But in setting up the environment for success, again, for both you and your child-- and so we look at the yes items. And those are the teachable items. The no items are conversation stoppers.
What I think there are are tools that you can pick and choose from to make the talk that you want. And these tools are teachable . And if I may, I'd like to show a few of them to you in action.
I see. Well Ingrid is someone who, I think, sets goals like that for herself. There was no teachable moment for that particular partner.
as little children. Because in the course in miracles, he says, what that means is little children know that they do not know, and so they are teachable . Where adults too often walk into a situation thinking that they do know, and so they're not teachable , which I think, by the way, is even more of a psychic crisis for males than females in our society.
form a picture in their minds right away. And that's a skill that's teachable , that's trainable, that's practicable, if you want to call it that. But I think that we have to equip people with that capability because as you become a leader, as you ascend, you have to constantly mobilize your troops
will create negativity. If the value is inner growth, then distressing situations This mind of ours is infinitely teachable .
form a picture in their minds right away. That's a skill that's teachable , that's trainable, that's practicable, if you want to call it that. But I think that we have to equip people with that capability, because as you become a leader, as you ascend, you have to constantly mobilize your troops
What goes behind coming up with the outfits that you want to wear and working them on the red carpet? And thank you again for that teachable moment.
It turns out that, in terms of different psychological traits, this thinking style of pessimism to optimism is one of the most learnable and teachable traits in psychology. So if you see yourself as maybe being more on that pessimistic side of the spectrum, that's fine.
And we will look, in particular, at the interactive environment-- how to create a successful environment for both you and your child to connect and stretch their skills and then creating opportunities and finding those teachable moments. And for parents especially, it's about finding those moments throughout the flow of the day.
Probably like, well, what did you do? and we'll make it a teachable moment.
Kaveri Subrahmanyam: Right. Peggy Orenstein: And I just got so dang sick of these teachable moments. You always have these teachable , you're supposed to use these as teachable , I mean I don't want my whole life to be one big teachable moment for my kid -- Kaveri Subrahmanyam: Absolutely. Peggy Orenstein: but I also felt suddenly like I was put over this barrel and that I was being pushed into this position that was untenable where I was being asked, where I
enough to be his own children who are carrying on this Quest so one of the things this is where I want to call your attention to one of the many teachable moments that Mars gives us Mars teaches us to be in it for the long haul that that the exploration of Mars is a
and had those great results. And so he was using it as a teachable moment with others around how you need to have trust in your leaders,
So that was how a totally ridiculous inside joke turned into a selling a book. Untrue. It's a teachable skill, and these small shifts in behavior and attitude are sufficient to shift the way
No, no, no. We don't have to go there. I don't really know if that's a teachable thing.
So that was how a totally ridiculous inside joke turned into a selling a book. And then third, it's a teachable skill.
But what it teaches us is that speaking up and listening are teachable skills.
And I go down. Let's see. So finding teachable moments-- those are just kind of some ideas.
And that changed a few years ago when some people developed techniques that were more teachable for how to use certain tricks to get down to depth a lot quicker.
I see. Well Ingrid is someone who, I think, sets goals like that for herself. I do think in general those moments tend to pass and a lot of teachable moments are wasted,
really like their own version of NASA they were putting together every aspect of a human expedition to Mars I mean look every time it get it tells us something we didn't expect so another teachable moment from Mars exploration
So they meet the person where they are, and then depending on how coachable or teachable in what they want, then being able to allow them--
Not at all. A word that I might use is "teachable ." We found that they learn, maybe what
like, "But why are they unappropriate?" And I just had this moment where I thought, "I don't wanna scream ‘Bbecause they're slutty that's why,’" at my four year old.” Kaveri Subrahmanyam: Right. Peggy Orenstein: And I just got so dang sick of these teachable moments. You always have these teachable , you're supposed to use these as teachable , I mean I don't want my whole life to be one big teachable moment for my kid -- Kaveri Subrahmanyam: Absolutely.
You know, that "Access Hollywood" tape, if you're a parent, I hope you used it as a teachable moment for your kids.
Yup. But let's talk about the Ls, because those are teachable moments.