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20 Inspirational Quotes on Learning & Education

August 14, 2013 Comments off

20 of my favorite inspirational quotes on learning and education. Seems to fit with this month’s theme of celebrating learners! Enjoy! 

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. – Mahatma Gandhi

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. – Nelson Mandela

I am not a teacher, but an awakener. – Robert Frost

We learn from failure, not from success.  – Bram Stoker, Dracula

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. – Isaac Asimov

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go. – Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!

It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it. – Jacob Bronowski, The Ascent of Man

inspirational quotes, learning, education, Albert EinsteinEducation is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.  – Albert Einstein 

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.  – Benjamin Franklin

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.  – Confucius

He who opens a school door, closes a prison. – Victor Hugo

Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.  – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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I am a woman in process. I’m just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience and learn from it. Life is never dull.  – Oprah Winfrey

To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.  – Bruce Lee

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. – John F. Kennedy

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change. – Carl Rogers

The whole object of education is to develop the mind. The mind should be a thing that works. – Sherwood Anderson

Learning isn’t a means to an end; it is an end in itself. – Robert Heinlein

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. – Gandhi

Intelligence plus character: that is the goal of true education. – Martin Luther King Jr.

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5 Interview Tips Using the DiSC Profile

August 5, 2013 Comments off

Check out our DiSC profiles blog for my latest post on using the DiSC profile for interviewing. Follow our 5 interview tips along with the DiSC profile to get the most out of the personalized report and feel prepared and confident walking into the job interviews and college interviews ahead.

The Everything DiSC Workplace profile will help you:

  • Communicate your skills, strengths & weaknesses more effectively
  • Identify DiSC styles around you (extremely helpful in interviewing)
  • Understand and respect others around you
  • Be more flexible while working or speaking with others

Head over to the blog post: 5 Interview Tips Using the DiSC Profile to find out what you can do to answer any interview question effectively.

Interview Tips; DiSC Profile

Last year, I wrote a post on using the DiSC profile to improve your personal brand. I received such awesome feedback, and it’s still trending on our blog today. I wanted to follow up on it, now one year later, to provide tips on using DiSC profiles to improve your personal brand during the interviewing process. Interview tips can really help you feel prepared and confident walking into an interview.

Whether you’re interviewing for a new position, promotion or acceptance into college this fall, you can use the DiSC profile to learn about yourself and prepare yourself for answering even the toughest of interview questions.

First, we’ll discuss the importance of making a good impression. In last year’s post, I mentioned perception vs. reality. In an interview, the hiring manager only has their perception of us to help determine their decision. Of course they have our cover letter, resume and references, but they need to match up our answers to those documents to make sure they’re an accurate portrayal of our experience. How they perceive you will ultimately determine if you get the job, so you need to make a great impression. In addition to the typical interview tips (get there early, don’t bring your phone in, etc.), we can help you answer the interview questions effectively.

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Positive Attitude & Determination: College Girl, Stranded, Survives

July 23, 2013 Comments off

Determination & Positive Attitude Can Literally Change Your Life

I heard this story on the news and immediately was touched. For once, a news story made me emotional in a good way!

A local girl (living about 15 minutes from where I grew up) was on a trip to study marine biology with her college. She found herself stranded in the middle of the ocean after an early morning snorkeling trip. She survived being stranded for 16 hours. Positive Attitude College Girl Survives

When I saw this on the news, I was blown away by her determination to get through it. She was dehydrated, sun-burnt, stung by jellyfish and stranded in the middle of the ocean. What a terrible situation to be in. Yet, she did her best to stay positive.

Because of her positive attitude and determination, she survived.

Can you imagine what other things we can do if we simply believe we can?

College Student Stranded in Ocean for 16 Hours

Even for the most experienced swimmer, it’s a nightmare scenario. Stranded in the middle of the ocean with no food and the blistering sun burning down on your face. Jelly fish and sting rays circling beneath your feet. That’s what Heather Barnes had to deal with on Friday…for 16 hours.

The 20-year-old Deptford, N.J. native was visiting the islands of Cayos Cochinos on the northern shores of Honduras with other students from the New College of Florida. Barnes, an aspiring marine biologist, had been there for three weeks, snorkeling and studying. Friday marked her last day on the island.

“I couldn’t sleep,” she wrote on her Facebook page. “So I went to collect coral samples.”

Barnes went out into the ocean around 4 a.m. That’s when her trouble began.

“I started to cramp up,” she said. “I didn’t really think it was a big deal at that point. I flipped over and tried to stretch out my leg.”

The tide then began to pull her farther and farther away from land. It wasn’t long until Barnes realized the perilous situation she was in.

“About ten minutes later I realized how much farther I had been pulled out,” she said. “There was no way I could swim against it at that point.”

She was lost in the middle of the ocean. Things only got worse as the sun came out and burned her exposed face. While she had on swim fins and a wetsuit, that didn’t prevent her from feeling the painful stings of jelly fish.

“I tried to stay in the same spot, thinking people would search for me soon,” she said. “But after two hours I still didn’t see anyone. I realized if I was going to make it, I had to swim back myself.”

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AiA Classic – The AiA Classic (formerly known as Adventures in Attitudes) is a learning system for professionals at all levels of an organization. The AiA Classic has been redesigned to match the original program created by Bob Conklin, however it’s updated with exercises and projects relevant to today’s workforce. AiA Classic promotes healthy attitudes and skills in listening, patience and communication.

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