Acton Academy Northwest Austin

WHAT IS A CHALLENGE DONUT?

Learners of all ages can benefit from this simple tool!

WHAT IS A CHALLENGE DONUT?

​Learners of all ages can benefit from this simple tool!

Hungry for growth?  Try a Challenge Donut...

COMFORT ZONE:  When you are doing something that you already know how to do.  Most of the time, it feels good to be in this zone, but over time can get a little...well, boring :-)

CHALLENGE ZONE:  When you are having fun working hard on accomplishing something difficult.  Often requires a tremendous amount of mental and/or physical energy, but is both exciting and rewarding to work on.

PANIC ZONE:  When you are doing something that is really hard and/or scary and you are feeling so uncomfortable that it's distracting you from trying to accomplish your goal.

Want to maximize learning?

Try to find your "sweet spot"

(aka Challenge Zone)

as much as possible!

Try to find your "sweet spot"

(aka Challenge Zone)

as much as possible!

At Acton Academy Northwest Austin,

we use tools like the Challenge Donut every day to equip our students to...