Welcome P3 Test Team Members!
Week #1
I hope you are as excited about our first week together as I am!
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The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle.
As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.
Steve Jobs - Business Magnate & Innovator
Week #1
I hope you are as excited about our first week together as I am!
* * * * *
The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle.
As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.
Steve Jobs - Business Magnate & Innovator
Your exercises for this week were already emailed to you. However you can also find them at the end of this webpage. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to email or call me ([email protected] | 770-498-0400). :
Sir Ken Robinson, Ph.D.
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#1 - Below is Dr. Ken Robinson's interview about discovering your passion on NPR's OnPoint. The main segment about finding your passion begins at the time slot of 10:40.
As you listen to the above interview, please consider the following questions:
1. Are there any ideas that are new to you? 2. What ideas are most inspiring or motivating for you? 3. Are there any ideas that you disagree with? 4. What stories most impressed or encouraged you? _______________________________________
Bio from www.SirKenRobinson.com - Sir Ken Robinson, PhD is an internationally recognized leader in the development of creativity, innovation and human resources in education and in business. He is also one of the world’s leading speakers on these topics, with a profound impact on audiences everywhere. The videos of his famous 2006 and 2010 talks to the prestigious TED Conference have been viewed more than 25 million times and seen by an estimated 250 million people in over 150 countries. His 2006 talk is the most viewed in TED’s history. In 2011 he was listed as “one of the world’s elite thinkers on creativity and innovation” by Fast Company magazine, and was ranked among the Thinkers 50 list of the world’s top business thought leaders. His 2009 book The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything is a New York Times best seller and has been translated into twenty-one languages. A 10th anniversary edition of his classic work on creativity and innovation, Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative was published in 2011. His latest book, Finding Your Element: How to Discover Your Talents and Passions and Transform Your Life was published by Viking in May 2013. Source: www.SirKenRobinson.com |
#2 - Below is a video about Randy Parsons. Watch it after you have listened to Dr. Ken Robinson's interview.
#3 - Watch the video below about how Shirley Tilghman found and pursued her passion and note the difference between her experience and Randy Parsons. #4 - Watch the video below about how Lisa Price discovered her passion. You only have to watch the first 13 minutes* How is Price discovering and pursuing her passion different or similar to Tighman and Parsons?
*IMPORTANT: This video is 38 minutes long. However, you only have to watch the first 13 minutes* to get the essence of her story and to contribute to what we will be discussing during our call. However, you are free to watch the entire video if you are interested in Price's insights beyond passion. *Up to the point to right before "The Oprah Effect" which starts at 12:45. |
