MAC-Week 3, Reading: The Art of Possibility, Silent Conductor

I was struck by the silent conductor metaphor. I think that in a well-run school, the Principal would act like the silent conductor and just quietly lead the staff to be the best they can be by observing every teacher’s strength and acknowledging that to the teacher. Seldom are teachers given any positive feedback in the current climate that bashes teachers.

A great silent conductor would also be able to lift and support the teacher toward more growth opportunities that allow the weaker areas to become stronger with proper support, guidance and training.

"It is about living life in the realm of possibility larger than the achievement of specific goals. That would be the rich, free, compassionate, expressive world of the central self." This is a world in which I hope that I have finally arrived at and I am trying to live comfortably in.

There is always the journey in which I have struggled to overcome, as described in the book, the obstructive nature of the calculating self. I over think things sometimes which plays with my real self and I work against my goals. Always striving to ignore the negatives and focus on the positive. Moving forward into the realm of possibilities. 

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