Tag: Education

What do we do to inspire ourselves each day?

Posted on by philipdodson


What do we do each day to inspire ourselves?

Do we read books that are likely to make a difference and help us create something that matters or do we read the Metro?

Do we listen to educational podcasts or listen to just music?

Do we read blogs or articles that inspire and educate or just trawl through click porn on Facebook?

Do we stop and ask questions to learn from others or do we chat about weather?

Obviously, we can’t spend all our time getting inspiration and education and there is no harm to chatting about the weather. 

However, as with everything in life, we can choose just how much inspiration we have each day in our life and how we can use that to move closer to our dreams and goals, whatever they may be. 

Definition

Posted on by philipdodson

I often talk of my amazement that mainstream education does not provide any communication lessons, or listening lessons, yet these skills are unquantifiably more important than say maths, physics, geography for the preparation for life.

Most of us leave education ill-equipped to do the most important thing, to be able to listen and then effectively communicate with others.

Perhaps as part of the communication lessons that we so badly need to be implemented at school, we could include a lesson, or more, on why defining the meaning of words clearly before attempting to discuss them is so important.

Many words are discussed at work or in life, such as creativity, innovation, productivity, generosity, authenticity, kindness, tolerance and many more. Yet how often do we pause to come to an agreement on the definition? Or even know the definition or how the other person is defining it. 

Without definition, everything is a blur, with it we can understand.