Week #1 Lifelong Learning and Discovery

I was very impressed with the 7 1/2 Habits presentation. This would be a great resource to present to teachers, staff and students as a motivator for the beginning of a new year.


#4 "Have confidence in yourself as a competent, effective learner" will be the hardest habit for me. I work with a group of tremendously gifted individuals. At monthly meetings, I am always inspired by all the activities that others are implementing within their libraries. I just barely have time to accomplish routine tasks. The sentence "The words that you use to describe yourself will soon become your reality so be careful with your choice of words" hit me like a ton of bricks. This will be one of my obstacles to overcome.


However, #3 "View problems as challenges", #6 "Use technology to your advantage", and #7 "Teach/mentor others" will be my positives. The computer is my friend and I love sharing new ideas. My father, who was and still remains my inspiration, had computers for his business for as long as I can remember. My first introduction was to "Bertha"...the monster that took up an entire room. As I grew larger, computers grew smaller but my infatuation with that monster remains.