Eduardo Briceño: How to get better at the things you care about
Eduardo Briceño: Como sermos melhores no que é importante para nós
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to do our best at whatever we do,
o nosso melhor em tudo o que fazemos,
ou com a família
Tento dar o meu melhor.
há algum tempo
at the things I cared most about,
nas coisas que mais me interessavam,
much at those things
nessas áreas
I've had and from research
e conversas que tive,
apesar de todo o empenho,
some insights into why that is
sobre as razões para isso
is that the most effective people
alternating between two zones:
entre duas zonas:
and the performance zone.
e a zona do desempenho.
is when our goal is to improve.
temos o objetivo de melhorar.
designed for improvement,
concebidas para melhorar,
we haven't mastered yet,
que ainda não dominamos,
to make mistakes,
estar preparados para errar
when we're in our performance zone,
na zona do desempenho,
as best as we can, to execute.
da melhor forma possível.
on what we have already mastered
naquilo que já dominamos
should be part of our lives,
fazer parte da nossa vida,
when we want to be in each of them,
estar em cada uma delas,
and better improve.
e a progredir.
our immediate performance,
maximiza o nosso desempenho imediato.
maximizes our growth
maximiza o nosso crescimento
desempenho futuro.
all of our time in the performance zone.
quase totalmente à zona do desempenho.
also our performance.
também o nosso desempenho.
um líder político,
and lawyer in ancient Greece.
da Grécia Antiga.
he didn't spend all his time
não passava todo o tempo
designed for improvement.
concebidas para o progresso.
with guidance from mentors,
orientado por mentores,
involved persuading other people,
exigia convencer outras pessoas,
of involuntarily lifting his shoulder,
de levantar o ombro, sem querer,
in front of a mirror,
apesar de um defeito na fala,
with stones in his mouth.
without interruptions
were very noisy,
os tribunais eram barulhentos,
above the roar of the waves.
sobre o barulho das ondas.
from his activities in court,
das atividades no tribunal,
calls deliberate practice.
chama "prática deliberada",
abilities into component skills,
em elementos de competências
we're working to improve,
que queremos melhorar,
to a high level of challenge
de nível mais elevado,
with repetition and adjustments,
of a skilled coach,
do auxílio de um profissional,
destinadas ao progresso
designed for improvement
know what those activities are
quais são essas atividades
in the learning zone
na zona de aprendizagem
that after the first couple of years
ao fim de uns anos
in teaching, general medicine,
na medicina em geral,
we have become good enough,
que já somos bastante bons,
in the learning zone.
à zona de aprendizagem.
on just doing our job,
no desempenho,
a great way to improve.
to spend time in the learning zone
na zona de aprendizagem,
pelo menos uma vez por semana,
the goal of improvement.
no intuito de evoluírem.
solicit feedback and reflect.
pedem opiniões e refletem.
not playing games of chess,
grand masters made and analyzing them.
dos grandes mestres
many, many, many hours
todos nós já passámos muitas horas
10 ou 20 minutos, todos os dias,
on typing 10 to 20 percent faster
10 ou 20% mais depressa
what mistakes we're making
identificássemos os erros,
sem grandes resultados
in the performance zone?
na zona de desempenho?
that the performance zone has no value.
de desempenho de nada valha
I didn't tell the surgeon,
não disse ao médico:
and focus on what you don't know."
no que não sabe".
who I felt would do a good job,
que soubesse o que fazia
as best as we can.
to identify what to focus on next
no que devemos concentrar-nos
and the performance zone,
de desempenho e de aprendizagem,
in the learning zone,
na zona de aprendizagem
in the performance zone.
na zona de desempenho.
she's in her performance zone,
ela está na zona de desempenho,
gets back to the hotel room,
into her learning zone.
of the show that just ended.
que acabou de fazer,
for improvement,
and her camera staff.
e na da equipa.
sobre o que deve ser melhorado
with what to adjust,
before the next performance.
até à atuação seguinte.
para melhorar as capacidades,
and when we seek to perform,
e quando atuar.
to spend time doing both,
as duas coisas ao mesmo tempo,
in the learning zone,
na zona de aprendizagem,
more time in the learning zone?
mais tempo a aprender?
to improve at that particular skill.
que nos interesse,
about how to improve,
de como melhorar
the guitar as a teenager,
quando adolescente,
in a low-stakes situation,
de riscos mínimos
must not be catastrophic,
não podem ser catastróficas
new tricks without a net underneath,
sem uma rede por baixo,
to first try a new move
fazer uma nova jogada
tanto tempo na área do desempenho
in the performance zone
often are, unnecessarily, high stakes.
corremos por vezes riscos altos.
uns para os outros,
to be all about learning,
onde devíamos apenas aprender,
about standardized tests.
schools through colleges
others will think less of them.
os outros pensarão mal deles.
sempre tão nervosos
necessary for learning.
para aprenderem.
that mistakes are undesirable
são indesejáveis,
are eager to hear just correct answers
só querem ouvir as respostas certas
rather than welcome and examine them
em vez de os analisarem
respostas condensadas
more exploratory thinking
a exploração das coisas
has a number or a letter on it,
recebem uma nota
mistakes, feedback and revision,
erros, correção e revisão,
that school is a performance zone.
está na zona de desempenho.
I often see flawless execution cultures
deteto culturas de execução sem erros
to encourage great work.
para encorajar um trabalho perfeito,
to stay within what they know
a agarrem-se ao que sabem
to innovate and improve,
inovar e melhorar,
para o crescimento
em cada zona.
to execute and minimize mistakes?
e reduzir os erros?
about what success is,
o que significa o sucesso,
in a chronic high-stakes setting
num ambiente competitivo
start those conversations yet?
that we can still do as individuals.
enquanto indivíduos.
in an otherwise high-stakes sea.
num oceano de muito competitividade,
have little consequence.
tenham poucas consequências.
a mentor or a trusted colleague
um mentor ou um colega de confiança
or have vulnerable conversations
ou termos conversas vulneráveis,
meetings as projects progress.
no decorrer de um projeto.
or watch videos or take online courses.
ou fazer cursos online.
and perform as we're expected,
o nosso trabalho, conforme esperado,
we could do better next time,
no futuro,
and adjustment is a learning zone.
e o ajustamento é zona de aprendizagem.
e reduzir os riscos dos outros,
by sharing what we want to get better at,
em que queremos melhorar,
about what we don't know,
sobre o que não sabemos,
and by sharing our mistakes
e partilhando os nossos erros,
can feel safe to do the same.
para fazer o mesmo.
modeling ongoing learning.
duma aprendizagem continuada.
our lives doing, doing, doing,
e mais águas de baixo risco?
and when we seek to perform,
tivessem mais resultado,
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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