What if
you’d stop proving how smart you are
and start
listening?
What if you’d
stop commanding
and start
asking questions?
What if
you’d stop tripping over your ego
and start
a journey of humility?
What if
you’d stop the self-absorption train
and start
focusing on others?
What if
you’d stop controlling
and start
letting go?
What if
you’d stop worrying about ‘leadership presence’
and start
working on ‘being present’?
Many
teachers dislike the ‘what if…’ questions that students love to ask.
Our son
has numerous stories about frustrations of teachers dealing with the
never-ending stream of ‘what ifs’.
But it’s
not all about stalling and distracting. And even if it were, shouldn’t we be
stimulating youngsters to think beyond the framework they are handed - to think beyond the box? Shouldn’t
we encourage independent, critical, out of the ordinary thinking?
What if a
student would answer a question on a test with a much better question instead
of providing the ‘correct’ answer?
What if
we’d ‘what if’ each other regularly? In business settings and beyond.
