I finally had a chance to view the Bill Strickland video on Ted.com.
I my opinion Bill Strickland is an inspiration to us working in Adult Education He provides me with a real life example of what is possible when you believe in a cause, have passion, and are willing to involve a city in making a great facility for adult learning.
I took away three main themes from the video.
1) Change the way people see themselves before you change their behavior.
2) The importance of forming partnerships.
3) Act on your dreams in case they do come true.
The facility that Bill Strickland founded in Pennsylvania is leading edge and I hope that corporate and government leaders see this as well. Often times in our community when working with people with disadvantaged backgrounds the facilities that we work with are also often disadvantaged.
Passion. It is the greatest motivator of change. It is an inner drive within ourselves to make anything possible. The inner drive moves us and makes the outer logistics unfold as a result. Bill Strickland is a fine example of a man who has found his passion. His passion is his beacon and the logistics seems to just work out on their. A sign he's on his true life's path. I can only hope each of us enrolled in this class are alighted with our own passion.
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