"I moaned because I had no shoes, 

until I met someone who had no feet."

Persian Proverb

Not Failure, just Feedback!

There is a great difference between failing to achieve a result and the conclusion you draw about yourself.

"When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before."

Jacob Riis

Learning to deal creatively with challenges, with setbacks and failure!

When we are dealing with the challenges we currently face and when the going gets tough we need to stay positive and stay focused on the things that matter, in our lives, our work, and in our relationships.

Great GCSE Results on the way!

Another year and we are promised more great GCSE results on Thursday from secondary schools across the country along with the associated cries about standards falling as more and more young people achieve A and A* grades.

Refocus and Re-imagine!

We must refocus/reimagine our education/learning systems to encourage growth/enterprise through a project based/competency driven approach! Who is already doing this and where? Let me know if there are projects happening anywhere which develop these ideas.
Chris

"Life isn't measured by the number of breaths we take but the moments that take our breath away."

Anonymous

Learning!

It is strange returning to England after a long break in Amalfi where the temperature was between 30C and 35C! I know that the Italian economy has its problems and their political system isn't all it could be but whose is! The Italians whatever anyone says have got a lot of things right as well as their focus on the early years through the Reggio Emilia approach. They have faith, family and community at the heart of everything which creates a culture of enterprise and hard work within family run businesses and communities. We could learn a lot from their example!
Chris

IMPORTANT 'SNUFF'!

I love Sir Terry Pratchett's books and it has always been the highlight of the Autumn to get a copy of his latest book. It is brilliant therefore that despite Sir Terry's struggles with Alzheimer's, Snuff, the 39th Discworld novel, will be published on 13th October! The book is Sir Terry's fiftieth book!I can't wait!
Chris

"What have I learned in life?"

I have spent the last two glorious weeks in Amalfi and to escape from the trials and tribulations of the last year I have been reading everything and anything I could lay my hands on. I have re-read most of the fantastic Terry Pratchett novels along with thrillers and histories and real rubbish. I have also been reviewing some of the stuff I put on the blogs and I re-read this and wanted to share it again with the people I care about. Read it carefully because it's powerful stuff.

"What have I learned in life? I've learned that...

"Do what you can,

with what you have,

where you are."

Theodore Roosevelt

Selfish Capitalism

I was re-reading a review of Oliver James book 'Selfish Capitalism'.

"A problem is a goal that has manifested in your life, except you don't remember asking for it. A handicap is simply an asset you haven't figured out how to use yet."

Roberta Bryant