Week 1 Reflection on MLS

It has been a long while since I recorded anything here. This has been a very hectic yet fruitful week as I completed the first week of MLS. Tony Robbins' quote, "Progress is happiness", has been very real to me here. I experienced growth due to the stimulating lectures I had and the thinking about thinking I was led to do. Here are some of my reflections. As these are only coherent to me, please do not force yourself to make sense, as it would not be unless you experienced what I went through.

Reflection for Day 2

1N: Examining our roles from the perspectives of the system level and the challenges at the ground level helps us to appreciate the different realities. We must have the courage to understand intentions (strategic alignment) and implement them on the ground (tactical empowerment).

2N: Embracing change. If change is the only constant, then find the constant in change.

1Q: Meta-cognition. If we constantly think about our thinking, would that make us more fearful of taking action? How do we strike a balance?

Day 3 

1N: TLLM, in leadership, do less but do better. Doing less to achieve more. Let not the good stand in the way of the better. Make every lesson count.

2N: Do not think communication; think Pedagogy. Care, explain, connect.

1Q: How do we identify the "Social Fabric" we need to protect?

The title of this forum, "who am I?" reminded me of a FB live video I made many years ago. I was deep into a self-improvement course and I had to answer this question. I went back to watch the video, and this was what I was reminded of, 

1. We are not our occupation, many a times when we introduce ourselves, we mention our occupation, but who we are has got nothing to do with our occupation. It is more like what our experience is like and what we believe and stand for.

2. We are more than our names; our names are merely identifiers of us but do not define us. There may be a meaning to our names, but that is due to what the person who gave us that name means to us. We make our own name.


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