Strengths blog

Youth as teachers

By Chris Trout | October 12, 2008

Largely because of you, the focus of my work has begun to expand from How do we effectively help youth to be resilient and successful? to What do resilient youth have to teach us about being resilient and successful? So often, you write me or come to me after presentations and say, "This will really impact my work with youth, but what I'm really thinking about is how it's going to change my life/marriage/parenting/goals/friendships..."

So let's ask them what they've learned. In last week's Strengths Ezine, I shared designer Stefan Sagmeister's project called "Things I have learned in my life so far." (A 4-minute video about the creative ways he communicates these ideas can be found here.)

I am inviting you to ask the young people in your life: "What have you learned in your life so far?" Give them the tools and guidance to create art, music, dance, rap, poetry, photography, video or any other expressive communication to share these ideas.

Then send them to me. I will create a web page just for these projects - to share them with and inspire the world. Who knows, maybe we'll go "viral" and inspire millions!

Comments on this entry

Он from Egypt says:

напишу и у себя в блоге

posted 11 December 2008 at 01:19 pm
Òåìà from Guyana says:

òåìà î÷åíü àêòóàëüíà ñåé÷àñ, íå òàêë ëè?

posted 11 December 2008 at 05:20 pm
Îíè from Guyana says:

óäèâèëî, ÷òî ïðî÷èòàë îá ýòîì èìåííî ñåé÷àñ

posted 12 December 2008 at 06:40 pm
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я люблю все ваши слова..

posted 14 December 2008 at 07:31 pm
Bob from Guyana says:

èíòåðåñíî)) ÿ êàê ðàç ïîñìîòðåë ñåé÷àñ 3+2, òàê íàñìåÿëñÿ)) âñåì ðåêîìåíäóþ âñïîìíèòü

posted 16 December 2008 at 12:05 pm
O from Guyana says:

÷òî æå òàì ñìåøíîãî?

posted 16 December 2008 at 12:50 pm
Astra from Guyana says:

нам что-то похожее препод вчера в универе рассказывал, на самом деле тема интересная

posted 16 December 2008 at 02:34 pm
Пежо from Guyana says:

вот спамеров то развелось

posted 17 December 2008 at 03:47 pm
горячая from Nigeria says:

умные мужчины всегда умеют сформулировать грамотно и страстно мысли..

posted 20 December 2008 at 04:01 pm
Alfa from Nigeria says:

прекрасно, удивительно, великолепно, замечательно! -)

posted 21 December 2008 at 11:52 am





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