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August 4, 2014
Meb’s 90/10 Rule
At my conference last week, 2014 Boston Marathon Winner Meb Keflezghi said something I’ll always remember:
“Before race day, it’s 90 percent physical and 10% mental; on race day, it’s 90% mental and 10% physical.”
If grit is a coin, Meb’s 90/10 rule covers both sides. One side of the coin is the steady, disciplined grit that is not flashy but provides a strong foundation. The other side is pure courage; grit at its most raw, as we push ourselves beyond our preparation to new heights.
July 2, 2014
Final Day! Win a Kindle Fire!
The final day of our summer giveaway is here! We hope you’ve enjoyed it. First of all, if you haven’t taken the time to register for our Summer conference, now is the time! Besides being a fantastic conference, you can earn 10 times the raffle entries for registering!
We are delighted to be giving away a Kindle Fire! It is a 7″ tablet with Wi-fi, now in HD. It has 8 GB of storage and will set you up for summer reading, streaming, games and more!
Thank you so much for participating. Enter below to win! Giveaway ends 7/3/14 at midnight. We will ship within the United States.
July 1, 2014
Day 6: Are YOU Marathon Ready?
The summer is here. You’ve got your running shoes by the door and favorite tunes cranked up to cheer you on. But are you Marathon ready? Day 6 is designed to give you the motivation (and gear) to get out the door! Today we are giving away the autobiography of Marathon Meb Keflezighi, 2014 Boston Marathon winner and 2004 Silver Olympian. Long-distance runner Meb Keflezighi came to the United States with his family when he was 12 years old after feeling to Italy as a refugee from war torn Eritrea. His story of perseverance, Run to Overcome, will inspire and motivate you. Meb is a keynote speaker for our summer conference. Check out his interview with Mawi here!
We also want to help you complete your workout ensemble with a Flip Belt fitness belt, designed to hold your keys, phone and tunes while you hit the pavement! Enter the giveaway below. It closes July 2nd at midnight. We will ship within the United States.
June 30, 2014
Giveaway Day 5: Savor the Summer!
Have you ever wanted to sit down, kick back with your favorite coffee drink and get your thoughts onto paper? When Mawi was younger, he used journaling as a way to set goals, reflect on his growth and chart a course for his future. Today, we’re giving away a gorgeous leather bound journal and a $25 gift card to Starbucks. Enter below to win! Giveaway ends at midnight on 7/1/14.
June 29, 2014
Day 4: Cool Summer Reads
Are you looking for some cool new reads to help you relax and enjoy the summer? Look no further! Day 4 of our Summer Giveaway highlights some of our favorite recent reads and comes with a $20 Starbucks gift-card. We know you’ll like them too! This giveaway includes:
1.) Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand- tells the incredible, true story of Louis Zamperini, a Lieutanant shot down over the Pacific ocean during WW II. In this epic story of survival, Zamperini must confront life on a raft, near starvation, enemy aircraft and beyond.
2.) Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie- is an wonderfully creative comic tale, set in an exotic Eastern land. Haroun is a young boy that must go on a quest to cure an ailing father and rescue the world from a super villain poisoning the sea of stories, and threatening to rid the world of stories for good! Children and young adults will love the madcap story, while adults will enjoy the beautiful prose and larger allegory that Rushdie skillfully weaves.
3.) Team Clock by Steve Ritter- For the last twenty-five years, Steve Ritter has helped professional sports teams, businesses, and community organizations create breakthrough results. Your teams will learn how to harness the power of conflict; build trust without getting too comfortable; and go beyond existing limits to create new possibilities. Packed with compelling examples, both personal and professional, Team Clock will change the way you approach every team in your life. Bonus, Steve Ritter will speak at Mawi Learning’s summer conference!
4.) A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini- is a powerful follow up to Hosseini’s New York Times Bestseller “The Kite Runner”. “A Thousand Splendid Suns” tells the story of two Afghan women, Laila and Mariam as they struggle with the daily realities of their lives over a span of 50 years in Afghanistan. It is a hauntingly beautiful tale of love, brokenness and sacrifice in the midst of pain.
To enter, visit our Facebook page and tag a friend in the comments! We will ship within the continental United States. Giveaway ends at midnight!
June 28, 2014
Day 3: Ninja Time
Do you want tangible tools to impact the youth in your life? Mental Karate is a simple, easy-to-use curriculum that increases student engagement and intrinsic motivation. You can teach Mental Karate to your kids, class, grade level, or entire school. And you can go at the pace that works best for you. We’re giving away 1 classroom set or parent set. This includes the following:
25 Student Journals
1 Leader Guide
Award System: 25 colored certificate and bracelets
1 Journal and award set for the leader
24×7 online video training on how to lead Mental Karate
1 copy of Of Beetles and Angels: A Boy’s Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard by Mental Karate Founder Mawi Asgedom
This is a $475 value package. You can learn more about it here. The giveaway ends July 4th at 12:00am. Enter the giveaway below!
June 27, 2014
Day 2 of our Summer Giveaway: Mawi’s Bookshelf
Today you have a chance to win the 3 books rocking Mawi’s bookshelf these days! These extraordinary works will transform the way you perceive education and your own ability to inspire youth.
1.) Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck, PhD: In this ground-breaking book, Stanford psychologist and researcher Carol Dweck synthesizes decades of research on what fosters success. Dweck reveals that it’s not our talent or ability that makes us successful, but whether we approach life with a fixed or growth mindset. She emphasizes that a growth mindset is an integral part of motivating our children and ourselves to reach our goals. She further links this idea with academic success for students and demonstrates that a growth mindset is key for developing a foundation of resilience and a future of achievement.
2.) How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul Tough: Tough interrogates the traditional belief that cognitive skills such as verbal acuity, mathematical ability and the ability to detect patterns that are the best indicators of academic and future success. By synthesizing literature and research in this area, Tough shows that IQ based indications have been disproven as a definitive predictor for future success. Increasingly, non-cognitive skills such as perseverance, conscientiousness, optimism, curiosity and self-discipline are proving to be better indicators for achievement. Tough argues that teachers need to build these skills while engaging student curiosity to promote academic success.
3.) The Optimistic Child: A Proven Program to Safeguard Children Against Depression and Build Lifelong Resilience by Martin Seligman: In his book, “The Optimistic Child”, University of Pennsylvania researcher Dr. Martin Seligman examines the concept of building confidence in children. By studying over 100,000 children, Seligman concludes that the self-esteem movement has actually harmed many kids. He concludes that the best way to help children achieve is to help them build real skills and praise growth, rather than praise fixed qualities.
Head over to our Facebook page for a chance to win! This giveaway ends on July 28th at 12:00am. We will not be able to ship outside of the continental USA.
June 26, 2014
Day 1: Win an autographed set of Mawi’s published works!
Who’s ready for Day 1 of our Summer Giveaway? We’re kicking off the giveaway by giving away an autographed set of Mawi’s complete works. The giveaway includes the following titles, valued at $94.85. Read more about them here.
1.) The Success GPA: The 9 Leadership Skills Every Teenager Needs
2.) The Third Harmony
3.) Of Beetles and Angels: A Boy’s Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard University
4.) The Code: The 5 Secrets to Teen Success
5.) Win the Inner Battle: The Ultimate Teen Leadership Journal
6.) Beyond Character Education: The Case for Character Action
7.) The 5 Power of Educators: How Educators and Parents Inspire Youth
This giveaway closes on June 27th at 12:00am so enter today! Follow the instructions below to enter multiple times. We’ll announce the winner after the contest ends. We will only ship to addresses within the United States. Head over to our Facebook page to share with friends and earn more entries!
June 25, 2014
Announcing our 7 Day Summer Giveaway!
In anticipation of our upcoming summer conference and to celebrate that summer has finally come to the Midwest, we are hosting a 7-day giveaway starting Thursday, June 26th and ending Thursday, July 3rd. Prizes will range from cool summer reads, to the latest books on social, emotional learning, to a grand prize of a Kindle Fire!
Visit our blog everyday starting Thursday, or head over to our Facebook Page to enter the drawings. We’ll have a different prize each day and a new chance to win!
If you haven’t already registered for our July 30-31st conference, you can sign up here. Gain extra giveaway tickets by registering! If you’ve already registered, you can also gain extra tickets.
Let the fun begin!
June 4, 2014
New White Paper on Social and Emotional Learning Research Base
After a decade of focusing primarily on testing, schools across North America are prioritizing Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). Researchers like Angela Duckworth and Carol Dweck have shown that grit, growth mindset, goal-setting, and other internal qualities drive student achievement and student well being.
There are two things that confuse many people regarding Social and Emotional Learning. First, we use a wide variety of terms to basically get at the same thing: character development, values education, non-cognitive skill building, and Social and Emotional learning. Second, most of us do not have time to review all the research on SEL.
Here is a white paper that was released by the Educational Research Institute of America. The white paper takes a look at the six most research-based SEL principles, helps break down the nomenclature, and concludes by showing how Mawi Learning develops those principles in our Leadership Skills Class.
