Should the teacher insist the students stop comparing?

Finland wldflowers
Diversity creates a beautiful, sustainable, ecosystem

 

Finland wild flowers
Diversity is what makes the whole thing work

 

Should the teacher insist the students stop comparing?

Yes!

Insist!

Why?

Because comparing is a stealth way to make excuses.

Stop comparing and thinking you must measure up to someone else’s standard. Make your own unique standard.

This is my job as a teacher – to inspire others to rethink.

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What if we did what we say were gonna do?

Woman climbing stairs on bright Summer morning
Wonder if she does what she says she’s gonna do

 

What if we did what we say were gonna do? Yeah, “What if?”

Classic question. Classic response, “We’ll never know, because we never did what we said we were gonna do.”

So today I’m kickin’ my own butt to get five blogs written before midnight. Every. Single. Day.

Why “kill myself” on those rare days when it’s not done before sunrise?

Because it’s what I say I do. So I do it.

Everyday is a helluva commitment.

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Why a popular Spring time activity at major campuses is jogging

Running through Disney University campus in early Spring
Running through campus in early Spring

 

Why is running a popular Spring time activity at major campuses?

Because smart people know that intellectual stimulation, by itself, is a thin disguise for wisdom.

And running requires minimal equipment /investment. And you see a lot while you do it.

It is in the balance of life’s big wellness choices – mind, body, spirit, work, home – that one becomes wise.

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The great Summer of 2013 in our career

Walt Disney World Convention Center space
Busy Professional Speaker’s spend most of their time in rooms like this

 

The great Summer of 2013 in our career. One pulse-check question:

  1. Are we satisfied with our level of contribution?

Only one person in charge of how hard we work this Summer.

There are so many things in our control, including leaving (for something else), but we tend to ignore the truth because of the effort, or radical discomfort, it would take to change.

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The old ways of doing work are collapsing and smart people can not stop it

The old ways of doing work are collapsing and smart people can not stop it.

Smart people are resisting. Smarter (the new smart) people are exploiting embracing what is nothing less than a new world order.

This video is 18 minutes long from theRSA.org entitled, Tomorrow’s Work. Why Yesterday’s Expectations Are Ruining Today’s Future.

I don’t expect anyone to have 18 minutes to watch it. Not now. But later?

 

 

The exciting thing about change is that history has proved it is unstoppable.

Knowing this, how we respond determines surviving or thriving.

Why avoid thriving?

It’s gonna be hard no matter what.

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