12 Ways You May Be Undermining Your Brain Power (Leviton, 1995)

1. I am stupid
2. I don't want to learn
3. I had a bad experience with this subject once
4. My teachers made me feel bad about myself
5. They won't let me learn this in my own way
6. They always discouraged me from being original in my thoughts
7. I got punished for being too clever
8. I don't feel comfortable being open and curious
9. I don't have the mental software
10. My creativity is dead
11. It's too scary to change now
12. Frankly, I don't deserve it.
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Source: Leviton, R. (1995) Brain Builders. NJ: Prentice Hall.