Bringing the Principles of Neuroscience to Educational Practice and Career Development.
Sometimes, through fear or regret, we do not change course when we know we should.
Like a gambler who keeps trying to win back their losses only to lose more, we keep trying and losing.
In my recent article ‘Changing Outcomes‘, I talked about how ‘we keep getting what we get because we keep doing what we are doing’ and that can be through fear of making mistakes.
In the small town of Enterprise, Alabama there is a monument to an unusual hero on the corner of a main street which celebrates the true story of curse being viewed as an opportunity.
Erected by the people of the town in 1919, the stone plaque is dedicated to a highly destructive insect, the ‘Boll Weevil’.