Freedom27thMay
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Team & Collaborative Skills by Tony Deis on May 27, 2009
Freedom is not something that comes easy to people. Imagine saying to someone, "Do what you feel passion and responsibility for. We'll give you magnificent resources to learn, live and work from. How you use them is up to you."
Sounds great, right? You'd be surprised how often people struggle with this kind of freedom. The newly liberated human may still go through old habits of needing a "boss/leader" to blame, the excuse that "I was only doing what I'm told" and "this would be perfect if...". Some critics use this to claim that humans need authority and direction. I can tell you from experience that rare individuals do come forth who naturally take to freedom with none of these dramas or growing pains. They instead deal with freedom as integrity, clarity and self accountability to their community. It becomes jet fuel for their life and creativity. When you look back in the past of these autonomy savants you won't find the prison of conventional school dominating their life experience. Instead you find a caring family that asks for responsibility from its children. A collaborative tribe that encourages them to explore where that accountability overlaps with their passion. Does that mean we send the naysayers back to school never to be part of our rich, collaborative communities? There are better options than outright exclusion. We simply graduate them where they are useful. When the pain of the past shows itself, when they want to blame someone else for outcomes they're empowered to change, recognize it for what it is. Never feed it, yet set clear boundaries when it does affect the greater whole. Eventually they realize they're responsible with their own success, and more importantly, the care of everyone in their family.Class roll...
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