Do not focus on your final grades or SAT scores. Instead, focus on mastering the content. Students and parents often obsess over GPAs and SAT scores. That doesn’t work.
That doesn’t work. It will only cause frustration, stress, and anxiety within the family, which will compromise the desired outcomes.
Instead, focus on mastering the content. The desired grades and scores will result.
On that note, this week’s featured quote comes from a wise man long ago … about 2,375 years ago.
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle
We live in a world in which most people focus on the result, score, outcome, or final judgment. People tend to judge excellence based on their results.
I believe Aristotle refers to the result, score, or outcome as “an act,” such as the act of winning.
I believe Aristotle refers to the mindful approach that leads to the desired outcome as “a habit,” such as the months of practice that precede winning.
We can judge achievement based on our results. But we should judge excellence based on our approach, mindset, routine, and habits.
Students need to build diligence into their habits as part of a mindful approach to create a pattern of excellence.
And, by the way, if you want to do well in your job one day, excellence will prevail.
If you would like your child to create excellence in their mindful approach, let’s chat.
