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“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face… You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” Eleanor Roosevelt http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/13/rip-amar-bose-pioneer-of-high-end-audio/
I read an excerpt from the Martha Stout book, The Sociopath Next Door, a couple of months ago in Psychology Today. Fascinating stuff. I've also really been enjoying a lot of material coming from the various blogs and newsletters from Forbes lately. What/who are you reading?
Check out Are You Narcissistic Enough To Achieve Your Goals? Oregon is pondering a system where young people gamble a portion of their future income on their ability to complete a college degree program. This is really just a different way to look at student financial aid repayment plans. So, if a student drops out, they still have their wages garnished, then they re-enroll in a school in a different state and have to use traditional financial aid, then they owe two lenders, then they drop out again, they have no income high enough to match the payment requirements of two lenders...on and on. Plus there's no real accountability for income fluctuation or if students die or leave the country owing the state a big pile of money...on and on.
I'm with the article's author on this, let 'em try. No way would this work in Texas or, say Mississippi where drop out rates are astronomical. Read Should Oregon fund college through equity? Sorry for the stupid duplicate posts, folks. Still trying to work out the kinks with this new site and the blog thing.
I'm reposting a link to this this Forbes article because it echoes a lot of what I am seeing in my current Leadership program. Certainly not all, but a lot. For example, we recently went through a 4 hour unit on conflict resolution and management in which not a single person in the class managed or resolved a single conflict.
How do you get to carnegie hall? PRACTICE! The article, which draws a very simple analogy, is here. My friend and legendary Count Basie drummer Butch Miles is blowing out candles today, as is the innovative vibraphonist, composer and band leader (Steps Ahead) Mike Mainieri. Here they are now! |
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