MAC Week1_Activity_Reading

My thoughts on The Art of Possibilities, Chapters 1-3

Me: “Why are we reading this book?”

Authors: “…ask yourself this question: What assumption am I making, that I’m not aware I’m making, that gives me what I see?”

Me: “Umm.”

Authors: (paraphrase) People are drawn to open, positive people.

Me: “How true.”

Authors: “When you give an A, you find yourself speaking to people not from a place of measuring how they stack up against your standards, but from a place of respect that gives them room to realize themselves…” “This A is not an expectation to live up to, but a possibility to live into.”

Me: “Regardless of the person, begin from a place of fullness. It’s more that being positive; it’s a manifestation of an actualization.

Me: “Although the public education system does not allow me to give each student an A for the content I’m teaching them, I can in every other aspect. What results will that produce under trying circumstances?

Authors: “Giving yourself an A is not about boasting or raising your self-esteem. It is a framework that allows you to see all of who you are and be all of who you are, without having to resist or deny any part of yourself.”

Me: “It is what it is.”

Me: “I love this book!”