Eduardo Briceño: How to get better at the things you care about
Eduardo Briceño: Cómo mejorar en lo que realmente nos importa
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to do our best at whatever we do,
en todo lo que hacemos,
at the things I cared most about,
en lo que me importaba,
much at those things
I've had and from research
conversaciones e investigaciones
a pesar de trabajar muy duro,
some insights into why that is
algunas ideas del por qué
is that the most effective people
es que la gente más eficaz
alternating between two zones:
alternándose entre dos zonas:
and the performance zone.
y la de desempeño.
is when our goal is to improve.
es cuando nuestro objetivo es mejorar.
designed for improvement,
pensadas para mejorar,
we haven't mastered yet,
todavía no hemos dominado,
que aceptar equivocarnos,
to make mistakes,
when we're in our performance zone,
cuando estamos en la zona de desempeño,
as best as we can, to execute.
lo mejor posible para cumplir.
on what we have already mastered
en lo que ya hemos dominado
should be part of our lives,
deberían ser parte de nuestras vidas,
when we want to be in each of them,
cuando queremos estar en cada una,
and better improve.
y mejorar.
our immediate performance,
nuestro rendimiento inmediato,
maximizes our growth
maximiza el crecimiento
muchos no mejoramos
all of our time in the performance zone.
de nuestro tiempo en la zona de desempeño.
also our performance.
nuestro rendimiento.
de aprendizaje?
and lawyer in ancient Greece.
más grandes de la antigua Grecia.
he didn't spend all his time
él no pasó todo su tiempo
designed for improvement.
diseñadas para mejorar.
with guidance from mentors,
con la ayuda de mentores,
involved persuading other people,
implicaba persuadir a otros,
of involuntarily lifting his shoulder,
de levantar involuntariamente su hombro,
in front of a mirror,
en frente de un espejo,
a pesar de un ceceo,
with stones in his mouth.
con piedras en la boca.
without interruptions
sin interrupciones
were very noisy,
eran ruidosos,
above the roar of the waves.
por encima del rugir de las olas.
from his activities in court,
a sus tareas en los tribunales,
calls deliberate practice.
del Dr. Anders Ercicsson
abilities into component skills,
we're working to improve,
elegir para mejorar,
to a high level of challenge
en un importante desafío
with repetition and adjustments,
con repetición y ajustes,
of a skilled coach,
por un entrenador experto,
designed for improvement
creadas para mejorar
know what those activities are
saben cuáles son esas tareas.
in the learning zone
en la zona de aprendizaje
that after the first couple of years
que después de los primeros dos años
in teaching, general medicine,
en la enseñanza, medicina general,
we have become good enough,
que somos suficientemente buenos,
in the learning zone.
de la zona del aprendizaje.
on just doing our job,
sólo en hacer nuestro trabajo,
a great way to improve.
una buena forma de mejorar.
to spend time in the learning zone
en la zona de aprendizaje
the goal of improvement.
el objetivo de mejorar.
solicit feedback and reflect.
piden opiniones y reflexionan.
not playing games of chess,
no jugando juegos de ajedrez,
grand masters made and analyzing them.
a grandes jugadores y analizándolos.
many, many, many hours
muchas muchas horas
on typing 10 to 20 percent faster
de 10 a 20 % más rápido
what mistakes we're making
qué errores cometemos
in the performance zone?
en la zona de rendimiento?
that the performance zone has no value.
que la zona de rendimiento no tiene valor.
I didn't tell the surgeon,
no le dije al cirujano,
and focus on what you don't know."
y concéntrese en lo que no sabe".
who I felt would do a good job,
que me pareció que haría un buen trabajo,
un buen trabajo.
as best as we can.
lo mejor que podemos,
to identify what to focus on next
para identificar a qué enfocarse
un buen resultado
and the performance zone,
y la zona de rendimiento,
habilidades en la zona de aprendizaje
in the learning zone,
en la zona de rendimiento.
in the performance zone.
está en zona de rendimiento,
she's in her performance zone,
a la habitación del hotel,
gets back to the hotel room,
a su zona de aprendizaje.
into her learning zone.
que acaba de dar.
of the show that just ended.
for improvement,
and her camera staff.
with what to adjust,
before the next performance.
a capacidades cada vez mayores,
y mientras queremos hacerlo,
and when we seek to perform,
to spend time doing both,
en la zona de aprendizaje,
in the learning zone,
en la zona de aprendizaje?
more time in the learning zone?
crecimiento de actitud.
to improve at that particular skill.
una habilidad concreta.
porque se requiere tiempo y esfuerzo.
de cómo mejorar,
about how to improve,
guitarra de adolescente,
the guitar as a teenager,
altas expectativas,
in a low-stakes situation,
no será catastrófica,
must not be catastrophic,
nuevos trucos sin una red,
new tricks without a net underneath,
to first try a new move
en la zona de rendimiento
in the performance zone
often are, unnecessarily, high stakes.
son exigentes.
ser sólo aprendizaje,
to be all about learning,
about standardized tests.
sobre pruebas estandarizadas.
schools through colleges
hasta la facultad
others will think less of them.
pensarán menos de ellos.
necessary for learning.
necesarios para el aprendizaje.
that mistakes are undesirable
no son deseables
sólo quieren escuchar aciertos
are eager to hear just correct answers
en lugar de trabajar con ellos,
rather than welcome and examine them
more exploratory thinking
has a number or a letter on it,
tiene un número o una letra,
mistakes, feedback and revision,
la práctica, errores y revisión,
la escuela es una zona de rendimiento.
that school is a performance zone.
I often see flawless execution cultures
veo accionares impecables
to encourage great work.
para mejorar.
to stay within what they know
a permanecer dentro de lo que saben
to innovate and improve,
para innovar y mejorar,
para el crecimiento
to execute and minimize mistakes?
y minimizar los errores?
about what success is,
sobre lo que es el éxito,
en un ciclo crónico de apuestas altas
in a chronic high-stakes setting
start those conversations yet?
como individuos.
that we can still do as individuals.
podemos crear expectativas estándar.
in an otherwise high-stakes sea.
tienen pocas consecuencias.
have little consequence.
a mentor or a trusted colleague
un mentor o un colega de confianza
or have vulnerable conversations
o tener una conversación vulnerable
meetings as projects progress.
para avanzar en los proyectos.
or watch videos or take online courses.
tomar cursos en línea.
and perform as we're expected,
como todos esperan,
we could do better next time,
podríamos mejorar,
and adjustment is a learning zone.
la adaptación es aprendizaje.
compartiendo lo que queremos mejorar,
by sharing what we want to get better at,
about what we don't know,
and by sharing our mistakes
y compartiendo nuestros errores
can feel safe to do the same.
para hacer lo mismo.
modeling ongoing learning.
hacer y hacer
our lives doing, doing, doing,
expectativas más reales?
and when we seek to perform,
aprender y cuando actuar,
sean más consecuentes,
can become more consequential,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Eduardo Briceño - Learning expertEduardo Briceño is a learner, leader, speaker and writer devoted to enabling a more learning-oriented world.
Why you should listen
Eduardo Briceño leads Mindset Works, the leading provider of growth mindset training services and programs for schools and businesses. It helps organizations cultivate learning-oriented cultures and systems. He started it in 2007 with the foremost growth mindset researcher, Carol Dweck Ph.D., and education expert Lisa Blackwell Ph.D. Prior to his current role, he was a Principal at the Sprout Group, a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley.
Briceño regularly speaks at national and international conferences and in-house trainings for educators, professionals, and leaders. His TEDx talk, "The power of belief," is widely used to introduce teachers, students and professionals to the growth mindset, and his TED Talk, "How to get better at the things you care about," differentiates performance vs. improvement behaviors. He has been quoted and featured in prominent media, such as Education Week, NPR, The Guardian, The Huffington Post, KQED MindShift, Entrepreneur and Inc.
Briceño grew up in Caracas, Venezuela, before moving to the US when he was in high school. He now lives with his wife in San Jose, California. He holds Bachelor's degrees in economics and engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, as well as an MBA and an MA in Education from Stanford University. Most important, he continues to enjoy lifelong learning every day.
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