7 Lessons For Leaders In Systems Change

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December 12, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper. - W.B. Yeats - 7 Lessons For Leaders In Systems Change Creating systemic change is increasingly imperative in our times as we seek ways to improve the way that we live and relate to each other and to the earth. This large-scale thinking recognizes that, "Individual things - like plants, people, schools, communities, and watersheds - are all systems of interrelated elements. At the same time, they can't be fully understood apart from the larger systems in which they exist." What does it take to change the systems in which we live today? This piece offers seven lessons for community leaders, politicians, and teachers, and others vested in nurturing ecological conditions that are ripe for change and awakening. { read more } Be The Change Consider the systems in which you live, work, and play - perhaps your family, professional organization, or sports team. Try using one or a few of the lessons suggested in this article to address a need for change in your system. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Ten Things You Might Not Know About Love How to Change When Change Is Hard The One Thing They Carried With Them Can Positive Thoughts Help Heal Another? Barbara Kingsolver On How to Be Hopeful Inside Tim Tebow's World of Kindness A Moving Letter from Fiona Apple Relationships Are More Important than Ambition DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 136,259 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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The Healthy Way To Forgive Yourself

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December 11, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. - Bruce Lee - The Healthy Way To Forgive Yourself "The ability to forgive oneself for mistakes, large and small, is critical to psychological well-being. But self-forgiveness has a dark side. Research suggests that while it can relieve unpleasant feelings like guilt and shame, it can also reduce empathy for others and motivation to make amends. Is there a healthy way to forgive yourself?" Read on to learn four ways you can forgive yourself without compromising your ability to take responsibility for your actions. { read more } Be The Change What is a mistake that you have made recently? How can you forgive yourself and still move forward positively, while still embracing the truth of what went wrong? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Ten Things You Might Not Know About Love How to Change When Change Is Hard There's More to Life Than Being Happy A Guide to Finding Your Passion The College Course That's Changing Lives 10 Life-Changing Perspectives On Anger The Difference Between Listening & Hearing Relationships Are More Important than Ambition DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 136,193 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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What School Doesn't Teach You: How To Learn

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December 10, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace It is not what is poured into a student that counts but what is planted. - Linda Conway - What School Doesn't Teach You: How To Learn At school, work, and at home, we are continuously learning. But how do we learn, and are we going about this essential life skill effectively? Educational psychologists are beginning to examine these questions, and the answers that have come up so far may be surprising. It turns out that learning in ways that are engaging and that involve critical thinking are more effective overall compared to techniques such as highlighting and re-reading text. In an information world where facts are abundant and easily searchable, this article probes us to take a step back and evaluate what we are learning through questioning and spreading things out rather than cramming. Check out this article to see if your approaches to learning make the grade -- and how you can improve! { read more } Be The Change The next time that you need to learn something, try practice testing or distributing your learning over a long period of time. See how these strategies may help you understand something or even help you more effectively share your new-found knowledge with others. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News No Greater Joy: Photos from Around the World Ten Things You Might Not Know About Love The One Thing They Carried With Them There's More to Life Than Being Happy Man Builds Fairy Tale Home -- For $4700 The Beautiful Fragility of Language A Moving Letter from Fiona Apple The Difference Between Listening & Hearing DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 136,128 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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Bertrand Russell's 10 Commandments of Teaching

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December 9, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric. - Bertrand Russell - Bertrand Russell's 10 Commandments of Teaching Philosopher, mathematician, historian, and social critic Bertrand Russell is one of the most intellectually diverse and influential thinkers in modern history. Writer Maria Popova, founder and editor of Brain Pickings, summarizes Russel's remarkable vision for the responsibilities of a teacher, touching on the purpose of education, the value of uncertainty, the importance of critical thinking, the gift of intelligent criticism, and more. The beauty of these principles is that they can be applied to daily life and other relationships as well. { read more } Be The Change The next time someone disagrees with you, try to appreciate their perspective and expressiveness rather than wishing for their passive agreement. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Three Parables to Regain Perspective How To Be Yourself 27 Non-School Skills Children Need The Way of the Peaceful Parent The Learning Curve of Gratitude What Death Has Taught Me About Life Tammy Strobel's Tiny Home Finding Time: Slowness is an Act of Resistance DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 136,052 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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