ANIMA Program Topics (Growth Mindset)

Learn to shift from a fixed mindset—where intelligence, talent and ability appear static—to a more creative, more resilient growth mindset, where aptitude develops through focused effort and hearty challenge.

Once you see your mindset, you can start to choose your mindset and:

• improve your ability to learn and grow,
• get back up after getting knocked down, and
• seek collaboration with outstanding colleagues.

The most skillful teachers and learners maintain a radical relationship to failure. And that means more than just seeing mistakes as iterations on the path to success (though that helps too). Learn the six types of so-called failure and gain practical tools to open up new levels of creative possibility.

 

      

We improvise every moment of our work and personal lives—no one’s got a set script—yet we rarely pay attention to how we improvise.

Go behind the curtain to take on the curious principles and practices—like “yes, and,” “Be average,” “make your partner look good,” and “let yourself be changed”—that theatre professionals use to cultivate the skills needed for top-quality, in-the-moment performance:

• spontaneous speech
• flexible status transactions
• careful attention
• deep listening
• multi-level memory
• powerful presence
• interpersonal care
• collaborative discovery
• emotional range
• effective storytelling

  

Life changes and, these days, it changes faster than ever. Many respond to that uncertainty by seeking further control, but that effort almost always leaves us more rigid and less responsive. Build your ambiguity tolerance muscles and replace the impulse to control with a more nimble intention to:

• commit
• contribute
• connect, and
• co-create

      

Teaching with Acoustical Guidance (TAGteach) draws on cutting edge tools to cut teaching time in half and improve learner retention.

Develop practical skills through fun, hands-on training so you can:

• use fewer words for more efficient instruction
• deliver precise, timely feedback to maximize and solidify improvement
• reinforce the skills you intend to develop
• keep your learner focused and thirsty for more
• build loyalty and trust between teacher and learner