In the Art of Possibility Chapter 9 lighting the Spark stuck with me this week. I like the idea of enrolling people into your enthusiasm. This chapter inspired me to purchase the book for the teacher I worked with during my Action Research Project. She was excited to read it during summer break…and I thought wouldn’t it be great if it helped her in some way to see all the possibilities that pass through her classroom each semester. During my visit there was a lot of forgetting Rule Number 6, and seeing scarcity instead of abundance…not only from her, but also from myself…so I had thoughts about the possibilities of sharing the book. The section about doing things in person was good for me to read as well…Sometimes I try to do to many things from distance communication. When I was trying to secure a classroom to do my ARP in I emailed a lot, and called…but then I showed up…and it seemed like after I met people in person things just took off from there. This is a great read, just to remind us to look up and stay open.
I responded to Annie with the following:
We seem to be on the same wavelength! This chapter is one that I particularly liked this week and blogged about it too. Chapter 6 and Chapter 9 have similar themes where we can control our anxiety by first off not taking things too seriously (Chapter 6) and by enrolling people to share our spark (Chapter 9).
This book has been an enlightening book that should be a required read for anyone who is entering the real world after college. Your persistence with communicating via email then following up in person sure does sound a lot like Chapter 6 as well (some things are best done in person).
Keep up the great work!
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