Creating Vision that Your Tribe Believes In

  I have been reading several books lately. A few education-based and a few business-based. I have completely finished Lead With Purpose and I am in the middle of Tribes by Seth Godin. Then it hit me. I need to stop thinking about it and just do. Now what do I mean by that? Where does my vision lie? What is my movement? 

• Idealistic but tangible. The whole point behind my business is not to just be an educational resource center but to create a movement within the system of education. This is based on personal experience of volunteering and being my mom's cheerleader for twenty years. It is also based on my own personal experience in the public and private school systems, whether they were in urban cities or suburbia. We are selling out our children to the lowest educational bidder only to pay through the roof in terms of quality of life for our future.

We need to change the way we teach and learn. We need to lead a new paradigm shift that says no to the usual "standardized testing" and yes to the ability to develop free thinkers, problem solvers, and creative geniuses. We need an Educational Renaissance. I am leading this revolution. Will you join me? 

• There are no mistakes, only learning experiences. This statement alone should free us from the fear of the unknown. Very little is known. We cannot predict the future yet we can absolutely direct it!

My intent is to empower students, parents, and teachers with knowledge and self-confidence to overcome standardized testing and mediocre public education policies around the world. We will challenge the status quo and demand better from our local and federal governments. We will let our teachers use the training that they received in college to educate our children. We will advocate the understanding that it takes a village to raise a child within every community. 

• Active community engagement in the process has to happen. I am finding a lot of push back with every organization wanting to be in absolute control and wanting to do their own thing. The fact is, that is only managing, it has nothing to do with leading. Organizations are just managing but are not providing the leadership and vision that the community is craving.

 Are you craving something better from your community? So am I and I cannot and will not do it alone. I need you. I need your creativity and your drive and your vision to aid in this venture out of mediocrity. If you are as tired of it as I am, let's talk and figure out ways we can benefit each other!

  There you have it. I have a vision of an Educational Renaissance beginning in every community. This kind of Renaissance touches all areas in a community. It helps create cultural plans that further deepen the connections people have within the community and the surrounding area. Quality education drives business and allows it to thrive, even in the harshest conditions. Instead of playing armchair internet commando, we need to get out there and get it done!