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MK here. I recently received a letter from an 8 to Great teacher who wasn't sure if her students were connecting with the lifechanging concepts she was sharing. I had this suggestion and a letter from a student:
Dear Trainer, check to see if you're "trying too hard." One of my mottos has always been, "Never work harder than your audience." I love to give them Full Responsibilty by reminding students of the following:
"Please let me remind you that my most important job is not to teach you the High-Ways of 8 to Great. Can anyone guess what my most important job is?" A student usually guesses the answer - It's to feel good (or it's to stay at 95). "That's correct. Now if I have to convince all of you that this is important in order for me to feel good, there's a good chance I won't feel good, and as we know when we feel good... ("good things happen"). So it's absolutely all right if you do not agree with these concepts. If you don't learn them here, you'll learn them from life. I won't take your lack of enthusiasm personally. I just wanted you to know."
Finally, Dear One, keep having them journal for 2-3 minutes, and when a student says they "loved it" or used a High-Way in their lives, read that comment aloud to the class the following session. Let me close with a letter I received recently from a young woman who sat in the back row of a 500-person Youth Rally. We never know who's really taking it all in!
Hello,
I just felt like i should write to you because I wasn't brave enough to speak or volunteering. I would have but I am the shy girl who sits in the back seeming to not be paying attention, but i was completely. You never once lost my attention. I came there thinking that this was going to be one of those normal speeches teens here, not that interesting or just not able to keep your attention. You were GREAT! I am going to follow a morning routine of waking up, looking around and thinking about what I would like to be grateful for that morning, and every morning after i think about what i am grateful for i am going to write them in a notebook i have hanging on my door (mainly hanging on my door so i don't forget to do it, i definitely don't want to). I think this will make my days greater and brighter. Thank you for showing me ways to keep my day great!
Thanks a lot,
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