1.Respecting our Differences:A Guide to Getting along in a Changing World by Lynn Duvall,1994,Free Spirit Publishing Inc.
We are’nt all the same beneath our different colored skins.We are’nt identical even without our different religions,genders,sexual orientations and cultural backgrounds.But that does’nt mean we do’nt share important values,experiences,goals and dreams.The key to getting along is’nt to pretend that differences do’nt exist.Instead we need o learn about differences,learn to accept them and let ourselves enjoy them.
Getting along in a changing world:
Creative writing Class Brings students together
Rethinking my prejudices
Building Bridges:Memphis camp Unites Black and White teens
Glide Memorial church:Where services Are Celebrations.The members of the congregation are reminded that each of them is as good as anybody else.
Project 10:Helpng students accept sexual differences.
2. The World is Flat, A brief history of the twenty first century, by Thomas L.Friedman,2006,Farrar, Strauss and Giroux,New York.
How the world became flat–The ten sources that flattened the world.
Flattener #1 11/9/89
Flattener #2 8/9/95
Flattener #3 Work flow software
Flattener #4 Uploading
Flattener #5 Outsourcing
Flattener #6 Offshoring
Flattener #7 Supply chaining
Flattener #8 Insourcing
Flattener #9 In-forming
Flattener #10 The steroids
Geopolitics and the Flat World
The unflat world
Globalization of the Local
The Dell theory of conflict prevention
Conclusion: Imagination
3.Become who you were Born To Be..We all have a gift..Have you discovered yours?,by Brian Souza,Paragon Holdings(San Diego),2005.
Find the fire within
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us..Ralph Waldo Emerson
Words of wisdom–
The gretaest tragedy of life is not death.It’s what dies within us while we are still alive.
We sow out thoughts and reap our actions;we sow our actions and reap our habits;
we sow our habits and reap our characters;we sow our characters and reap our destiny.
Great minds have purposes,others have wishes…Washington Irving
I would rather be a failure at doing something I love than a success doing something I hate..George Burns.
If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,”then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced..Vincent Van Gogh
Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after..Henry David Thoreau
(5) Give it Away^
(4) Use it^
(3) Appreciate it^
(2) Develop it^
(1) Discover it^
Yesterday is history,tomorrow is a mystery,today is a gift,
that’s why it’s called “the present”.
I hear and I forget,I see and I remember.I do and I understand…Confucius
If we can focus less on where we want to end up and more on the skills we can develop along the way,a world of opportunities awaits us.When you are passionate about what you do,you will want to do it more often.The more frequently you work at it,the better you will become at doing it.And the better you become the more you will enjoy it.When you meet people who are at the top of their field,you can see a passion in their eyes.We’re going to see that same passion in our eyes once we discover what we were born to do.
Circumstances–what are circumstances?I make circumstances..Napolean Bonaparte
Our attitudes are the lens through which we view the world…Brian Souza
Some of the world’s greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.
If we are facing in the right direction,all we have to do is keep on walking..An old Buddhist proverb
There is no passion to be found in playing small–in settling for a life that is less than what you are capable of living…Nelson Mandela
The great thing in this world is not so much where we are,but in what direction we are moving…Oliver Wendell Holmes
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himsel.Therefore,all progress depends on the unreasonable man….George Bernard Shaw
Everything can be taken from a man but..the last of the human freedoms–to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances,to choose one’s own way….Victor Frankl
There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life–happiness,freedom and peace of mind–are always attained by giving them to someone else..Peyton Conway March.
Question to Contemplate: If you have the freedom to do anything,to learn everyhting,live anywhere,and love anyone,what excuse could you possibly have to be unhappy with your life?
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it..William Arthur Ward.
Progress iss impossible without change,and those who cannot change their minds cannot cahnge anything…George Bernard Shaw
Tough times never last,but tough people do..Robert H.Schuller
A new born baby has only two primary fears:loud noises and falling.It means all other fears are learned.And if they are learned,they cn be unlearned just as easily.
We do’nt develop courage in the absence of fear but by acting inspite of it.
You may be disappointed if you fail,but you are doomed if you do’nt try..Beverly SillsFollow your campus:Faith is a sounder guide than reason.Reason can only go so far,but faith has no limits…Blaise Pascal.
Progressive Regression:
Thriving in the future by returning to the morlas nad values of the past.When we valued our family more than our finances;when our contributions exceeded our percieved entitlements….Brian Souza
Enjoy the little things,for one day you may look back and relaize they were the big things..Robert Brault.
We make a living by what we get,but we make life by what we give..Winston Churchill.
The only gift is a portion of thyself..Ralph Waldo Emerson.
4.Attitude is Everything–10 life changing steps to turning Attitude to Action, by Keith Harrelll,Harper Collins,2005.
In learning to monitor and control your attitude,you can begin to increase the quality of your personal and professional life.
Identify through self awareness,the attitudes that hold you back or propel you forward.
Reframe your Bad Attitude.
See change as an opportunity.Build Supportive Relationships.
Discover to Motivate Yourself.
Leave a lasting Legacy.
Gratitude and Forgiveness are Antidotes to Negative Attitude.
Finding purpose and passion helps understand the power of living your life with clarity.It helps you create the vision,goals,and plans you need to turn Attitude into Action.
5. Connect–Building Success through People,Purpose and Peformance, by Keith Harrell and Hattie Hill,Harper Collins,2007.
