Why Travel Is Very, Very Good for Your Résumé I’m saddened to hear about people who would love to travel more but are concerned about the impact taking an extended trip might have on their careers. You know that saying about regrets — I’m not sure all these people will get to seventy and say “I really wish I’d got one extra promotion”, but I bet a heap of them will think “I wish I’d traveled more”. Life is too short to spend too much of it working. So to help persuade these trip-taking fence-sitters I’ve put together this list of reasons why travel is actually good for your resume. Riding the Ferry, Washington State © woodleywonderworks Travel Develops Your Interpersonal Skills There is so, so much to learn from travel. Communication When you’re traveling, communication is almost equivalent to survival. Suddenly, when you’re traveling, communicating is almost equivalent to survival! Negotiation I was a hopeless negotiator when it came to money before I went traveling. Cross-cultural Understanding Self-sufficiency and Independence
Stop Stealing Dreams What is school for? The economy has changed, probably forever. School hasn't. School was invented to create a constant stream of compliant factory workers to the growing businesses of the 1900s. It continues to do an excellent job at achieving this goal, but it's not a goal we need to achieve any longer. In this 30,000 word manifesto, I imagine a different set of goals and start (I hope) a discussion about how we can reach them. Our kids are too important to sacrifice to the status quo. [We have a new cover! You can get your copy for free Here are four versions of the manifesto. There are several versions of the manifesto. One is a PDF designed to be read on your screen. The other featured edition is a PDF formatted to be printed on any printer. If you have a Kindle or a Nook or any other device, see below for some links on how to import the PDF to your device.
4 Reasons Why Being Comfortable Isn’t a Good Thing We should all be comfortable, shouldn’t we? Well the answer may be obvious to most; yes of course everyone should have the right to a comfortable life. However comfort most often goes hand in hand with stagnation, in whatever your goals may be. Being comfortable means that you have accomplished what you think is necessary and have no further interest in pursuing goals of self-improvement in your health, career, mind and overall life. If you are comfortable and have no intentions of interrupting the daily motions of your current lifestyle, then read no further; however if you are looking to better yourself and pursue goals and dreams, I have compiled four reasons why you should never let yourself get comfortable until you have accomplished all that you have set out to accomplish. “Even though I played professionally in Cleveland, I still lived in Akron. 4. You may be suffering from the same dilemmas as Lebron was while playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers. You may be in the same situation.
Teacher spends two days as a student and is shocked at what she learns A student takes notes at Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington D.C. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Do teachers really know what students go through? To find out, one teacher followed two students for two days and was amazed at what she found. Her report is in following post, which appeared on the blog of Grant Wiggins, the co-author of “Understanding by Design” and the author of “Educative Assessment” and numerous articles on education. A high school teacher for 14 years, he is now the president of Authentic Education, in Hopewell, New Jersey, which provides professional development and other services to schools aimed at improving student learning. Wiggins initially posted the piece without revealing the author. By Alexis Wiggins I have made a terrible mistake. I waited 14 years to do something that I should have done my first year of teaching: shadow a student for a day. My class schedules for the day (Note: we have a block schedule; not all classes meet each day): 7:45 – 9:15: Geometry
Why the Five People Around You Are Crucial to Your Success One of my company's co-founders, Jeremy Weir, recently spent a weekend surfing with Uber co-founder Ryan Graves, enjoying talks about upending markets and fundamentally changing businesses. He returned from the trip having had an epiphany and possessed a renewed sense of excitement as we prepared to launch into a new vertical. Because Jeremy typically works by himself in a remote office, Graves’ influence proved to be a huge asset. It all proves that the company that a businessperson keeps can have a profound effect on him or her and subsequently the success of a business. Related: Getting Your Dream Mentor to Talk to You Renowned businessman Jim Rohn once said, “You’re the average of the five people you spend most of your time with.” You need people -- whether it’s co-founders, mentors, family or friends -- who will challenge you and make you better, thereby raising your average or helping you maintain a high one. When assessing your five people, consider the following: Be open to change.
13-year-old Danny Fitzpatrick kills self, describes being bullied in emotional note NEW YORK-- A 13-year-old Staten Island boy took his own life after what he described as merciless bullying by his classmates at a private Catholic school, according to CBS New York. Danny Fitzpatrick hung himself in the attic of his home on Thursday. The teen left behind a hand-written note describing the alleged abuse by five boys at Holy Angels Catholic Academy in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. "They did it constantly," Danny said in a note, adding that he told his teachers, but they did nothing. "I gave up the teachers ... they didn't do ANYTHING," Danny wrote. Daniel Fitzpatrick, Danny's father, said in an emotional Facebook video that his son "was a kind, gentle little soul" and "didn't have a mean bone in his body." "No child should have to go through what my son went through," Fitzpatrick said. Brooklyn Archdiocese spokeswoman Carolyn Erstad said they take the issue of bullying very seriously. "Daniel's complaints about bullying did not fall upon deaf ears," Erstad said.
The Busy Person's Guide to Content Curation: A 3-Step Process 841 Flares Filament.io 841 Flares × Museums curate works of art. We digital marketers curate blog posts. Though our link shares may not be artistic contributions, the idea of curation is at least the same at museums and online: We’re all seeking only the best material to pass along to our patrons, customers, fans, or followers. Finding and sharing exquisite content has never had more value than it does today. What is content curation? I’ve got a short definition for you and a long one. Content curation is sorting through a large amount of web content to find the best, most meaningful bits and presenting these in an organized, valuable way. For the slightly longer definition, I’ll paraphrase Mike Kaput’s great analogy on Content Marketing Institute about how curation has evolved to its place of prominence on today’s Internet. For a long time, our preferred method of consuming content was to visit blogs and websites that provided content specific to a niche or topic. All this is changing. 1.
In the Presence of a Hero…and How it Challenged Me as an Educator | Thomas C. Murray Rethink classroom and campus spaces, recycle and upcycle materials, tap student ingenuity, attract charitable donors -- and remake and…Pinned: 8 Aug 2016 Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Andy Marcinek, Chief Open Education Advisor at the US Department of Education (ED), to explore how schools can benefit from Open Educational Resources (OERs) and what is being done in this area nationwide. With support from ED, state leaders, and new platforms for curation and discovery, there has never been a …Pinned: 24 Jun 2016 Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Andy Marcinek, Chief Open Education Advisor at the US Department of Education (ED), to explore how schools can benefit from Open Educational Resources (OERs) and what is being done in this area nationwide.
Own Your Personal Development “Let him who would move the world first move himself.” — Socrates When it comes to your own personal development, who’s there for you? You are. Own your personal development. Nobody else will do this for you, or care about your personal development as much as you. In the book Leading with Your Legacy in Mind: Building Lasting Value in Business and in Life, Andrew Thorn shares a story to really remind us how important it is to own our personal development. A CEO Addresses the Workforce in a Town Hall Meeting When things are going well, it’s easy to forget how suddenly and swiftly your world can change. Via Leading with Your Legacy in Mind: Building Lasting Value in Business and in Life: “He spent some time discussion the impact of the losses the bank was experiencing, then said that in order to orchestrate a return to profitability, it would be necessary to reduce the workforce. Two Minutes on People, Forty-Two Minutes on Profitability It’s easy to talk about people development.
5 Signs You’re Going To Make It Big One Day Work harder on yourself than you do on your job 2.3K Flares Filament.io 2.3K Flares × This is the 7th article in our new series with advice on building a business, company culture and life-hacking from Joel, CEO here at Buffer. You can grab all posts here. “Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.” – Jim Rohn A long time ago, I came across the amazing quote above, which was said often by Jim Rohn. I feel that in a startup, the quote is even more relevant. It usually takes a few tries I certainly hope you do things better and faster than I have, and I know people far smarter than me building kickass products, but looking back and joining the dots of my own journey it is interesting to recall the number of different projects and startups I’ve started before hitting something that has worked. Unfortunately, the Internet is literally littered with my previous startup attempts, and it has taken me many tries and many years before I started Buffer and have started to have some success. Be open, vocal, and build your network P.S.