Tag: inspiration

Don’t Waste Your Time

Student- any person who studies, investigates, or examines coursework thoughtfully. (Dictionary.com)

The Teacher’s Duties:

The teacher is responsible for exposing you to new information.

She shares information.

She asks questions.

She answers questions.

She may spark a conversation with you to talk about the information.

She will test you over the information one day soon.

At this point, her job is complete.

The Student’s Duties:

The student’s job is to listen, take notes, ask questions, and learn.

Second, the student should take his butt home and study.

He should study everything the teacher talked about.

He should study everything he wrote down in class.

He should study everything that was discussed.

He should make sure he is ready for the upcoming test.

Bottom Line:

If the student does not study – the teacher wasted her time.

If the student does not study – the student wasted his time.

If the student does not study – it all was a waste of time.

If the student does not study, he really isn’t a student at all (See definition above) but, a child looking to be spoon fed by his babysitter. Yet, he left daycare a long time ago.

It’s time to grow up.

It’s time to be a student.

Please don’t waste your time. Study!

 

Maurice Guest Jr., is an education administrator in Little Rock, Arkansas.

 

Guru

If you’re looking for that guru that will change your life forever, go to the nearest bathroom and look in the mirror.

 

Maurice Guest Jr., is an education administrator in Little Rock, Arkansas. 

One Kick

“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” -Bruce Lee

F.O.C.U.S.

F ollow

O ne

C ourse

U ntil

S uccessful

Focus all of your energy and efforts on improving your craft. Being well rounded is over-rated. Become a master at your craft, your gift, your calling, your business, yourself.

As you begin to master your craft – more opportunities will present themselves, more doors will open.

What is that “one kick” you will master?

 

Maurice Guest Jr., is an education administrator in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Memorize this by Friday:

I choose not to be a common man.

It is my right to be uncommon, if I can.

I seek opportunity, not security.

I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me.

I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed…

I will never cower before any master nor bend to any friend.

It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid; to think for myself, enjoy the benefit of my creations and to face the world boldly and say, this I have done.

– Dean Alfange

 

Maurice Guest Jr., is an education administrator in Little Rock, Arkansas. 

Today is Perfect.

Success is difficult.

The process is strenuous, tiresome, and often boring. Becoming a great student, teacher, mother, father, businessman, lawyer, doctor, etc., etc., etc. – is slow, gradual, and heavy. Please don’t misunderstand me. If you choose the path to success, you will enjoy small triumphs along the way. Greatness is achievable for us all, however shortcuts do not exist.

Secrets do not exist. The right information is paramount, but information without action is worthless. Action, combined with time is how we escape mediocrity.

Today is Sunday which marks the beginning of a new week. Today is the perfect day to build new behaviors and form new habits. Today is the perfect day for us to ignore average and increase our work ethic.

We get out of life what we put into it. If we want extraordinary results, we must put in extraordinary work.

Let’s begin today.

 

Maurice Guest Jr., is an education administrator in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Bring Value

Meaningful- full of significance, purpose, or value. (Dictionary.com)

Today, pick three people and do everything possible to bring value to their lives.

If “three people” is too many, start with just one person – “yourself.” Do something that will bring significant value to your life and your future.

 

Maurice Guest Jr., is an education administrator in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Respect the Student

“The secret in education lies in respecting the student.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Respect the student by showing up totally prepared. Respect the student by welcoming questions you can’t answer.

Respect the student by expecting their very best. Respect the student by demanding their very best.

Respect the student by NOT honoring  their excuses.

Respect the student with your language and your tone.

Respect the student by dressing like your craft matters.

Respect the student and most of the time, the student will respect you. Sometimes they won’t, but that’s why they are students.

 

Maurice Guest Jr., is an education administrator in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Teach them…

“Teaching is the greatest act of optimism.” -Colleen Wilcox

If you believe in someone, teach them something. Teach them something truly valuable.

Teach them something that will make them successful.

Teach them something that will liberate them from any cage – figuratively, literally, or self imposed.

Teach them something that will keep them out of prison and protect their children from poverty.

Teach them something that will give them full control over the wolf that sleeps within them.

If you believe in someone, teach them something that is timeless.

That “something” is DISCIPLINE.

 

Maurice Guest Jr., is an education administrator in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Stop Quitting

“Continuous efforts – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.” – Winston Churchill

If we never quit, we will never fail. We only fail when we stop. We only lose when we say “the game is over, I’m not good enough…I quit.”

Stop quitting.

Stop quitting on our passions, our aspirations, our dreams.

Stop quitting on our loved ones and our relationships.

Stop quitting on our bosses.

Stop quitting on our employees.

Stop quitting on each other.

Stop quitting.

 

Maurice Guest Jr., is an education administrator in Little Rock, Arkansas.