Finding Your Element: How to Discover Your Talents and Passions and Transform Your Life

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And I want to say a few words about what it is, about why it matters and what you can do about it if you feel you haven’t found yours yet. Most people believe that everyone has something that they’re good at and many people dream of pursuing that thing as a way of making a living (or just living, period). Robinson provides a combined survey of world wisdom on this topic along with a series of helpful exercises that serve as mental “looseners” to get you in touch with what your personal thing is. Even if you already think you know what that thing is, these exercises are worth at least considering even if you decide not to follow them to the letter. If you care about how you are gifted and how to utilize those gifts to reach your full potential so as to make meaningful contribution to the society, then, this book is for you. First, nobody shares the same genetic structure with you, even if you have an identical twin. Secondly, you’re pretty different from the people you share most of your traits with because you’ve certainly grown up in some reasonably different circumstances. We all know that every person is special and different, but have you ever considered the full extent of what exactly that means? You are special not only because of your unique thoughts but also because of your biology and your environment.

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Understanding your own aptitudes is an essential part of finding your Element,” they write, because your Element is “where natural aptitude meets personal passion.” As we said, you’re neither a rabbit nor a rose, and you can be anything you want to, even against the circumstances. The author confirms that you have already got your element, but you have to find it. Some key recommendations to find your element; Teaching is an art form. Great teachers know they have to cultivate curiosity, passion and creativity in their students. Ramsey Mussallam is a high school chemistry teacher, who shows how achievement soars when teachers fire the imaginations of their students with a true spirit of inquiry.

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I could not agree more with what he is saying and I really love his passion behind his talking. I highly appreciate his talks, thus reading a book of him for the first time was a pleasure for me. The Author 👨 The key to personalizing education is to invest properly in the professional development of educators. As Bill Gates argues, teachers need mentors too. Supporting educators to become the best they can be is one of the surest routes to improving the nation’s schools. In my view, we should then give them the creative freedom to innovate and do their jobs within a proper framework of public accountability. PDF / EPUB File Name: Finding_Your_Element__How_to_Discover_Your_-_Ken_Robinson.pdf, Finding_Your_Element__How_to_Discover_Your_-_Ken_Robinson.epub To improve our schools, we have to humanize them and make education personal to every student and teacher in the system. Education is always about relationships. Great teachers are not just instructors and test administrators: they are mentors, coaches, motivators, and lifelong sources of inspiration to their students. Being in your Element is not only about what you do for a living. Some people can't make a living from what they love to do and some don't want to. Like many of those involved in the maker movement, they prefer to pursue their Element as a purely recreational process. If you are considering earning your living from your Element, it's important to bear in mind that you not only have to love what you do; you should also enjoy the culture and the tribes that go with it." (p. 191)

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But let’s put aside those people who do not know what a swimming pool is, but we don’t care about these people, or the element, quite frankly.

Now, you might think that you don’t have any unique talents to share with the world. To start with, you’re not as good at this job as the designer sitting next to you is – and they are a junior! Meanwhile, even though you’ve been working at the same company for almost a decade, you don’t seem to improve at designing. Though nothing extraordinary, “Finding Your Element” can be a useful book if you don’t let its suggestions be just a lone call in the wilderness. 12min Tip Make a list of your strengths and weaknesses. Believe us: life would have been better if this had been one of your regular schoolwork exercises! After all, how should you choose the right college or the appropriate career later on if you don’t know what you’re really good at? Do yourself a favor and find out! I think it was Phyllis Diller who said that we spend the first three years of a child's life teaching them to walk and to speak and the next twelve years at school telling them to sit down and shut up. We shouldn't be surprised if many of them find it difficult. Young children have great physical energy and a deep curiosity for the world around them." (p. 73)

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Am observat trei principii esențiale, de care putem țin cont în planificarea drumului înspre Elementul fiecăruia: When he was eight, he took a college entrance math exam and got 98%. When he was twenty, he took his PhD in pure math and got it. And when he was thirty, he was awarded the Fields medal for mathematics, which is the equivalent of the Nobel Prize. Are you in your Element? Do you love your life or the work you do? Sadly many people don’t have any great sense of purpose or fulfillment. They put up with what they do and wait for the weekend. Despite all of their instructions, Robinson and Aronica are adamant to consider that “finding your Element” is a step-by-step program, but a personal process that has different outcomes for everybody. Nevertheless, the process is based on three elemental principles that apply to everyone.In my own personal circumstance, I know what I am passionate about and I have a plan to pursue it, but I still have a couple of years until I expect to make the transition. I liked the anecdotes and the reflections of others as they pursued their own Element, but I was a bit surprised that many of the quotes that I copied down to include in my review were from others. The Element is where your natural aptitudes meet your personal passions. It could be playing the guitar, basketball, cooking, or teaching, working with technology or with animals – anything for which you have a natural feel. An essential step in finding your Element is to understand your own aptitudes. But being in your Element is more than doing things you’re good at. Many people are good at things they don’t really care for: to be in your Element you have to love it too. The Element is different for everyone. Whatever it may be for you, as Confucius said, “Choose a job you love, and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.” In this book he helps you focus on "the element' where the things you are good and what you love to do come into clear view. There are some steps to follow to help you form your talents into focus. I wish there had been more of these. He gets you started in the direction you need to go it's up to you to keep the momentum. Finding your Element is a personal quest...The quest for your Element is really a two-way journey. It is an inward journey to explore what lies within you; it is an outward journey to explore opportunities in the world around you. The aim of the book is to help you find your way. Whether you fulfill your potential depends on your commitment and fortitude and on how highly you value the possible prize. If you are prepared to do what it takes, I trust you’ll find a lot here to help and inspire you.” (pp. xxii-xxiii)