The Art of Possibilityis an amazing book. Very well written and easy to understand. I love how this book encourages you to mentally challenge everything you already know and everything you think you know. It is so interesting to think how each person and each creature's brain works differently and perceives things differently.
When we step back from a situation and ask ourselves, "What am I assuming" it makes things a bit more clearer in that we are broadening our own horizon and minds. We all have our universe in which we accept things as truth. Even children have a universe in which they see how things work. The quote about how competition drives success is very true for both young children and adults.
When we give others the opportunity to fail, learn from their failures and move on without criticism the more apt they are to walk away from that learning situation with a lesson. Many times we do not allow ourselves to make mistakes, however, we need to remember that a mistake to us could be a master piece to someone else. We need to keep our minds open and our creativity not stifled.
Take a closer look at what you think you already know… now think again.
Kate, I view failure the same way. It is an opportunity to show yourself what didn't work and what needs to be changed. We should teach are students not to be afraid to make mistakes and value the lessons they can learn from them.
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I completely agree with your vision of failure. We should teach our students to that failure does not necessarily mean the end. As teachers we need to find the opportunity to teach from failure so our students can grow and learn from mistakes. I believe learning is the most rewarding when it comes from a failed opportunity, because with failure comes all these experiences and emotions that effect our lives and should encourage one to find success.
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