game plan relearn

Here are some ways you can get what you want at work (game plan tactics):

* Schedule a meeting and ask. Make sure you bring concrete facts, lists, and reasons why you should get what you want. Make lists, charts, trackers, etc. Be organized and professional.

* Ask your boss if they need help with anything. Always be willing to help no matter how menial the task is. This shows your boss you care, you will eventually turn into the person they lean on when they need something, and in turn, you will be more worthy of getting what you want.

* If its a new project or responsibility you want, make suggestions. Say this new project gets brought up in a meeting. Share your insights. If the person working on the project already mentions something about it, try to work in the line " Oh, let me know if you help with that..."

* Always show gratitude and always show interest and excitement. Whenever you do get new responsibilities, or someone gives you feedback, help, etc. Never forget to be super thankful, and always say things like " I am so excited to help you with [insert not so fabulous project here]" People respond better to those who are always positive.

Warnings and Tips:

* Be persistent, but don't be annoying.

* If you are just starting out in a position or career, do not ask for too much too soon, you need to put your time in.

* Don't walk around feeling jipped because you deserve x,y, and z. If you want to keep your job, you need to realize that you are disposable, replaceable, and someone is always waiting to snatch your job up if you screw it up.

* Be patient. You may not be getting what you want because your boss doesn't think you deserve it yet, so, work harder.

taken from http://hubpages.com/hub/howtogetwhatyouwantatwork

The fisherman

A story @ Qisas.com

leaving you a moment to read and have a thought on it. whichever way you want to interpret it. my reflection, well can't hate hardwork and having a career if they can bring happiness in life in the most simplest way.
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An investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellow fin tuna. The investment banker complimented the fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.

The fisherman replied, “Only a little while.”

The investment banker then asked, “Why didn’t you stay out longer and catch more fish?”

The fisherman said, “With this I have more than enough to support my family’s needs.”

The investment banker then asked, “But what do you do with the rest of your time?”

The fisherman said, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siesta with my wife, stroll into the village each evening and spend time with my family, I have a full and busy life.”

The investment banker scoffed, “I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing; and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat: With the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats. Eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor; eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to a big town and eventually to the the city where you will run your ever-expanding enterprise.”

The fisherman asked, “But, how long will this all take?”

To which the investment banker replied, “15 to 20 years.”

“But what then?” asked the fisherman.

The investment banker laughed and said that’s the best part. “When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions.”

“Millions?…Then what?”

The investment banker said, “Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siesta with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings and spend time with your family.”

Leadership (Part 3) - Dynamics of a class

Classroom should

• Allow for flexible groups
• Foster the students' responsibility for their own learning
• Provide a mechanism for students to get help when the teacher is busy with other students
• Provide ongoing learning activities
• Display assignment/project schedules, scoring rubrics, general procedure

Instruction should

• Be less teacher lecture and more investigation and group sharing
• Be less whole group and more small group or individual
• Be aimed at different learning styles
• Allow for a variety of responses
• Allow for conference time between student and teacher

Assignments should

• Vary in content, based on student need
• Vary in difficulty, based on student readiness
• Allow for choice based on student interests and strengths
• Vary in time allocation
• Vary to reflect student goals
• Contain directions that are clear and direct enough for student and parents to understand

To reflect ongoing assessment and evaluation, records should

• Include a writer's notebook and portfolio for each student
• Include interest surveys
• Document readiness for curriculum learning expectations
• Record individual goal setting
• Record achievement of goals
• Allow for scoring one assignment with differing scoring rubrics and for scoring a variety of assignments on the same topic

Despite having this knowledge, how do keep or retain this dynamics while conducting classes? its either we're on the right track although not realising there's a theory behind it, or we are not sure whether we're on the right track or not. Got to act consistent :))
Extracted from "leadership for differentiating schools and classrooms"

acknowledge your success

You can build your confidence by acknowledging your successes for each step along the way to trying to achieve a goal. The self-congratulations will build and re-enforce your confidence along the way to feeling like a champion.
http://www.school-for-champions.com/excellence/confwbt.htm#10

....but not up to the point that you're showing off.

anyway...was just thinking...i thought i had so many dreams. but by doing the job i'm in now, does that mean i have to forego the dreams i had? i thought i was going to do something for my alma mater, i thought i was going to visit the place often, i thought i was going to be a person who likes attending talks and suchs, heh, i thought i was going to be a volunteer at orphanages. i thought i was going to be a regular at hC? whatever happened to those?

or would it be justifiable to say - let's concentrate one thing at a time?