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Issue: #9
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February 17, 2014
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Volume 4, Letter 9
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February 17, 2014
Effort and praise for effort is a key to success according to Carol Dweck, a Stanford Psychologist. Many times in the last few years I have brought up the topic of effort and resilience. In Carol Dweck, I have found a muse for future teachings. In her book, Mindset, she lays out the case for the effort and praise theory over the praise for ability theory.
She has studied children for years and noted that children that are praised for effort routinely outperform their peers who were praised for their smarts. Why would this be?
According to Dweck, when you train an elementary school student to accept praise for their effort they will spend more time persevering on a task even in the face of abject failure.
She calls it attribution theory. This theory is concerned with the persons ability to judge the root causes of events and their behavior. When children do not ascribe an attribution to a failed event, they are more likely to find another path to success. If they ascribe a belief that they are not smart enough, then they will quit earlier.
We often believe that ability is the root of success and this is true to a point of difficulty. When it gets hard, ability is a trap. Perseverance becomes the route of success. Think of the child that excels in sports and does not put in much effort. When other kids catch up in skill and the game gets more technical, the child will fall on his false sense of ability where what he needs is desire and effort.
Now go back to parental programming. We tell our kids that they are great and talented and we do it often!!!!!! Our kids feel empowered while it is easy and then start to falter and get anxious that their power is not all that great.
Dweck's research shows that our children need no prompting about their natural ability, but instead need effort and resilience praise.
I think of the great flops in pro sports and surmise that they may have had parental praise to a fault and the difficulty of the upper levels of sports undermined their confidence.
Praise effort often and leave the talent piece to the peer group.
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| Stevia |
Stevia or sweet leaf is a sweet tasting herb that is commonly used as a non nutritive sweetener in commercial food and beverage products. The plant can be found in the southern US all the way down to South America. The leaf is 40 times sweeter than sucrose, table sugar.
Stevia can be converted to a derivative, sterol glycoside, which is 300 times sweeter than sucrose. A teaspoon of stevia is equivalent to a cup of sugar in sweetness. It has negligible effects on blood sugar making it an excellent choice for diabetics to avoid hyperglycemic events.
Stevia has been used in Japan for over 30 years with no evidence of human health hazard. It is gaining in popularity in the US. Stevia can easily be grown in your backyard garden. As a non nutritive sweetener, it is my favorite. (In truth - I use it very rarely) All of the others including saccharin, aspartame and sucralose have potential health hazards. Drinking tea plain is best, Dr. M
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| Recipe of the Week |
TURKEY LENTIL BURGERS
1 pound hormone free all natural ground turkey
� cup brown lentils
2 cups organic beef or chicken broth
1 T olive oil
1 small red onion
2 cloves garlic
1 T steak seasoning (McCormik works great)
Directions: Wash lentils thoroughly. Place in small saucepan with broth and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer until lentils are soft. In separate saucepan, saute olive oil, garlic and onions until translucent. Combine lentils, onion mixture and steak seasoning in blender and blend until pureed. Combine lentil mixture with ground turkey and form into patties. Grill or saute and ENJOY!
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Copyright � 2010-2014 Christopher J. Magryta, MD. Readers, please note: The information provided in this newsletter is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not a substitute for advice and treatment provided by your physician or other healthcare professional and is not to be used to diagnose or treat a health issue.
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Chris Magryta
Salisbury Pediatric Associates
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