Unlearning Helplessness: Motivating the Underachiever
The presenter will share how underachieving occurs—that is, when people have a significant gap between their abilities and what they achieve. In this interactive session, she will discuss the four types of underachievers, talk about the importance of executive function skills, explore the characteristics and causes of underachieving, and present effective solutions that can reverse this problem. “To open the doors of ‘untapped potential,’ you need to have the right keys.”
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Unlearning Helplessness: Motivating the Underachiever
The presenter will share how underachieving occurs—that is, when people have a significant gap between their abilities and what they achieve. In this interactive session, she will discuss the four types of underachievers, talk about the importance of executive function skills, explore the characteristics and causes of underachieving, and present effective solutions that can reverse this problem. “To open the doors of ‘untapped potential,’ you need to have the right keys.”