Hello Foundations Families and Friends, This week's growth mindset quote is... Motivation is not the only ingredient in accomplishing a goal. Achieving your goals requires three things - motivation to get started, discipline to persevere, and grace to stay on track. According to a 2021 study reported by Forbes, nearly 80% of people abandon their New Year’s resolutions by February. That means …
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The Life-Changing Benefits of Gratitude
Hello Foundations Families and Friends, This week's growth mindset quote is... "Gratitude can transform common days into Thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings." - William Arthur Ward Each day in the Foundations classrooms we start the mornings writing in our Gratitude Journals. We do this because science has shown that gratitude …
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The Pursuit of Happiness
Hello Foundations Families and Friends, This week's growth mindset quote is... “When you're chasing a dream or doing anything hard, you're meant to feel good a third of the time, feel okay a third of the time, and feel yucky a third of the time...and if the ratio is roughly in that range, then you're doing fine.” - Alexi Pappas, Olympic Champion Happiness... we all seem to be chasing it, …
The Power of Our Thoughts
Hello Foundations Families and Friends, This week's growth mindset quote is... Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watch your habits, for they become your character. Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny. - Lao Tzu One of the reasons why we spend time at school every day writing …
What We Focus On and Who We Surround Ourselves With is Who We Become
Hello Foundations Families and Friends! This week's growth mindset quote is... "What we focus on, and who we surround ourselves with, influences who we become." It is important to remember that every single thing that we do each day - everything we look at, listen to, and put inside our body - is changing our brain for the better or for the worse. Every day we have a choice to feed our …
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