Sunday, October 24, 2010
Operating Philosophies
Did anyone else do Exercise 1 in Appendix B. . Insight into your Operating Philosophy? I'd love to talk about it when we meet. I'm not sure I understand the implications of the percentile chart, for one thing, and I'm also curious about how others in the group scored! Certainly internal conflicts are a source of stress, as are conflicts between our values and the values of others on our admin teams, the values of our parents, the demands of various tasks. I went back and forth between the chapters and appendices so many times that I got pretty lost and can't quite remember what the context was of that piece on philosophy, but I did make a note when I was reading it that it was blog-worthy. . .
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I also did the exercise, and I found it helpful. Like with other personal inventories/surveys, I tried not to think too much about each question. Rather, I went with my gut reactions. It was interesting, because I scored stronger in the Intellectual area, but I thought I would have been more Humanistic. As an educator, I like to think that I'm in it for the impact I'm having on students. However, it seems that I'm working mostly from a slightly different place. I'm not sure what to do with that.
ReplyDeleteThanks for drawing my attention to that exercise, Rebekah. It looks interesting and I will try to give it a go before we meet on Thursday. I did do three of the four exercises at the end of chapter four, and I found those to be very interesting and useful. It was somewhat alarming to see how many "wake up calls" I've experienced these past few years, and to take a look at my most significant values and to see how some of them have slipped as a result of the relentless list of top priority items to attend to at work. It was also interesting to look at career rhythms, though I was more attuned to those. It would be nice to share our ideas or inspirations from these exercises in our small groups on Thursday.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed chapter 4 in general. I agree that being in touch with our values is a at the center of renewal (top of pg. 79). I also know that, for me, renewal is sparked by positive emotions, and that we can have control to have those emotions . . . I also do think that hope and compassion feel good and are contagious. It can be difficult to conjure those at times, but when I do I know I am responding in ways that move things forward positively. What do people think about mindfulness, hope and compassion being at the top of the list for resonance? What would people add to this list, if anything?
Karen Colaric