Tuesday, June 10, 2014

1.2 Morning Post/BALANCE

Stand up paddle boarding required BALANCE.  You girls did a fantastic job of staying balanced yet taking risks to stretch yourselves and potentially take a dip in the water or land a new move.  Balanced but playful, sturdy but shaky, serious but comical, determined but resilient.... Etc.

The more I thought about you all balancing on your boards, I realized that balance is crucial for leaders. Sometimes when inspiring or guiding others you have to balance two apparently contradictory elements. Consider situations when leaders need to balance the emotional with the rational, decisions with diplomacy, logic with creativity or risk with certainty. They’re everywhere! And those who master this balancing act seem to be the leaders that stick out in our minds as the most helpful. 

Today, when you work in groups to arrive at one type of cupcake flavor, decorative style, decorative/cooking assignments, name or marketing technique .... You can imagine this will require team work. Your team will have to balance many tasks to arrive at one final product that is representative of your team effort. 

Part 1:

What BALANCE will you bring to your team? 

Ex: humility yet confidence 

Part 2: How will you help balance the effort... Make sure all members contribute?


Part 3: do you have balance in your life? Example balance between work, play, family, sleep, etc? 

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  1. the balance that I will bring my team might be positivity, even if we are behind or something isn't working, I will continue to stay positive.

    To make sure all members contribute, we could divide the tasks up to every person, so everyone has something to do.

    I have to balance schoolwork, sports and fun time together.

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    1. Do you find it hard to balance HB workload and sport committments. What do you like to do for fun and do you feel supported in doing so?

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    2. sometimes it can be difficult. I like to do volleyball and tennis for fun, and i feel supported by my tennis coach.

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  3. Part 1: The balance I bring to any team is humor and when I need to I am serious and focused.

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  4. part 1
    i bring creativeness to my team and support to my teammates.

    part 2
    to create balance i will find a way to make sure all my teammates are interested in what we are doing and help them find a skill.

    part 3
    i have to balance my school work, sports, and my free time.

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    1. For part 2, how will you do that?

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  5. PART 1: I will bring a lot of fun but also will recognize when it's time to get serious.

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  6. Part 2: For all members to contribute you could use every one's skills and give them a part using there skill.

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  7. PART 2: I will listen to everyone and make sure they all have a part in the job. I know how it feels to be left out so i will make sure that no one has to feel that way.

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  8. Part 1: I have a balance of confidence and skills for leading.

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    1. sounds great, what type of skills, name a few :)

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  9. Part 2: I will help balance the effort by making sure every girls voice is heard and every girl contributes to the group.;

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  10. I will stay positive and encourage people and myself to try their hardest.

    To make sure all members contribute, we could split up the tasks.

    I have balance in sports, school, and fun times with my family and my friends.

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    1. Splitting up the work sounds good, but what if 2 people want the same task?

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  11. Part 1- Not giving up on my ideas, but also accepting others ideas.

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  12. I will be a lot of fun but will become calm when I need to.

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    1. I like that idea a lot! I will try to use that in my work ;]

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    2. literally me :D

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    3. well i just really like your idea and i did not want to totally copy you so I just put it into different words

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  13. PART 3: During the school year I have to balance homework and after school activities such as soccer and swimming.

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  14. part 1:the balance i will bring to my team is support. i will support my team and make them feel comfortable with what their doing.

    part 2: i will make sure all of my friends balance their confidence. its good to share confidence within the team. but we cant all think were absolutely going to win.

    part 3 : i like to balance me eating food, my sleep, volleyball, schoolwork, and spending time with family and friends.

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  15. part3: i have to balance school/homework,sports/practice,test and sleep

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  16. pt1 I will be quiet when others are speaking but I will give my own ideas when I believe they are important

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  17. Part 3: I have balance in my life by dividing my time with most important events having to take up the most of my time and other little things take up less. But in everything I do I am always in the moment and focused on what I am doing.

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  18. Part 1: I will listen to everyone and have fun while also being focused on what were doing.

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  19. Par 3: I have a balance in life for ex: After school, I have sports and I can balance my time between homework and sports. I also balance my time between friends and sleep. I make sure that I get a healthy amount of sleep.

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  20. Part 2- I will make sure that there is not 1 person whose ideas are always declined, and make sure that there is not 1 person whose ideas are always accepted. I will also try to get everyone involved.

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  21. the way I will make every one tribute is that i will let everyone give an Idea

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    1. i like how you will let everyone tribute an idea and i love your pic

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  22. Part 2: I will make sure that everyone gets to say what they think and we can use everyone's ideas.

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  23. pt2 I will make sure everyone has a chance to speak, but make sure we get ''down to business''

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  24. Part 3- One of my balances is homework and play. During the school year, I started my homework when i got home, took a break for dinner, and then finished.

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  25. Part1: the balance i would bring to my team is support, leadership,and mostly positive attitude

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  26. Part 3: I have balance in life by making time for sports, family, and schoolwork every day.

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  27. part 1: I will bring balance by staying positive, listening to others, and sharing my opinions when its important and when its helpful. I will also help my friends by giving time to think if they need it and pushing my team when we need it.

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  28. Part One: the balance i bring to my team is courage. i bring courage by doing things that may be scary to other people.

    Part Two: i will make sure all of my friends balance their creativity. i think its good to share your creativity with the team you have because then everyone can come up with good plans.

    Part Three: i like to balance my schoolwork between my sports that i do every day after school.

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  29. pt3 homework/play foucus/thinking

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  30. part 1:
    the balance i will bring to my team is confidence to my team, you have to have some confidence in what you are doing or else you will most likely not succeed in what you are doing.
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    i will make sure every person has contributed something and that one person is not excluded.
    part3:
    i like to balance homework with sports and family and friends

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  31. Part1: i would make sure that everybody got a turn to talk and to be heard and for everybodys ideas to be made into one

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  32. PART 1- the balance I will bring to my team is cooperation. When you are on a team you have to work together because if you don't your whole plan will fail.

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  33. PART 2- I will make sure that everyone in my group gets a chance to tell everyone their idea.

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  34. PART 3- I have balance in my life because I make sure I have time to do homework, play with my friends, and hang out with my family.

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