{"id":1352,"date":"2017-01-14T15:41:35","date_gmt":"2017-01-14T15:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harlawacademy.aberdeen.sch.uk\/?p=1352"},"modified":"2017-01-14T15:41:35","modified_gmt":"2017-01-14T15:41:35","slug":"9th-14th-january-success-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harlawacademy.org\/new\/2017\/01\/14\/9th-14th-january-success-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"9th &#8211; 14th January: Success in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At this time of year we often wish each other a happy, prosperous and\/or successful new year.\u00a0 Happiness, prosperity and\/or success will however need more than a wish if they are to happen.\u00a0 They will need work &#8211;\u00a0indeed they will need relentless amounts of focussed hard work.<\/p>\n<p>Over the holidays I read a book called &#8216;Bounce&#8217; by Matthew Sayed.\u00a0 It is one of numerous books which looks at the ideas behind success and failure.\u00a0 It covers a lot of different ideas\u00a0but\u00a0some which stick in my mind\u00a0include;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the importance of putting in the hours &#8211; 10,00 hours\u00a0is what the research seems to say you would need to be a master of a craft.<\/li>\n<li>the fact there are no short cuts or quick fixes &#8211;\u00a0it is about relentless dedication, practice\u00a0and determination to succeed<\/li>\n<li>coaching\u00a0is a big help &#8211; finding someone who can pinpoint what you are not good at and focussing on improving that area (making the marginal gains in the key areas)<\/li>\n<li>failing is a big help &#8211; as long as you learn from failure and build on it<\/li>\n<li>growth mindset &#8211; moving from thinking you cannot do something to thinking you cannot do it (yet)<\/li>\n<li>chance plays a part but you can do things to increase your odds of success &#8211;\u00a0if you believe you are an unlucky person you tend to be more risk averse and as a result you are not there when opportunities present themselves, if you believe you are more fortunate you\u00a0often find yourself in the right place at the right time.\u00a0\u00a0Put yourself in a position where you have more chance of success<\/li>\n<li>you cannot do it alone &#8211; you need to surround yourself with successful people and with critical friends able to support you when you need it but also able to give you tough and precise messages too<\/li>\n<li>oh and in order to matter it has to matter to you &#8211; I can want every child at Harlaw to do well but\u00a0it will not happen unless they want it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All of this applies whether we are looking at;\u00a0happiness (relationships), prosperity (wealth in financial and emotional terms) or success (in exams, in sports or any other field).<\/p>\n<p>I hope we all have a\u00a0happy, prosperous and successful year in 2017.\u00a0\u00a0Whilst I will do all I can to help achieve this it requires\u00a0you to be put in the effort,\u00a0to accept\u00a0support, to learn from failures and most of all to care enough to do something about it.<\/p>\n<p>As school returned on Monday 9th January staff emphasised the messages from last term around\u00a0raised expectations\u00a0and in particular the advice presented here: <a href=\"http:\/\/harlawacademy.aberdeen.sch.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Expectations-Poster-Decenber-2016.docx\">Expectations Poster Decenber 2016<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 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