Category: growth

• Clarity in confinement?

  

  It’s important to say things as they are. Love is the opposite of avoidance. And so, it is important to be able to say things as they are, beginning with our fears. (Boris Sirbey) I read that piece of wisdom this morning in a LinkedIn article entitled Le hamster épris de ciel bleu (The Hamster…

  Claire Maria Ford

  April 10, 2020

  Boris Sirbey, connecting, covid19, Culture, esl, failure, family, family life, goal-setting, growth, growth mindset, initiative, leadership, Mindfulness, motivation, personal development, progress, quarantine, responsibility, self-care, stress management, teaching, workplace wellbeing

  brené brown

• An ESL Teacher in Quarantine

  

  I didn’t see it coming. But then again, did anyone? The topic of the Covid19 came up in class. Or rather, the topic of how the company would react, preparing an emergency plan of action if an employee was found to be infected. We all thought it was perhaps exaggerated. We logged onto the WorldMeter…

  Claire Maria Ford

  March 18, 2020

  covid19, esl, future, growth, growth mindset, human resources, initiative, innovaiton, innovation, leadership, motivation, new world, personal development, quarantine, stress management, Uncategorized

  esl, home, innovation, kenneth j. gergen, quarantine, reality, teacher, work

• Opportunity, or just an opening?

  

  There’s a difference between an opportunity and an opening. While pondering a change of employment lately, I realized these three things: An opportunity pushes you to grow. An opening just lets you continue being as you are. An opportunity pushes you to do new things. An opening just lets you continue doing the same-old tasks…

  Claire Maria Ford

  January 17, 2020

  dreams, employee engagement, goal-setting, growth, growth mindset, human resources, initiative, personal development, progress, school, self-care, workplace wellbeing