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...then pulling the rug out from under it isn’t going to improve public education. Federal education policy must focus less on finding out which schools failed to educate some small subgroup of students and more on giving teachers the resources they need to succeed...
...success creates positive momentum, and confidence builds, making it easier to succeed the next time. People who believe they are likely to win are willing to put in the extra effort at difficult moments to ensure that victory. They stay in the game no matter what. Mike Krzysewski, legendary coach of the Duke men’s basketball team, calls this the principle of “next play,” saying “Don’t take what you did in this play to the next play—positive or negative...
Perpetual winners—those who repeatedly succeed at reaching their goals—behave in ways that make it more likely that they’ll attract friends, fans, opportunities, the benefit of the doubt in close calls, and the information to solve problems...
...setting up on-campus recovery programs, and a few even have housing specifically for former substance abusers. Rutgers University, in New Brunswick, N.J., introduced the first recovery dorm in 1988. Last year an alumni reunion drew about 100 former residents, who credit the housing program with enabling them to succeed in school and thrive after graduation...
...Ernst & Young recently ranked Germany the third most attractive country in which to invest, behind China and the U.S. Deutsche Bank and Dresdner Bank reported healthy profits in the first three months of 2004, after heavy losses for the same period last year, a sign that German banks can succeed by cutting excess retail staff and pruning bad debt. Media companies like Axel Springer, publisher of Bild and Die Welt, are bouncing back from a crippling advertising drought. Companies are winning important labor concessions. Siemens just sealed deals with workers in two of its mobile-phone factories to increase...