This post is part of a 10 day posting challenge issued by Tina Zita. You can’t be a connected educator if you don’t contribute. Sometimes we need a nudge to remember that if nobody shares, nobody learns. Thanks Tina!
We Need You to Lead Us
This subtitle from Seth Godin’s book, Tribes, is a call to action to all of us. In a rapidly changing world, we can no longer be complacent. Everyone has a voice, and a platform for spreading ideas that work.
How will the voices for good be the ones that rise to the top?
As an information junkie, who can easily spend a lot of time reading each day, I do need a push to share what I am learning. It is so simple to fall into the traps that prevent sharing:
No time – it’s easier to keep reading than to stop, reflect and share.
Reflecting, sharing, and documenting learning are all essential parts of learning. Doing this openly invites conversation, helps others reflect further, and spreads ideas.
It isn’t perfect – in a few more days I will really be able to craft something better.
We hold on to the belief that we can’t “put it out there” until it’s perfect. George Couros often refers to having a place to do your thinking, and another place for your best work. Getting ideas out there helps invites others to help shape your ideas. You can write even more perfectly about them once they have had the chance to bounce around in your PLN for awhile.
It’s too short – I’ll wait until I have a bit more.
Readers will thank you for “short” posts. It’s all they have time to read anyway! Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter – they thrive on our need for small pieces of information.
I really did need someone to lead me, to nudge me to get through the excuses for not sharing, and to push me to do what I believe, to consistently and reliably document and share what I am learning, to read the work of others and to be a participant in the evolving ideas of those in my PLN.
Thank you, Tina Zita, for modelling the importance of being a leader in 2017.
Won’t you join this 10 posts in 10 days challenge?
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