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Choices

February 19, 2012
Step into your choices and stop telling yourself that you can't,
when what you really mean is that you don't want other people
to feel the way you think that are going to feel
when they see you making the choices you really want to make.
 
Got it?
Neale Donald Walsch 

Posted by Gavin Kennedy. Posted In : Coaching 

 

The Purpose of Education

February 17, 2012
"The only purpose of education is to teach a student how to live his life—
...by developing his mind and equipping him to deal with reality.
The training he needs is theoretical, i.e., conceptual.
He has to be taught to think, to understand, to integrate, to prove.
He has to be taught the essentials of the knowledge discovered in the past—
and he has to be equipped to acquire further knowledge by his own effort.

Ayn Rand

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Posted by Gavin Kennedy. Posted In : School Governing Body 

 

Thought for the day...

February 9, 2012
Many people get into day-to-day / week-to-week / year-to-year 'ruts',
and wait until they're really unhappy before noticing and changing.

So, perhaps you may want to clarify this for yourself... today?

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Posted by Gavin Kennedy. Posted In : Thought for the Day 

 

Waiting, waiting, waiting.... (for what you want)

February 8, 2012
Imagine for me, if you will, that a new restaurant has opened near where you live and you decide to try it out for dinner.

You arrive and are impressed by the beautiful decor and warm, friendly ambiance.
Your efficient and polite waiter shows you to your table, seats you, pours you a glass of ice water with a slice of lemon and hands you a menu.

But you refuse to look at the menu, let alone read it....
Or even speak to him....
Instead, you simply sit there and stare at him in silence and wait for ...
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Posted by Gavin Kennedy. Posted In : Coaching 

 

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