Our mind is like a puppy that can be trained

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For most students,
there is not really a sense

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that they can train their own
minds for their own well-being.

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So for example, we talk about
training our puppy mind.

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And our puppy mind is those
moments like when something happens

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and just like a puppy
sees like a leaf

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and just kind of goes
and chases after it,

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we don't get mad at
the puppy for doing it.

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This is what puppies do naturally.

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We just, if we're training it,

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we just kind of gently
bring the puppy back.

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Well we can do the same
thing with our minds right.

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Our minds get distracted on whatever

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and for students that may
be like reading a book

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and then they get to
the bottom of the page

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and they realize they don't understand.

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There weren't kind of actually
reading what was there.

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Their mind was somewhere else,
their puppy mind.

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So if we can notice,
or if students can notice

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that moment when their
puppy mind starts to go away

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and then train it to come back,
that's a pretty profound insight

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that can help support not only
reading but also relationships, right.

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And all sorts of other
aspects of their life.

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So kind of learning these basic

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processes that happen
in our own minds

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and then learning how to train
them is a major insight we've had.