Comments on: What Olympic Swimming Teaches Us About Changing Minds and Improving Access to New Things, Part 1 http://pulseandsignal.com/health-education/what-olympic-swimming-teaches-us-about-changing-minds-and-improving-access-to-new-things-part-1/ Highlighting New Ideas and Innovation in Public Health Fri, 04 May 2012 13:07:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Pulse & Signal » Blog Archive » What Olympic Swimming Teaches Us About Changing Minds and Improving Access to New Things, Part 2 http://pulseandsignal.com/health-education/what-olympic-swimming-teaches-us-about-changing-minds-and-improving-access-to-new-things-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-551 Pulse & Signal » Blog Archive » What Olympic Swimming Teaches Us About Changing Minds and Improving Access to New Things, Part 2 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:33:40 +0000 http://pulseandsignal.com/?p=216#comment-551 [...] develop a foundation exclusively for the swimming education of inner city children. Check out the initial post in its entirety for my complete [...] [...] develop a foundation exclusively for the swimming education of inner city children. Check out the initial post in its entirety for my complete [...]

]]> By: Lee Cockerell http://pulseandsignal.com/health-education/what-olympic-swimming-teaches-us-about-changing-minds-and-improving-access-to-new-things-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-396 Lee Cockerell Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:39:06 +0000 http://pulseandsignal.com/?p=216#comment-396 True....individuals can do most anything they put their mind to. I have found that scheduling new things I want to learn or do is the first step to getting me there. Everything is hard before it is easy and we all need good doses of what I call "Free Fuel" which I branded "ARE"....Appreciation, Recongnition and Encouragement. This is what builds self esteem, and self confidence which we need to put one step in front of another to try new things and to change our way of thinking....Lee Cockerell True….individuals can do most anything they put their mind to. I have found that scheduling new things I want to learn or do is the first step to getting me there. Everything is hard before it is easy and we all need good doses of what I call “Free Fuel” which I branded “ARE”….Appreciation, Recongnition and Encouragement. This is what builds self esteem, and self confidence which we need to put one step in front of another to try new things and to change our way of thinking….Lee Cockerell

]]> By: adriennec http://pulseandsignal.com/health-education/what-olympic-swimming-teaches-us-about-changing-minds-and-improving-access-to-new-things-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-391 adriennec Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:15:45 +0000 http://pulseandsignal.com/?p=216#comment-391 I love this post - it rings SO true. As a foster child advocate in DC, I can see the sense of power that kids feel when they start to master swimming and feel strong and good about themselves! Thanks Andre. I love this post – it rings SO true. As a foster child advocate in DC, I can see the sense of power that kids feel when they start to master swimming and feel strong and good about themselves! Thanks Andre.

]]> By: Marilyn http://pulseandsignal.com/health-education/what-olympic-swimming-teaches-us-about-changing-minds-and-improving-access-to-new-things-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-389 Marilyn Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:06:30 +0000 http://pulseandsignal.com/?p=216#comment-389 Great post, Andre! Looking forward to part 2. Would love to see you interview Cullen at some point. ;) Great post, Andre! Looking forward to part 2. Would love to see you interview Cullen at some point. ;)

]]> By: Jill Foster http://pulseandsignal.com/health-education/what-olympic-swimming-teaches-us-about-changing-minds-and-improving-access-to-new-things-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-388 Jill Foster Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:22:21 +0000 http://pulseandsignal.com/?p=216#comment-388 Go Cullen! Thx Andre for this great post on changing mindsets and presenting a parallel for how tech can be used for accessing (and promoting) better info on health. Regrets for the huge run-on sentence at this late hour! Looking forward to the next gold-medal part to this series. Go Cullen!

Thx Andre for this great post on changing mindsets and presenting a parallel for how tech can be used for accessing (and promoting) better info on health.

Regrets for the huge run-on sentence at this late hour!

Looking forward to the next gold-medal part to this series.

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