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19. Discomfort and Motivation with Jason

Helping our neurodiverse kiddos have the motivation to do things outside their comfort zone is a challenge for parents and mentors. In this episode, Jason draws on examples from mentoring students at TechieForLife to illustrate balancing discomfort with growth, building relationships of influence, and the most effective way to promote change.
 
We all have an innate desire to grow and progress, but we also like to be comfortable. Our brains like to keep things easy and efficient, but when there’s too much comfort for too long, we stop growing. We become stuck. We lose our motivation for doing hard things.
 
Learn about creating an environment where your neurodiverse child, teenager, or young adult has motivation to grow and develop rather than staying comfortably stuck and miserable.
 
19. Discomfort and Motivation with Jason

What You'll Learn from this Episode:

  • What can quickly put a neurodiverse child into a crisis state.
  • What usually makes neurodiverse individuals not learn something.
  • The only way development can come.
  • What causes regression.
  • The most effective way to promote change.
  • How to build a relationship of influence.
  • What creating a safe but stretched envrionment requires.

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