity

What is it?

A slow-down opportunity is an accident, a silly mistake, maybe caused by rushing your work. It's something you can fix on your own.

What can you do?

Slow down a bit, check your work a second time, and take a short break.

Practice opportunity

What is it?

A practice opportunity is a medium-size mistake; it may be something you don’t quite understand yet. But, you know where to look for better understanding.

What can you do?

Take some time to review, reflect, look at sample problems, or read the chapter again.

Feedback opportunity

What is it?

This is a bigger mistake. You can’t figure it out on your own, even when you review.

What can you do?

Do not allow your fixed mindset voice to take over.
Ask for help!
Reflect and revisit your learning strategy if needed.

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Anjuli Stamper-Kong
Posted 6 years ago. Direct link to Anjuli Stamper-Kong's post “You shouldn't procrastina...”
You shouldn't procrastinate your work, or else you would put yourself in a lot of stress. I think people need to focus on your work before you even do anything else, because you would not remember how to start off where you left off the last time you have done your work.
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Ant
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never back down never what?
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A mistake I learned to overcome was my reading. I used to hate reading now I can't get my nose out of a book. A mistake that I have recently learned that was a very good slow down opportunity was my writing. I can write a lot better now and I try so much harder. A good feedback opportunity was when i lost my best fiend. Now I know not to let another one slip away again.
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It is very hard to find such person who can give me a right feedback as a good friend
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- Learner735
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  Then take post-it-notes and write down supportive things on them. Then put the post-it-notes on places that you will see. Do that. Lastly, the people that will help you the best might be the people that you would think of last.
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why can't animals tolk?
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Don't rush on anything, practice more, ask for help.
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This helps me a lot thanks
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I make mistakes and sometimes i ask for help so i could understand what was my own mistake and actually i learned from it and kept going on from learning my mistakes and asking for help
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Never back down never give up
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Did pinky play with a cat?
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