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Every leader has their own style on leadership.  Let's collect some of these for your consideration.  Some apply to work, some at home, some in life.  Teachers are leaders, together with parents, supervisors, CEOs, generals, and presidents.  Not all have all qualities.  Which do you have? How to lead. 1.      Lead by example. 2.      Lead by doing. 3.      Lead by showing. 4.      Lead by courage. 5.      Lead by decisiveness. 6.      Lead by inventing. 7.      Lead by vision. 8.      Lead by inspiration. 9.      Lead by listening. 10.   Lead by optimism. 11.   Lead by truthfulness. 12.   Lead by reliability. 13.   Lead by self-belief. How many leadership skills do you have? The great teacher may have skills of inspiration and listening, but what about inventing?  The general may have skills of being decisive and having courage, but what about vision and listening?  You see, leadership captures some aspects but not others.  This is why leadership is am

B EWARE the sentiment “reimagine”.   Lately, we’ve all heard so many politicians, frustrated with outcomes in some venue lament, “Let us reimagine …”   This very statement has basic implications. Foremost, it indicates an open call to make a big change, a fundamental change. It betrays little or no knowledge of what to do, nor ideas of what change of direction to take.   It demonstrates confusion and naivety.   .   It signals lofty and open-minded aspirations, but it betrays ignorance, as in a problem never before considered. When at the “reimagine” stage, you are not even to the “concept” stage, let alone the design, testing, and validating stages. You are at no-where’s-ville.  Here are a few examples heard on various news reports.   Note how helpful they are. ·         Smartphones cause compulsions. Compulsions cause confusion. Confusion causes anxiety. We should reimagine cell phones. ·         Our bridges are badly in disrepair, beyond recompense. We should reimagine bridges.

  The Expert's Paradox, simply stated is: "The more experts we have the more problems we have." How can this be? The resolution is simple. It takes some expertise to really “know what is unknown.” Without expertise, the knowledge explorer can hardly know what questions beyond the most basic to ask. And the answers to those are mostly known. While it may seem that more knowledge should decrease open questions, it is the opposite that’s true.

The best any parent can do is to teach the three L's. They are    Live, Love, and Learn Community, family, and teachers all play an essential role in this equation. In rare cases, the parent can teach all three.  No surprises. In fact, the three L’s are the principal factors of every life.   ·         To live: This is the scope of your time on earth. It includes all you do, all your relations, all your dreams, and all your works. For example, you can live in a gossipy world of others or live in your personalized world of events. ·         To love: Love is the highest order found in living. It is that emotional feeling toward your life and its relations.   It is essential for the full realization of living. Many lives have no love, and without it, the life has less enrichment, stunted from higher possibilities. ·         To learn: Learning is the engine of life. It guides us toward fulfillment, improvement, and enlightenment. Too many seek the comfort of relying on early