Not so hidden curriculum, some thoughts…in closing

By: Nadine Robinson (and friends)

Business Prof. Algoma UniversityDecember 2008

LEARNINGDOINGBEINGPERSISTINGLOVINGLIVINGSHINING

LEARNING

Teachers open the doors, but you must enter by yourself.

~ Chinese Proverb 

Not all those that wander are lost, but those that don’t wonder, surely are.

~N.R.

A mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original

dimension. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

There is really nothing you must be. And there is nothing you must do. There is

really nothing you must have. And there is nothing you must know. There is really nothing you must become. However it

helps to understand that fire burns, and when it rains the earth gets wet.

~Japanese Zen Scroll

DOING

Look with your eyes, not your mouth.

~ unknown

(but used a lot in my house!)

You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

~Wayne Gretzky

Do, or do not. There is no 'try.' ~ Jedi Master Yoda

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting

different results.~ Albert Einstein

To do a common thing uncommonly well brings success.

~ Henry John Heinz

The harder I work, the luckier I get.

~Gary Player (golfer)

If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything

original. ~ Sir Ken Robinson,

TED talks June 2006

My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who do

the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the

first group; there was much less competition.

~ Indira Gandhi

Do what you love and the money will follow.

~unknown (claimed by many)

BEING

Give, give, give -- what is the point of having experience, knowledge or talent if I don't

give it away? Of having stories if I don't tell them to others? Of having wealth if I don't

share it? I don't intend to be cremated with any of it! It is in giving that I connect with

others, with the world and with the divine. ~Isabel Allende

Integrity is doing the right thing, even if nobody is watching.

~ Anonymous

The time is always right to do what is right. 

~Martin Luther King, Jr.

Principles only mean something when you stick to them when it’s

inconvenient. ~line from the movie the Contender

Being louder doesn’t make you more right.

~N.R.

You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without

having victims. 

~Harriet Woods

Leadership is taking the time to find the balance in life that works for you and brings you peace, not the

balance we are told we should have.

Leadership is starting to find that peace today; so that we can confidently drop our rock in the pond and

watch the ripples reach out into our communities and beyond.

~N.R.

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of

tolerance comes when we are in the majority.

~ Ralph W. Sockman

One characteristic of winners is they always look upon themselves as a do

it yourself project.

~Denis Waitley

PERSISTING

No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn back.

~ Turkish Proverb

Never abandon life. There is a way out of everything except death.

~ Sir Winston Churchill

When life feels like it has become a series of motions, it’s time to stop

moving. Eventually, in our stillness, our gaze turns inwards to the only

place we can find any real truth.

~N.R.

When you feel like you have no one to talk to, that’s when you need to talk to

someone, fast.

~N.R.

Tough times never last, but tough people do. 

~Robert H. Schuller

The only thing worse than a difficult conversation, is a difficult silence.

~N.R.

Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage

to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

~Reinhold Niebuhr

When you feel like you really need a drink, that’s when you probably

shouldn’t have one.

~N.R.

Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly

we want something.

~Randy Pausch

LOVING

I spent a lot of time trying to convince others that I was right for them. Then I realized it

would better for everyone concerned if I found someone who didn’t need

convincing.

~N.R.

Choose to love. Start with yourself.

(Others may follow).

~ N.R

You make me want to be a better man.

~Jack Nicholson as Melvin Udall

in As Good as it Gets

A relationship takes work. Lying beside someone in bed doesn’t mean you

are close to them. ~N.R.

I want you to know that there is a different kind of love. One that gives you courage to be better than you are and that makes you

think anything is possible. I want you to have that kind of love. It's what you

deserve. I want you to hold out for it.

~ Diane Lanes as Adrienne Willis

Nights in Rodanthe.

LIVING

I don’t want to be one of those people whose lights are out on the front

porch of life.~ Donald Cooper

Most people aren't afraid of dying, they're afraid of never having lived.

~ paraphrased from Rabbi Kuchner

Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying

to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life

are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside

you at 4 pm on some idle Tuesday.~ Mary Schmich, Chicago Tribune columnist, from

Wear Sunscreen

It's better to die on your feet

than live on your knees. ~Emiliano Zapata

Cowards die many times before their deaths,

The valiant never taste of death but once.

~Shakespeare: Caesar

Get busy living, or get busy dying.

~ The Shawshank Redemption

SHINING

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our

darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are

you not to be? . . . . There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all

meant to shine, as children do. . . . . And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the

same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

(made famous by Nelson Mandela)

~ Marianne Williamson

Be yourself: originally you. Find your own voice. Find your own balance.

Dream. Set Goals. Pursue them. Achieve them. Learn basic cooking and sewing skills.

Make sure your word is worth something.Work Hard. Be passionate. Be expressive.

Spend your money on things that can’t be stolen.Live a life worth remembering.

Love. Create joy. Give thanks.

Rinse. Lather. Repeat.

Thank you for listening.

(truly)

Thank you.