Today’s discussion touches on ways I compensate for weakness or work to a strength. Let me give some specific examples. Monday I told my story “Balloon Head” at the story teller’s festival hosted by the Weber state, (http://community.weber.edu/storytelling/). The story seemed to be received very well. Anyway, I do not have the best vision so seeing and understanding a street sign for easy travel is a short coming. Since I knew I’d be performing on Monday I arranged to stay in Layton on Sunday night. I also arranged for my host to accompany me to the two locations I’d need to be at during the festival. The virtue of doing this was that Sunday afternoon traffic is much lighter and we had a chance to scope things out in an environment to our liking. I didn’t have to hassle with commuter traffic.
I did the same thing when having to teach a class to fellow employees on software while working for Intel. While in Oregon, on Sunday afternoon I was able to drive to the business location where I’d be conducting the training and get back to my hotel again. That one time drive gave the necessary familiarity of driving around in a new city.
A third example, I find that I tend to do other things than writing when I get home from work. How do I compensate for that when I want to write new material? I go to work early and write in the morning before I start my work day. Then I can go home at the end of the day and do other projects and not feel ‘guilty about it.
When it comes to exercise if I have a choice between working out and having a one on one with my mattress then Matt usually wins out. I am much more inclined to exercise after work.
So, what is one of my strengths? I have a pretty easy time getting up and going to work if I need to. I guess that means I’m a morning person. The virtues to this is that if my company permits me to work four ten hour days I’m eager to do it because I don’t find working ten hours isn’t any more tiring then eight hours. Another example is when I become involved in a volunteer organization I often lean toward duties that involve scheduling since I’m not normally shy about calling someone to remind them of something if that is under my jurisdiction..
The suggestion is that you evaluate your weaknesses and your strengths and then alter your life to compensate or take advantage of each.
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Monday: Teaching Embellishments
Object Lessons and other teaching ideas are discussed on Mondays. You and I will discuss what we find to be successful techniques in teaching such as things people have done to make memorable Sunday school sessions, humor, youth camps, class techniques or lectures. Some of these ideas are gained through the observation of some excellent teachers and others, I created. Mondays often cover object lessons which may be useful to youth ministries, family devotionals and family home evenings. if you have used a tool or technique in your ministry that has proven to be successful, please feel free to share.
Tuesday: Tasks, Errands and Projects – Oh My
I make up lists and many people do the same. On Tuesdays I come up with a topic to create a list on or tell an idea of something that has helped me organize a part of my life. I’ll invite a conversation where we discuss what needs to be added to the list. For example for international travel one needs to remember that other counties use a different voltage for their electric equipment than those in the USA. USA citizens may need an adaptor. These are the types of things discussed on tasks etc. If you were part of a group who organized some event and you would like to share the things you’ve learned, contact me.
Wednesday: Rock Soup
This day involves a discussion on different types of creativity. It may over writing, plot design, story telling, inventions, art and humor. I might also touch upon plottery; which has to do with brainstorming and writing. The topics may range from fun ideas I’ve come up with in my brainstorming sessions to what I’ve learned form others. A lot of people say they have difficulty coming up with ideas. I’ve never had that problem. As I pop out a plot, I’ve come up with, lets see if my ideas can help those who have difficulty with creating a story. If you took notes while attending a great author or story teller presentation and you want to share it with others, contact me about posting it up on this site and to include proper credit acknowledgments and your web site.
Thursday: Speller Beezy and other ailments
Everyone has their own techniques on better spelling and learning things. I’ve had a difficult time with spelling all my life. So on Thursdays I share with my visitors things I’ve learned such as new ways to improve my spelling or other interesting tidbits. You get to come along for the ride.
I use mnemonics as one of my tools to help me memorize things. Let’s see if the combination of our ideas creates some great results. We will discuss mnemonics, visualization, or other techniques on how to remember the spelling of difficult words. There can also memory tricks for history and science etc. In there I will also allow the temptation to share some famous quotes I’ve liked.