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Motivating Youth to Reach Their Potential

Motivating Youth to Reach Their Potential. Presented by Chris Matheson of The Nile Project. Who is on your team?. Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. ---Dalia Lama. The Three Keys. Notice them Be a prophet, gardener, and treasure hunter

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Motivating Youth to Reach Their Potential

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  1. Motivating Youth to Reach Their Potential Presented by Chris Matheson of The Nile Project

  2. Whois on your team? Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. ---Dalia Lama

  3. The Three Keys Notice them Be a prophet, gardener, and treasure hunter Establish and maintain high standards I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, and compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. ---Lao Zi

  4. Notice them!

  5. Notice them! What are they good at doing? What makes them laugh? When are they happiest? What makes them sad? The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop. ---Mark Twain

  6. Why is it important to notice them? This is your “in” Opens doors Builds connections The wisdom of 9th graders I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar. ---Robert Brault

  7. Be a Prophet

  8. Be a Gardener Plant ideas Water them Get rid of the weeds Plants need pruning My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me. ---Henry Ford

  9. Be a Treasure Hunter “X” may not mark the spot When you find it, share it Things are in their essence what we choose to make them. A thing is, according to the mode in which one looks at it. ---Oscar Wilde

  10. The Golem Effect Kids know Non-verbals Classroom observations What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say. ---Ralph Waldo Emerson

  11. Set and Maintain High Standards This is where WE fail Two things all kids want Study on religious affiliation Chris Collins and Miss Sally Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion. ---Jim Rohn

  12. Whoisdreaming for ouryouth? Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil. ---James Allen

  13. Thank you! The young do not know enough to be prudent, and thereforetheyattempt the impossible and achieveit, generationaftergeneration. ---Pearl S. Buck

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