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How to take advantage of serendipity to advance your career (opinion)

How to take advantage of serendipity to advance your career (opinion) | Education 2.0 & 3.0 | Scoop.it

"Chris Smith provides advice on how to take advantage of the unexpected opportunities you’ll surely encounter to enhance your professional life and career..."


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Hope and Optimism: The Other 21st Century Skills

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Due to the interest of my post The Other 21st Skills, I decided to individually discuss each of the skills or dispositions I proposed that are in addition to the seven survival skills as identified...

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Beth Dichter's curator insight, January 6, 2014 8:36 PM

Jackie Gerstein returns with a post on Hope and Optimism, another 21st century skill. Why hope and optimism? There are important skills/characteristics in this area:

* Positive View About the Future

* Can Do Attitude

* Personal Agency

* Engage in Positive Self Talk

* Belief in Ability to Solve Problems

* Belief in One’s Ability to Impact Positively on One’s Situation.

* Maintaining Perspective

* Sense of Efficacy

She then provides information and links to articles that have researched how hope and optimism impact students' lives in many areas, research based guidelines on how to build skills of hope in students, and more. This post provides much food for thought.