Throughout the selected readings of the Ultimate Training Workshop Handbook we really focused on bringing who you are to what you do. To emphasize this Dr. Reeder had us play a little game where we revealed our most personal values. It was a great activity in the sense that it made us think about who we really are and how it will benefit a classroom or training setting. The value I picked as my number one was peace. I have known for quite a while that peace is a value and code of life for me. However, when I began to think about my life to think point I realized that the peace I receive from teaching little dancers ballet is the whole reason why I do it. At times the job will seem like it is way too much to handle, but when I step foot into the studio I am filled with peace from my little dancers. At that age you know how much they look up to you - they have no filters. As a result I am constantly smiled at, told I am loved, they listen to my directions, and they have no nasty words to say. I am truly filled with peace when I experience that. And that's probably way I keep teaching tiny ballerinas. Not because the money is good, or the hours, or even the bosses. It is truly because of my core value sticking out in the studio.
What I want to be able to do now is bring that sense of peace into a university level atmosphere. I think with older students it's hard to find that peace. They continually have reservations, and it's hard to go around those at times. But I think what I need to do it find my peace from within and let it guide me as I'm leading a classroom or a training workshop. If I am calm and at peace then I am in control of the situation, and can manage my time, energy and intelligence in the direction it needs to be.
What else in this section of the reading stood out to you? How do you plan to apply what you've learned?
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