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2018 Baum Teaching Workshop

John A. White

August 16, 2018

55-Year Love Affair Revelations

My 55-Year Love Affair

Miles Law

“Where you stand depends

on where you sit.”

– Rufus E. Miles, Jr.

https://www.leadershipnow.com

“What is past is prologue.”

The Tempest, Act 2, Scene 1

My Teaching Journey

Family

Tennessee Eastman Company

Trout Fishing

From June 26, 1963, Fred Worley stands

guard behind President John F. Kennedy

My Teaching Journey

Family


Virginia Tech (3.25 years)

Ohio State (3.25 years)

Virginia Tech (5 years)

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

My Teaching Journey

Family





Georgia Tech (22.5 years*)

1988 – 1991

*

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

“What is it about the word

No! you don’t understand?”

My Teaching Journey

Family





Georgia Tech (22.5 years)

Arkansas (21 years)

Dozen Keys to "A"s in Teaching

Attitude


“Which is worse, ignorance

or indifference?”

“Attitude is a little

thing that makes a

big difference.”

– Winston Churchill

https://www.brainyquote.com

“You can often change

your circumstances by

changing your attitude.”

– Eleanor Roosevelt

http://www.quoteambition.com

Attitude

Aspiration


“If you have built castles in the air,

your work need not be lost; that is

where they should be. Now put the

foundations under them.”

– Henry David Thoreau, Walden

https://www.goodreads.com

“The future belongs to those

who believe in the beauty of

their dreams.”


http://www.notable-quotes.com

My favorite ...

I have high expectations for them and I let them

know I believe they can achieve greatness.

I want my

students to

aim higher!

Attitude

Aspiration

Availability


https://quoteinvestigator.com

“Eighty percent of

success is showing up.”

– Woody Allen

“Little things mean a lot!”

Attitude

Aspiration

Availability

Allocation


“By failing to prepare, you

are preparing to fail.”

– Benjamin Franklin

https://www.brainyquote.com

“The difference between

successful people and really

successful people is that

really successful people say

no to almost everything.”

– Warren Buffett


Attitude

Aspiration

Availability

Allocation

Ambition


“You can only be the second

best somebody else.”

– George M. C. Fisher

Shared with me by Christopher B. Lofgren, President and CEO,

Schneider National

“Since everybody is an

individual, nobody can

be you. You are unique.”


http://www.quoteambition.com

“Learn from the mistakes

of others. You can’t live

long enough to make

them all yourself.”



“I am often pleased,

but never satisfied.”

Attitude

Aspiration

Availability

Allocation

Ambition

Affirmation


“Nobody cares how much

you know until they know

how much you care.”

– Theodore Roosevelt

http://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org

“Life likes to be taken by

the lapel and told, ‘I'm

with you kid. Let's go!’”

― Maya Angelou


Dr. L. Frank Baum’s

Affirmation Challenge

https://unshavedmouse.com

Lewis Carroll’s

Affirmation Challenge

http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/english/rbss/alice/Alice_1c.shtml

Attitude

Aspiration

Availability

Allocation

Ambition

Affirmation


Anticipation

“‘Well,’ said Pooh, ‘what I like best,’ and

then he had to stop and think. Because

although Eating Honey was a very good

thing to do, there was a moment just before

you began to eat it which was better than

when you were, but he didn't know what it

was called.”

– A. A. Milne


Attitude

Aspiration

Availability

Allocation

Ambition

Affirmation


Anticipation

Awareness

EQ versus IQ

To truly understand others, first, you must understand yourself.

“The average person suffers from

three delusions: (1) that he is a good

driver, (2) that he has a good sense

of humor, and (3) that he is a good

listener.”

– Steven B. Sample

p. 21, The Contrarian’s Guide to Leadership, Jossey-Bass, 2002

“He who smiles rather than

rages is always the stronger.”

– Japanese Proverb

https://theysaidso.com/quotes/author/japanese-proverb/

46

“People act in accordance

with the truth; not as it is,

but as they perceive it to

be.”

– Lou Tice

Shared with me by Christopher B. Lofgren, President and CEO,

Schneider National

Attitude

Aspiration

Availability

Allocation

Ambition

Affirmation


Anticipation

Awareness

Attentiveness

“Feedback is the breakfast of champions.”– Ken Blanchard

Attitude

Aspiration

Availability

Allocation

Ambition

Affirmation


Anticipation

Adaptable

Awareness

Attentiveness

“Adaptability is being able

to adjust to any situation

at any given time.”

– John Wooden

https://awakenthegreatnesswithin.com

“To improve is to change, so to

be perfect is to change often.”

– Winston Churchill

http://www.bbcamerica.com

Attitude

Aspiration

Availability

Allocation

Ambition

Affirmation


Anticipation

Adaptable

Appreciation

Awareness

Attentiveness

“Have an attitude of gratitude.”

– J. Frank Broyles


Attitude

Aspiration

Availability

Allocation

Ambition

Affirmation

Anticipation

Adaptable

Appreciation

Ability

Awareness

Attentiveness

“The world cares very little about

what a man or woman knows; it is

what a man or woman is able to do

that counts.”

– Booker T. Washington

https://www.ranker.com

“Whether you think you

can or whether you think

you can't, you're right!”

– Henry Ford


“They are able because

they think they are able.”

– Virgil


“Ability may get you to the

top, but it takes character

to keep you there.”

– John Wooden


Attitude

Aspiration

Availability

Allocation

Ambition

Affirmation


Anticipation

Adaptable

Appreciation

Ability

Awareness

Attentiveness

In Closing,

“Fortune is the arbiter of one-half of our actions, but she still leaves us to direct the other half, or

perhaps a little less.” — Machiavelli, The Prince

What If …

Buck Newsome and Herb Manning

had decided to cancel their fishing

trip on February 23, 1963?

I had gone to Purdue, instead of

Georgia Tech?

I had not listened to Mary Lib’s

advice in January of 1997?

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who contributed to my 55-Year

Love Affair

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