What Makes Kids Smarter?… Self Discipline

The bottom line is that self-discipline beats IQ. It is useless to have great results and a high IQ if a child by university age can’t motivate themselves out of bed.

In The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg, he argues:

Dozens of studies show that will-power is the single most important keystone habit for individual success.

Students who exerted high levels of willpower were more likely to earn higher grades in their classes and gain admission into more selective schools. They had fewer absences and spent less time watching television and more hours on homework.

“Highly self-disciplined adolescents outperformed their more impulsive peers on every academic-performance variable,” the researchers wrote.

“Self-discipline predicted academic performance more robustly than did IQ. Self-discipline also predicted which students would improve their grades over the course of the school year, whereas IQ did not.… Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent.”

Source: Eric Marker for TIME Magazine 2014


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A curious, engaged child will develop their own thoughts and ideas, without being ‘told’ what to think, or how to solve problems.

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It’s not glossy or riddled with cartoon characters.

We’re so proud of CUBiC Magazine that we suggest to keep each issue after reading because it is not a throw-away item (despite being recyclable).

We don’t shy away from dealing with important issues such as mental health in sports and protecting your ears when you listen to music.

With our hugely combined experience of writing courses and delivering them worldwide, we know what works. The founders Neil and Kim have children of their own who help contribute ideas us what they’d like to see in a magazine.

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