Margarita Lopez, 58, is one of the oldest students at University of Southern California.
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With medical school decisions coming back and students in the midst of the job/internship search, I figured it would be a good time to share a few of my thoughts on resilience and the growth mindset.
I think this subject isn't talked about enough on motivational channels on YouTube - including my own. My videos are made to motivate and inspire, but the message is not to study 16 hours a day, sleep 2 hours a night, have no social life, and drive yourself to exhaustion.
If you want to see the kind of college success that every college girl hopes for, you have to learn this mindset shift that will change your whole college experience. If you’re not familiar with my story, I was a first-generation college student.
Some students just have everything together. They earn awesome grades, but they're also successful on other fronts. Opportunities always seem to find them, and they're always prepared for what's coming next. If you want to become one of these students, start by adopting their habits.
Hi! Here's some advice for college that helped this crackhead :) Sorry for being so inactive :( Summer has been kinda busy (and I've also been a little down). Hopefully I'll be better once school starts! Okbye~~
Arel Moodie delivers a fascinating talk on one of the most important life lessons he's learned: You don't have to be the smartest or most skilled to become successful. The secret, effort.
A growth mindset is the belief that intelligence is something a person can develop through deliberate effort and practice. This mindset has been shown to correlate with positive academic behaviors and to increase resilience and persistence.
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