SUCCESS OBSTACLES

OVERCOMING OBSTACLES TO SUCCESS

The way to success is upward on the hill-top and not downwards. Climbing is difficult and tasking but it is the success way. On this way are sure obstacles you will meet. Some of the obstacles are right within you, others around while some are across the way. Looking up at success on the hill-top, your first obstacle is the thought within you – can I ever get there? Won’t I fall if I try to climb up there? This wrong mental attitude at looking at certain subjects, topics and assignments mad a lot of students to have failed. Remove the fear of failure. No student is a failure until he lies down never to try gain.

Rough surfaces, stones and pebbles abound on the hill top way of success. Yet you need to realize if the way up the hill were smooth, it will be slippery to climb. Suppose everyone who passed through secondary school and university has just been given certificate without studying, doing assignments and facing examinations. There would have been no competent teachers in our school, doctors in the hospitals, engineers in our industries and managers over the establishments.

Obstacles mould us into the very shape of success we are to achieve. It is upon the stones on the pathway of success you are to place your steps to climb higher. Obstacles offer opportunities to excel. Conflicts, disturbances, discouragements, poverty, difficult subjects and past failures should be made your stepping stone to success.

How then can we overcome obstacles? Every obstacle is a stepping stone to success. Silent every thought of failure, and impossibility within you and think right up. Set your mind positively right knowing fully well that you will overcome. Single out each obstacle and know what it is. Study and search for possible solutions to it. Stand and face the obstacle with the prescribed solution or the way out. Seek for assistance from your teacher, parents or experienced people as the case may be.

As you overcome each obstacle on the way to success, it will strengthen you to face others. Therefore never give up. You can overcome and you will overcome.

HEART OF A GREAT TEACHER

WHAT LIES IN THE HEART OF A GREAT TEACHER?

KINDNESS

A great teacher shows kindness to students, colleagues, parents and those around her/him. My favorite saying is “kindness makes the world go around”. It truly changes the environment in the classroom and school. Being a kind teacher helps students feel welcomed, cared for and loved.

COMPASSION

Teaching is a very humanistic profession, and compassion is the utmost feeling of understanding, and showing others you are concerned about them. A compassionate teacher models that characteristic to the students with her/his actions, and as a result students will be more open to understanding the world around them. A teacher must take outside factors into consideration, for example, if a student has just lost his/her loved one, the teacher should be sensitive to that and adjust accordingly.

EMPATHY

Empathy is such an important trait to have and to try to develop in ourselves and our students. Being able to put yourself in someone’s shoes and see things from their perspective can have such a powerful impact on our decisions and actions. A teacher must put his/her self in the student's shoes and see it from their perspective. this approach if often trancending in how to help the child succeed.

OPTIMISTIC

Being a positive person, is not an easy task. A positive teacher is even harder when we’re always met with problems with very limited solutions. However, staying positive when it’s tough can have such a tremendous positive impact on the students and everyone around us. Looking on the bright side always seems to help make things better.

BUILDER

A great teacher bridges gaps and builds relationships, friendships, and a community. Teachers always look to make things better and improve things in and outside of the classroom. Building a community is something a great teacher seeks to do in the classroom and extends that to the entire school and its community.

INSPIRING

Everyone looks at a great teacher and they want to be a better teacher, they want to be a better student, even better, they want to be a better person. A great teacher uncovers hidden treasures, possibilities and magic right before everyone’s eyes.

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TIME IS LIFE

  TIME

Time they say is for everything;

Make use of it wisely,

Because it is precious indeed,

Time to be happy,

And time to be weary,

Time to study,

And time to tell story,

Time to work,

And time to play.

Don't misuse your time.

It is precious indeed.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. 
Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. 
And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. 
They somehow already know what you truly want to become. 
Everything else is secondary.

Time... 

We need to spend our time carefully, our time and our lives. I've collected here my favorite quotes about time that help me to be inspired and remind me how precious and important every moment is. I hope you will also find them useful and enjoy reading this post.

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