Lane Beattie's Top Ten Must Reads

(in no particular order)

• The Game of Work by Charles A.Coonradt 
• The Richest Man in Babylon by George S.Clason
• Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
• Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
• Dress for Success by John T. Malloy
• Good to Great by Jim Collins
• Swim with the Sharks (Pushing the Envelope) by Harvey Mackay
• The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino
• The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck

The Strength of Many

Waxing Rhapsodic . . .

Gestalt Math implies that 2 + 2 = 5 or that the sum of the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

An ancient construction principle shows that the keystone of an arch is the utility by which the parts are made a whole.
The proverb states that you cannot lift yourself up by putting others down.

Drawing an Analogy . . .

This is analogous to a suspension bridge built with stranded cable.  Each strand must bring its own characteristics to each cable, and each cable must bring strength to the bridge. 

If each of us represents a cable of the bridge then the strands of our cable are as follows:

(1)                Diligent Personal Study

(2)                Timely Classroom Preparation

(3)                Real World Application of Curriculum Principles

(4)                Prior Experience and Current Experience

If each of us represents a cable of the bridge then the following must hold true:

           

(1)                The loss or weakening of a cable endangers the bridge

(2)                No cable is ever “undesired”; its contribution is never minimalized

(3)                One cable cannot expect the others to bear its load in its absence

(4)                The purpose of the bridge is to help others bridge an otherwise untraversable gap

(5)                Regardless of the ebb and flow of traffic, the strands and cables hold fast

Bringing It Together . . .

Our efforts as a team do not imply that we carry one another, but that we support one another.  Each becomes a cable as we add the strands of academic excellence, twisted together into inseparable clusters of knowledge, wisdom, experience, and application.  Each cable can pass through the process of quality control which provides it the revision necessary to support the bridge as a whole.  When we work together as a team, we review one another, always providing the information, feedback, criticism, and support which help the individual develop their cable.  We do so because a strong team member, even though we may on occasion see him or her as a threat, remembers that he or she is in a position to then lift the others.  A weak team member is not often incapacitated by desire, but by overwhelming circumstances and needs the support structure to become the strong cable.  It will never be in the best interest of our bridge to cull the weak cables from the system in a Darwinian restructuring project; our success relies on tying our individual efforts into a cohesive, successful cohort through the bonding element of team effort.

-Scott C., Articulation on Team Effort

Why have a blog?

This blog is meant to be a casual place for members of the cohort to come and record significant insights, thoughts, experiences in the program.
Simply put, a blog (short for WebLog) is an online journal. It's a digital medium for capturing the past and present, to inform the future. It is our hope that this blog will become:

• A tool to enhance our learning through communication and sharing
• A link between each member of our group, creating unity despite the distance between us
  
• A safe haven for expression of feelings and expulsion of stress
• A window into the program for future prospective students

The blog has no posting requirements. Nobody is obligated to participate, but it will be most meaningful if everyone participates. If each person adds something 3 or 4 times a year, this blog will become what we now only hope it can be.

Did you know? The Huntsman School of Business has a blog! You may find it informative to check it out. You can view the blog here.

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