Summary of Ellen Galinsky's Mind in the Making

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#1 Focus and self control are important life skills that we need to learn if we want to achieve our goals amid everything else that’s going on.

#2 The researchers found that three skills were most important for children’s later success in reading and math: attention skills, which are the ability to focus and concentrate; good math and reading skills; and self-control, or the ability to delay gratification.

#3 Focus is the ability to concentrate on a task or project for a period of time, despite internal and external distractions. It is a skill that children develop as they grow up, and adults should develop as well.

#4 Focus is a skill that can be improved by setting goals, rewards, and incremental steps. It can be improved by listening to music, breaking down big projects into small, easy steps, and reminding yourself how great it will feel to complete something.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 29, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669397441

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Insights on Ellen Galinsky's Mind in the Making

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Focus and self control are important life skills that we need to learn if we want to achieve our goals amid everything else that’s going on.

#2

The researchers found that three skills were most important for children’s later success in reading and math: attention skills, which are the ability to focus and concentrate; good math and reading skills; and self-control, or the ability to delay gratification.

#3

Focus is the ability to concentrate on a task or project for a period of time, despite internal and external distractions. It is a skill that children develop as they grow up, and adults should develop as well.

#4

Focus is a skill that can be improved by setting goals, rewards, and incremental steps. It can be improved by listening to music, breaking down big projects into small, easy steps, and reminding yourself how great it will feel to complete something.

#5

Cognitive flexibility is the skill of being able to shift your attention and adjust to changed demands or priorities. It is at work when you understand a problem from your own and your boss’s differing points of view.

#6

Working memory is the ability to hold information in your mind while mentally working with it or updating it. It is critical for making sense of anything that unfolds over time, and for tasks like prioritizing the order in which things need to be done.

#7

There are many ways to improve your memory: make a circle by lifting both your arms and crossing them in front of you, then lower them and switch between the right and left arms crossing in front. Finally, add a new level of complexity.

#8

Inhibitory control is the ability to resist a strong inclination to do one thing and instead do what is most appropriate. It is required for focused or selective attention and for staying focused on what you want to hold in your mind.

#9

Focus and self-control are two of the most important skills for parents to have. If we find it difficult to maintain our focus and self-control, imagine what it’s like for our children, who don’t have our decades of experience.

#10

We have to walk the talk in business-speak, and this is easy to say, but not so easy to do. It takes time to remove ourselves physically from what we’re doing if we want to pay full attention to someone else.

#11

The best thing that ever happened to my work life was getting a new computer and not knowing how to turn on the little bell that pings to tell me I have email. I no longer get an adrenaline shot a hundred times a day on someone else’s schedule.

#12

The Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale is used to assess the behavior of newborns. It includes stimulating a baby with a flashlight and a rattle, and then watching how they react. The way the baby reacts tells the parents and pediatrician something about how this particular baby responds to a new