PERMA-V: Accomplishment

Healthy Achievement
  • Set SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound)
  • Focus on personal growth rather than comparison with others
  • Celebrate progress and effort, not just outcomes
  • Develop resilience through learning from setbacks
  • Balance achievement with other aspects of well-being
Types of Achievements:

Academic:
  • Mastering challenging subjects
  • Completing research projects
  • Improving study skills
  • Academic honors and recognition
Personal:
  • Developing new skills and hobbies
  • Overcoming personal challenges
  • Leadership roles and responsibilities
  • Creative and artistic accomplishments

Videos Worth Watching

Developing a Growth Mindset with Carol Dweck

Should you tell your kids they are smart or talented? Professor Carol Dweck answers this question and more, as she talks about her groundbreaking work on developing mindsets.

Simon Sinek's Advice Will Leave You SPEECHLESS 4.0

Simon Sinek shares his insights on leadership, discovering your passion, uncovering your "why," and life-changing principles that can transform your mindset.

Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset

There are two types of mindsets we can cultivate. One that embraces problems as opportunities to learn, and one that avoids them, often out of fear to fail.

Secrets of success in 8 words, 3 minutes | Richard St. John

Why do people succeed? Is it because they're smart, or are they just lucky? Analyst Richard St. John condenses years of interviews into an unmissable 3-minute presentation on the real secrets of success.

A Complete Guide to Goal Setting

Goal setting helps us create the markers and milestones along the way toward seeing our dreams come true.

Set D.U.M.B. Goals - Brendon BURCHARD

How to Design Your Life (My Process For Achieving Goals)

Design your life with this journaling exercise

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance | Angela Lee Duckworth | TED

Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school. She quickly realized that IQ wasn't the only thing separating the successful students from those who struggled. Here, she explains her theory of "grit" as a predictor of success.