How To Coach The Best Performance Out Of People, According To Research
xplanation, demonstration, imitation, correction, and repetition." Break down proper technique, quickly correct errors and get them to repeat until it's second nature. Via The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How: Gallimore and Tharp recorded and coded 2,326 discrete acts of teaching. Of them, a mere 6.9 percent were compliments. Only 6.6 percent were expressions of displeasure. But 75 percent were pure information: what to do, how to do it, when to intensify an activity. One of Wooden's…
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How To Remember Anything, According To Research
e best way to pick a password or hiding spot you'll remember is to choose one quickly because you want something that will return to mind quickly: Via Why We Make Mistakes: The key to picking a good hiding place is hiding place is making a quick connection between the thing being hidden and the place in which it is hidden, says Alan Brown. Brown is a professor at Southern Methodist University who has studied where and how people hide…
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Is it true that “when you smile the whole world smiles with you”?
a manner of speaking, yes. By smiling we influence others to smile. People judge things more positively while smiling, so our own smile can set off a chain reaction causing more positive encounters. Via Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It Right When You Have To: The researchers found a chameleon effect. When confederates rubbed their faces, so did the student, and when confederates shook their feet, the participant did the same thing. This was…
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5 New Ways To Feel More Powerful, Backed By Research
e military makes soldiers stand up straight for a reason; there's an implicit connection between posture and power that has been demonstrated time and time again. Want to increase confidence? Make yourself tougher? Stand up straight. Clench your fists. Gestures should be palm down. Know how to speak with power. Deepen your voice. Speak first. Speak often. Repeat yourself. Interrupt people. Don't laugh. Elevate yourself when standing. Sit in the center during meetings. Dress appropriately. It makes a difference. People…
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Research Shows These Four Things Will Make You A Peak Performer
's all about the way you practice the skills key to the task at hand. Research has shown that "Deep Practice" (or Deliberate Practice) is how experts train. Here is the four parts to focus on: 1) Make your practice as similar to the real life scenario as possible. Via The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How: “One real encounter, even for a few seconds, is far more useful than several hundred observations.” Bjork cites an by psychologist…
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When an expert speaks does your ability to think for yourself literally shut down?
s. "Fascinatingly, the fMRI showed that in the face of “expert” advice (even though it actually wasn’t particularly good advice), the parts of the volunteers’ brains involved in considering alternatives became almost completely inactive." Via Brandwashed: Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy: In a 2009 study, Emory University School of Medicine scientists led by Gregory Berns, MD, a professor of neuroeconomics and psychiatry at Emory, found that people will actually stop thinking for themselves…
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The Simple Thing That Can Dramatically Improve Your Life
end more time outdoors. Nature has a myriad of incredible positive effects that have demonstrated by research: Being out in nature reduces stress. Nature walks or even looking at pictures of nature improves memory. Flowers increase romantic feelings. Nature can even make you a better person. Can't be bothered to step outside? Even a potted plant has been shown to improve attention span and increase creativity in an office environment. You might be inclined to discount this. I know that…
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10 New Tricks To Improve Your Memory
search says these tips can boost your memory: Closing your eyes does improve recall of information. And trust your memory: double checking makes you trust your memory less and reduces how vivid your memories are. Gesture when taking in new information and take a nap after you learn new things. Bet on your ability to remember things. (This makes it fun too.) Pictures of car accidents! Looking at emotional photos after taking in information led to greater recall. Be curious.…
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