“Air Force Academy Tennis Coach Survives Stroke and Uses his Resilient Attitude to Thrive”
September 27, 2022
Originally posted in our September 2022 Top of Mind Newsletter. Those who follow ELI and other mindset leaders have heard about the power of resilience many times, but it is another thing to hear from someone who has struggled against tough odds about how they do it. In this podcast interview, Dan Oosterhous of the Air Force Academy shares his story of recovery from two strokes that impacted his career as a pilot and as a…
Read more“How to Beat Procrastination”
Originally posted in our September 2022 Top of Mind Newsletter. Thinking about the value of mind-wandering might lead you to reflect on times you’ve been guilty of procrastination. Everyone does it, but why? And perhaps more importantly, how can we combat it? In this Harvard Business Review article from 2016, we see a simple yet effective outline of how to get over procrastination. From simple tips like committing publicly to achieving a goal to visualizing how…
Read more“Scientists Finally Know Why We Get Distracted—And How We Can Stay on Track”
Originally posted in our September 2022 Top of Mind Newsletter. What causes our minds to wander? Is it helping us or hurting us? Researchers have found that the answer is more complicated than you might think. But, as the fields of psychology develop and shift, so too does neuroscience. We can now better than ever understand what parts of the brain are doing while we perform tasks or when we are prompted to think about specific…
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NextGen Entrepreneurial Girl Scout Case Study
May 9, 2024
Impacts of NC IDEA’s NextGen Entrepreneur Workshops Ripple Far Beyond Girl Scout Cookie Sales Location: Central and Eastern North Carolina Number of one-day workshops: 4 Number of Girl Scouts served: 74 Grade level of participants: 4th to 11th Number of adults engaged: 36 Year-to-year increase in cookie sales: 8.4% Total 2024 cookie sales: 35,656 boxes OVERVIEW: NC IDEA, a private foundation committed to supporting entrepreneurial ambition and economic empowerment in North Carolina, has a…
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Metropolitan State University of Denver Case Study
September 16, 2022
Location: Denver, Colorado Number of undergraduate students: 16,400 Average age: 25 Percent who work while pursuing their education: 80% Number of majors: 90+ Number of certificate programs: 40 Center for Entrepreneurship established: 2020 OVERVIEW: One of the words that the Metropolitan State University of Denver uses to describe itself on its website is entrepreneurial: “We don’t settle for walking well-worn trails. We reimagine what is possible for ourselves and our communities.” The school…
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