Finding your OWN rhythm

Gillian ArendseiThemba LABS, Cape Town

Belmont Square, RondeboschBack to Basics Imbizo 2011

29 November

The stage …

It's incredibly easy to get caught up in an activity trap, in the business of life, to work harder and harder at climbing the ladder of success only to discover it's leaning against

the wrong wall.Stephen R. Covey

Dolphin test

Story …

1ST YEAR EXPERIENCE•He who knows not that he

knows not, is a FOOL•He who knows not that he

knows, is ASLEEP•He who knows that he knows

not, is a STUDENT•He who knows that he knows, is

a WISE MAN

CYCLE OF LIFE•Unconscious incompetence•Conscious incompetence•Conscious competence•Unconscious competence

Power of the STUDENT

• 1999: 1,318,932 start school• 2010: 643,546 sat for exam

• 18 schools where no pupils passed examSowetan

NBT

Yogi Berra

SAAMEE

Meaningful?

AutonomousComplex

Link between effort and reward

BUT, I’M ONLY A …

One thing you are very proud of?One thing you regret?

One thing you would still like to do?

One thing you want to be remembered for?

REFLECTION

Discouragement

ChangeProblems

FearFailure

LIFE OF LIMITS

FEAR

FAILURE

CHANGE

The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know

how to learn. Alvin Toffler

Cannot CanIncompetence DiscouragementExperience ChangeFacts ProblemsPersonal growth Failure

Fear

Attitude

THE LEADER WHO HAD NO TITLE

“Each one of us is born into genius. Sadly most of us

die amid mediocrity.“

Robin Sharma

LWT - PHILOSOPHY

4 principles

Becoming the CEO of your role

“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare

wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say: Here lived a great street sweeper

who did his job well.”

Dr Martin Luther King Jr.

DON’T NEED A TITLE TO LEAD

IMAGEInnovation

MasteryAuthenticity

GutsEthics

The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by

going beyond them into the impossible.

Arthur C. Clarke

Making a contribution

TURBULENT TIMES BUILD GREAT LEADERS

SPARKSpeak with candour

PrioritizeAdversity breeds opportunity

Respond versus reactKudos for everyone

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to

continually be afraid you will make one.

Elbert Hubbard

Olny srmat poelpe can raed tihs. I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rgh it pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs psas it on !!

THE DEEPER YOUR RELATIONSHIPS THE STRONGER YOUR LEADERSHIP

HUMANHelpfulness

UnderstandingMingleAmuse

Nurture

Barriers

TO BE A GREAT LEADER, FIRST BECOME A GREAT PERSON

SHINESee clearly

Health versus wealthInspiration matters

Neglect not your familyElevate your lifestyle

“Inside each and every one of us is one true

authentic swing. Somethin’ we was born with. Somethin’ that’s ours and ours alone.”

WHAT DO YOU MAKE?

Well, I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could.

I make a C+ feel like the Medal of Honour winner.

I make kids sit through 40 minutes of class time when their parents CAN’T make them sit for 5 without an IPod, Game Cube or movie rental.

I make kids wonder; I make them question.

I make them apologise and mean it. I make them have respect and take responsibility for their actions.

I teach them to write. Keyboarding isn’t everything. I make them read, read, read.

I make them show all their work in Math. They use their God given brain, not the man-made calculator.

I make my classroom a place where all students feel safe.

Finally, I make them understand that if they use the gifts they were given, work hard and follow their hearts they can succeed in life.

Then, when people judge me by what I make, with me knowing money isn’t everything, I can hold my head up high and pay no attention because they are ignorant.

Do you still want to know what I make?I make a DIFFERENCE!

“Attitude isn’t everything, but it is one thing that can make a difference in

your life. If you think you can do something, that’s confidence. If you

can do it, that’s competence. Both are needed for success”

Taken from “The difference maker”by John C Maxwell