"Are the habits you have today on par to the dreams the you have for tomorrow." In this video you will see that many different uses of triggers that are used by the speaker to compel you to think and apply your situation now to where you would like to be tomorrow. Many times over and over the narrator asks the questions, what are we doing right now, and does that go in line with what we want to be doing tomorrow? The models outcomes help to take someone out of their state of mind in that moment and make them think, really think of what they are doing and than compare that to their dreams and aspirations. This simply exercise will tell a lot to the person alone. After this exercise is done your actions will speak louder than your words. Our needs in life are many, but what is a need and how do we define that. as you can see from this video, Stephen curry had a need probably to rest or talk with friends but instead he was on the court getting 100-150 shots in before practice actually started. He probably had a need to leave and places to be after practice but stayed until he could SWOOSH 5 free throws in a row. Emotions play a part in everything we do. Stephen Curry had to be emotional in what he was doing to be where he is at today. If he was not emotional he would not have pressed so hard or been so critical, but that is exactly why he gets the results he does to this day. The thoughts put out by this film ask us if we are emotional about what we do, we better be. If you not, why are you doing it? Attitude goes hand in hand with consistency.The attitude to drive you also comes from the emotion felt. These both drive you to be consistent in action. What the narrator is showing us is that if we can align what we constantly think about and yearn for with what we do on a day to day basis and we are consistent, we will eventually get what we are looking for.
I chose to watch a TED talk given by Rita Pierson that was regarding education and titled, "How every kid needs a champion". This title first caught my attention because I am currently growing in my education, scholastically and on my own. I have seen TED talks in the past and for the most part have enjoyed the quick, to the point speeches that are given. Rita goes into education first because she is an educator herself. She turns the tables a little in her discussion. You think she is going to talk about how you can help a child learn on a scholastic level, maybe some tricks to the trade and how you can succeed academically. What she focuses on and what I really liked is the fact that an educator can do all they want in terms of educating a child, or teaching some sort of curriculum. Now the child learning that subject or grasping that concept is up to the child. This is because if the child doesn't like the educator that child will not learn from them. She goes into the depth and meaning of a valued relationship between her and her students. On a class level and also to an individual basis. She talks about being positive and capturing the attention of the students by simply doing something that is not common. Maybe apologizing to your class once in a while if you do something wrong. She is big advocate of the power of positivity. Even if a child is not grasping concepts of progressing the way you would like, keeping their spirits high and mental state positive is key to any success in the future. She shared an example of given her class a 20 question quiz. One child only got 2 answers right. When he received his paper he said, "Mrs Rita, why did you put +2 and a smiley face, inst this a F?" She replied and said,"yes, and your almost there, you did not miss all 20, you got 2 right". she then asked the child if he would do better next time and he said yes I will. This simple example helps up to see the power and motivator a positive attitude can have.
I love the Possibility of Success that is shares in this message. This goes in line with what we learned regarding Larsen's Cultural Images and Myths. Rita brings out the motivation that needs to be used in the classroom and how this has a positive effect with her students. She has arrived at this conclusion because of her personal experiences in being positive as a motivator for the kids and also the affect that has taken place because of it. She also draws upon experiences that she has learned and experienced from her mother as an educator that have made impressions that have lasted beyond her lifetime, and that is something great to live for, is Rita's belief. To help make this point Rita repeated on multiple occasions examples, bad or good to prove her point and steer you to lean towards that of being a positive motivator in all things, especially as an educator.
