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Category Archives: Play
Play and Learning Quotes (Part 5)
Here are some quotes I love to support you in this month’s theme of finding the joy and play of learning and leaving the pressure of learning behind. I invite you to pick one quote that will help support you redirect your approach to completing the challenging work you face today. “Close observation of children [...]
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Play and Learning Quotes (Part 4)
Here are some quotes I love to support you in this month’s theme of finding the joy and play of learning and leaving the pressure of learning behind. I invite you to pick one quote that will help support you redirect your approach to completing the challenging work you face today. “It is paradoxical [...]
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Play and Learning Quotes (Part 3)
Here are some quotes I love to support you in this month’s theme of finding the joy and play of learning and leaving the pressure of learning behind. I invite you to pick one quote that will help support you redirect your approach to completing the challenging work you face today. “It is paradoxical that [...]
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Play and Learning Quotes (Part 2)
Here are some quotes I love to support you in this month’s theme of finding the joy and play of learning and leaving the pressure of learning behind. I invite you to pick one quote that will help support you redirect your approach to completing the challenging work you face today. “The debt we owe [...]
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Play and Learning Quotes (Part 1)
Here are some quotes I love to support you in this month’s theme of finding the joy and play of learning and leaving the pressure of learning behind. I invite you to pick one quote that will help support you redirect your approach to completing the challenging work you face today. “Children learn as they [...]
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What’s A New Way to Go Back to School?
September, it’s back to school for all of us! The kids go back to school, and we go back to school too in our own ways. September is one of our busiest months for team building. Teams come together after a summer of vacations with family with a renewed energy to work together. There [...]
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Two words why Elmore Leonard Was Able to Write a Book a Year for 60 (!) Years
“It’s fun.” Whatever is important enough for you to persist at over time needs to have that element of fun, of play. If it’s not fun, there is absolutely no way any of us can stick with something for 60 years, unless we’re psychotic. And fun doesn’t mean it’s easy or that we’re tiptoeing through [...]
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Dr. Spock Tells Us Why We Love Play (Hint: It’s not because it’s easy)
Play isn’t easy, and it isn’t always fun. It’s serious business. Pediatrician/author Benjamin Spock (not the Star Trek Spock) said, “A child loves his play, not because it’s easy, but because it’s hard.” We love the right level of challenge – it’s a super-highway to engagement. Play lets us find that right level of [...]
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How to Feel the Joy of Learning (A Quix Tip)
Pick something you’re trying to learn. Pick people you admire who already do well what you want to learn. Track them – observe them as closely as you can. Let your mind relax and imagine your body is a sponge, soaking up the wisdom. When you feel pressure to learn, back off until you… Feel [...]
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How is the Mistake the Work of Art?