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The latest issue of Pine is here! 📬 Explore the Fall 2023 issue and learn how NAU is breaking barriers to rewrite the rules of higher education, test your knowledge of NAU traditions, check out the Q&A with NAU Basketball’s Oakland Fort, and more! Read the digital version of Pine 🔗 https://bit.ly/3dEvKqe
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Vice President @ Citco/JP Morgan, Director@SS&C, 3Mill. LI Post-Impression, Private Equity & IFRS Trainer, Faculty in IIM & Swiss School of Mgt
The euphoric concept that everyone is special and everyone is a winner, even though no commitment and effort is made by the so called "special", creates delusive sense of victory. This leads to a dopamine addiction which everyone must get every now and then to feel good. This habit after some time, becomes a routine requirement amd sense of entitlement to get a quick appreciation without genuine effort. In the long term, this creates an army of narcissistic citizens who are used to a 'certificate of attendance'. In the long term such "baseless winning" prevents the need for grit and consistent efforts to achieve anything significant and meaningful since the mental reward system that push us to perform consistently towards a certain goal would have already received its dopamine. This is dangerous and one of the biggest inhibitor in the way of realising one's TRUE POTENTIAL. Agree?
Watched this with my children. This is an excellent high school graduation speech from David McCullough Jr., son of famous historian and author David McCullough. He argues against the "everyone is special" nonsense narrative that seems to have overtaken high schools and little league fields across the country. Here are a few of my favorite lines: "If everyone is special, then no one is. If everyone receives a trophy, trophies become meaningless....We've come to love accolades more than genuine achievement. We've come to see them as the point, and we're happy to compromise standards or ignore reality if we suspect that's the quickest way, or the only way, to have something to put on the mantlepiece...Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air, and behold the view. Climb it so you can see the world, not so the world can see you." https://lnkd.in/eQRHNW_C
You Are Not Special Commencement Speech from Wellesley High School
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This is great and well worth the investment. Investment why? All training is good and cannot be taken away. Sharpen your pencil, gain a new skill and you just got a new pencil to sharpen. To utilize compounding in your life and career is better than the stock market, it ONLY appreciates. So, reach out to Jerah Hutchins, get the training, and put all the negative and doubting people on the back of their heals. It becomes more than a gun but, a tool. What will be the difference from a criminal and you? You actually will hit what you aim at. That means you can defend the innocent’s and put down lethal force. To have a tool, like a hammer, is great when it is needed, but to not have the tool when presented with nails make us useless. Be useful.
New classes coming out!!! Stay tuned! I’m in Texas, Tennessee, Georgia, Nevada and Florida now to name a few… reach out if you want me to swing by your state to teach you some pew! Sign up for this class here: https://lnkd.in/gMtQkCBK
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A core component of a Holy Cross education is educating one's heart alongside one's mind. See how we bring that to life at Saint Edmond's Academy. https://lnkd.in/g7VmbpeY
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🚨 New Blog 🚨 On your lunch break or during your free time, please check out our latest entry written by Elgin Ford on what it is like being a first generation college student! Happy New Year!! https://lnkd.in/eSU7vPai
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For those that know me, you recognize LEGACY as one of the Seven eLements of Leadership! Below Ryan Manion beautifully summarizes a commencement address that asked that very question. Be it through high school, college or your career, what will your LEGACY be? What will people (friends, team members and your family) remember about YOU?
Chief Executive Officer at Travis Manion Foundation | Host of The Resilient Life Podcast | Author of ‘The Knock at the Door’ | Former Supervisor, Doylestown Township | Keynote Speaker
Last night I walked on stage to a packed house at Temple University’s Liacouras Center to deliver the commencement address to the class of 2024 at Franklin Towne Charter School in Northeast Philadelphia. My message to them was a simple question- 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐛𝐞? 𝐈 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥, 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐰 – 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮? 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐏𝐀 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐒𝐨 𝐈 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞; 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝. 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐀𝐬𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮? 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐛𝐞? 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞. 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫. It was truly an honor and privilege to have to opportunity to deliver this commencement address to an inspiring group of students. Congratulations to all the graduates in the class of 2024!!
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This is such a meaningful program. And it's free to enroll. If you are in school transportation, I honestly cannot understand why you would not participate. Your team will have something to rally around. You will receive information on where your strengths and weaknesses are. You have a shot at a free ride to the School Transportation News' STN EXPO in Reno, Nevada (including room and board and transportation). Not to mention recognition within your community, your district, your administration and your peers in neighboring districts. Should I go on? Not to put a guilt trip on you, but you OWE it to your team to throw your hat in the ring. But here's the hitch: TODAY IS THE LAST DAY to enroll. Yes, there still is time, but you need to do it now. If you don't click this link now, chances are, you will put it off, forget about it and when watching late night TV tonight to unwind you'll sit up out of bed and remember that one more thing you wanted to do today. Don't do that to yourself. Don't do that to your team. Click here and get a good night's sleep: https://lnkd.in/ef5Dq_Pu. #transportation #k12 Transfinder
ATTENTION: This is your LAST CHANCE to enroll your top transportation team and throw your hat in the ring for your team to be honored for the amazing teamwork you have created! School districts and contractors, do not delay! It's unanimous, the Top Transportation Teams program brought transportation departments closer together and helped departments improve. Enroll your team now: https://bit.ly/3PO3plm.
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From last night's webinar on Early Action/Early Decision, founder of Dewey Smart Michael Gao cautions families to take a look at their college lists and make sure there are enough targets and safeties. If you want an expert set of eyes on your college lists, reach out to the Dewey Smart team today!
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Finding our focus and refining our purpose at OAA.
With a century of education as our legacy, we begin the next one-hundred years with a renewed three-year vision and mission. Vision: Define the standard of excellence for secondary boarding academies within the North American Division by excelling in academics, character development, intentional discipleship and co-curriculars. Mission: Educating spiritual champions who “have integrity to think and act, are masters and not slaves of their circumstances, who possess breadth of mind, clarity of thought and demonstrate the courage of their convictions.”
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What does it mean to be an Aggie? How do we define that "spirit can ne'er be told?" These students represent the six core values of Texas A&M University and what it means to be an Aggie, on and off campus. These words are descriptors for the lives of those who come to Texas A&M and will serve as inspiration for future generations. Check out our link to read more: https://bit.ly/3uhiWCz
