Marcos post
Sometimes people feel the need to have everybody agree with them. This especially happens to people in authority who are accustomed to having everything go their way. The problem with this is that even though people do what you say they do not do it willingly and it is demonstrated in their attitude and demeanor. If you truly want somebody to participate actively in anything you do you cannot make him or her do it; you have to have them want to do it. The only way to do this is by enrolling them and making them feel like they are an essential part of what is going on and that without them things would not be the same.
Sometimes people feel the need to have everybody agree with them. This especially happens to people in authority who are accustomed to having everything go their way. The problem with this is that even though people do what you say they do not do it willingly and it is demonstrated in their attitude and demeanor. If you truly want somebody to participate actively in anything you do you cannot make him or her do it; you have to have them want to do it. The only way to do this is by enrolling them and making them feel like they are an essential part of what is going on and that without them things would not be the same.
If this does not work then we have to begin to assume responsibility for our actions and we have to take control of the situation. The only way that we can control the situation is by becoming the board. When we become the board, we no longer point fingers or put excuses. We do not let the circumstances dictate our actions but we use the circumstances to further our purpose.
We have to not only be open to possibilities but also inspire others to do the same. When we change our frame of mind others can be inspired by what we are doing. Like Nelson Mandela said, what we fear most is what we are truly capable of. Many times we underestimate ourselves and close the doors of possibility because we are afraid of what might happen. We are scared of the success or the responsibility of achieving something could bring to us. If we would take down our barriers and strive for everything possible then maybe we would be in awe of ourselves instead of scared.
When we do this we have to be aware that we are not a one-person army and that we do depend on others to help us along the way. Whether we are the leaders or we are not we depend on each other to make our collaborative dreams possible. When we fight on our own our strength wanes quickly, but when we have others working together with us we can make miracles possible.
My response
Your post reminds me of the night and day difference of what our district is going through from last year to this year. We have a new interim superintendent that in his start of the school year keynote invited us into enrolling our selves in to the interdependence of working together to make our schools the best we possibly can make them. He called us out of the past that we can not change. The past two years of bullying that the past superintendent was known for and lost her lock on the school board majority because of a monumental election process that had the whole community get involved because it became quite obvious that if something didn't happen fast the district would have suffered terrible damage that would take a decade to over come. As for right now we can turn things around in five years now if we work together hard for those gains.
My response
Your post reminds me of the night and day difference of what our district is going through from last year to this year. We have a new interim superintendent that in his start of the school year keynote invited us into enrolling our selves in to the interdependence of working together to make our schools the best we possibly can make them. He called us out of the past that we can not change. The past two years of bullying that the past superintendent was known for and lost her lock on the school board majority because of a monumental election process that had the whole community get involved because it became quite obvious that if something didn't happen fast the district would have suffered terrible damage that would take a decade to over come. As for right now we can turn things around in five years now if we work together hard for those gains.
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