Tested, Tried & Trusted

The methodologies of Unstopped are founded in decades of validated research; research that focused on developing skills, building resilience, succeeding and achieving goals.

No pseudo-psychology here. Just dynamic scientifically backed methodologies that work.

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Beuke, C. (2011, September 3). How to become an expert [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/youre-hired/201109/how-become-expert

Burnette, J. L., O’Boyle, E. H., VanEpps, E., Pollack, J. M., & Finkel, E. J. (2013). Mindsets matter: A meta-analytic review of the effects of implicit theories on self-regulation. Psychological Bulletin, 139, 655-701.

Conversano, C., Rotondo, A., Lensi, E., Della Vista, O., Arpone, F., & Reda, M. (2010). Optimism and its impact on mental and physical well-being. Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health, 6, 25-29. DOI: 10.2174/1745017901006010025

Dweck, C. S. (2007). Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. New York: Ballantine Books.

Dweck, C. S. (2008). Can personality be changed? The role of beliefs in personality and change. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 17(6), 391-394. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2008.00612.x

Ericsson, K. A., Krampe, R. Th., & Tesch-Römer, C. (1993). The role of deliberate practice in the acquisition of expert performance. Psychological Review, 100(3), 363-406.

Ericsson, K. A. (2006). The influence of experience and deliberate practice on the development of superior expert performance. In K. A. Ericsson, N. Charness, P. Feltovich, and R. R. Hoffman, R. R. (Eds.). Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance (pp. 685-706). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Ericsson, K. A., & Charness, N. (1994). Expert performance: Its structure and acquisition. American Psychologist, 49(8), 725-747.

Heslin, P. A. & Vandewalle, D. (2008). Managers’ implicit assumptions about personnel. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 17, 219-223.

Luthans, K. W., Lebsack, S. A. & Lebsack, R. R. (2008). Positivity in healthcare: Relation of optimism to performance. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 22(2), 178-188. DOI: 10.1108/14777260810876330

Mindset (n.d.). Retrieved from http://mindsetonline.com/whatisit/about/index.html

Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2002). Turning hope thoughts into goal-directed behavior. Psychological Inquiry, 13, 304-307.

Oettingen, G., & Kappes, A. (2009). Mental contrasting of the future and reality to master negative feedback. In K. D. Markman, W. M. P. Klein, & J. A. Suhr, (Eds.), Handbook of imagination and mental simulation (pp. 395-412). New York: Psychology Press.

Oettingen, G., Marquardt, M. K., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2012). Mental contrasting turns positive feedback on creative potential into successful performance. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 990-996.

Oettingen, G., & Mayer, D. (2002). The motivating function of thinking about the future: Expectations versus fantasies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 1198-1212.

Oettingen, G., Mayer, D., Thorpe, J. S., Janetzke, H., & Lorenz, S. (2005). Turning fantasies about positive and negative futures into self-improvement goals. Motivation and Emotion, 29, 237-267.

Oettingen, G., Pak, H., & Schnetter, K. (2001). Self-regulation of goal setting: Turning free fantasies about the future into binding goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 736-753.

Peterson, C. (2000). The future of optimism. American Psychologist, 55(1), 44-55. DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.55.1.44

Rock, D. (2011, November 9). Are you a born genius? Being a learner is smarter [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/your-brain-work/201111/are-you-born-genius-being-learner-is-smarter

Seligman, M. E. P. (2006). Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life. New York: Vintage Reprint Edition.

Seligman, M. E. P. & Schulman, P. (1986). Explanatory style as a predictor of productivity and quitting among life insurance agents. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 50, 832-838.

Schulman, P. (1999). Applying learned optimism to increase sales productivity. Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management, 19(1), 31-37.

TEDx Talks (2009, November 12). True grit: Can perseverance be taught?

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