How can we dare to be wrong

Trace any great achievement to its roots. A poor leader may try to project an image of omniscience or infallibility. To protect that image, he or she will be risk averse, loathe to try anything new. And when things do go wrong as they inevitably do this leader will try to blame the problem on outside conditions the economy, the Chinese, the high cost of energy, etc. I was wrong. A good leader, on the other hand, is authentic.

This leader owns up to missteps and accepts responsibility. This leader sees mistakes as Thomas Edison did, as a learning experience. Add it Here. Exclusively for Me. Keep the Curtains Closed Today. Setting Yourself Up. Shadow of a Doubt. This Is Your Captain Calling.

Browse Lyrics. Our awesome collection of Promoted Songs ». Good Bye Dave. Have you ever. Michael J. Quiz Are you a music master? I want you to be. Memories and writings of those who knew and worked with her are sparingly quoted to give context or illumination. The book is an interweaving, like all good teaching, of the practical, philosophical, and inspirational. Her humor and compassionate acceptance of whatever was happening in the moment shine out. Whether you are on the teaching side or the learning side of the educational experience, this new book will speak to you.

At deep levels of being, the struggle between needing to get it right and fear of being wrong persists. The book begins with a quotation:. Dare to let it feel wrong. When you walk out of this room you can always go back to what feels right. Her discourse reveals her adherence to process, her humility in letting herself not know, the compassionate acceptance of where the student is in the moment. No matter what our disciplines, as teachers most of us search for ways of achieving our goals without end-gaining.

We seek to be process oriented, to remove fear and anxiety from the learning experience, to allow learning by empowering the student. In these pages, we can find encouragement and insights to support us in our work:.

I help the student become interested in making the choice. If people know their hearts, they recognize their habits. There is a way of stopping the habit and changing it. They seek to change it and it comes down to each student making a choice. This new addition to the Alexander Technique literature reveals the thinking of a great master teacher.