Hero Day

Today we started with this little exercise to get us thinking outside the box:
(each thing is a well known phrase)
- Calmstorm

-dumpdowndump

-thinkuact

-cancan

-ban ana

-timertimer

-BUdropCKET

-don’t cry
spilled milk

-0
M.D.
M.B.A.
B.A

-working
time

-deathlife

-DAYdayOut

-OturnedUT

-haHANDnd

-pPPod

-#####
wait

We discussed the statement: change or die. And how a study showed that while people will typically verbalize that given that choice they would change, reality showed that change really only occurs in 1 person out of ten…9 would not change. (This part of the discussion was really hard for the group…but then again, so is change.)

From there we moved on to a discussion of HERO. (I thought this was quite interesting given the NOJOMO prompt for the day is about hero…what a “coincidence”…)
What is a hero? What makes someone a hero?
Who is your hero? Why?
Who sees you as their hero?
Where do you need to step up and be the hero?

And while I had them thinking big: we moved on to discuss GENIUS.
What is genius? What makes someone a genius?
Who do you see as being a genius?
What characteristics of genius do you possess?

Then I gave the results of a study that listed the top characteristics of identified geniuses:
-vision
-desire
-faith
-commitment
-planning
-persistence

It was a fun class. Today, the two hours flew by. I will probably use this less tomorrow in the jail when I teach there, too.