Thursday, September 16, 2010

Innovative Thinking?

I found this video on chistianlogic.com and thought it was so interesting.

I have been asked many, many times why I do what I do for free. Why would I offer my time to build a homeschooling community? Why am I not charging for my TJED Teens Club? Why do I spend so much time doing freelance projects - websites and blogs? Why am I a substitute and not a full-time teacher?

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Could this phenomenon be true? What do you think?



After watching this video...

If purpose is our highest level of motivation...is it so hard to see why people are drawn to deschooling and/or Thomas Jefferson Education (TJED)? The cornerstone to TJED is that each person has a mission in life...a purpose for living...a reason for existing. This mission or purpose is then transformed into a reason to be educated. Powerful stuff for human beings who want to be autonomous.

1 comment:

  1. Wow! I LOVED that! I had heard the part about the company that lets people choose their own focus for 24 hours, and gets great results and ideas from that one day a year! AWESOME! I think this all speaks to our virtue! I would say that most people (definitely not all) want to work at something and do it well. I would also say that most people (again, here I mean that I still believe the majority of people have some common decency and are self respecting and care about others), want to contribute to the world...whether or not they are rewarded. (I know, my comments in parenthesis kinda' show some cynicism on my part. I think the world in general, has a lot of good, but I still need some convincing of that from time to time.) :) I do think that our society does tend to treat us like the horse with a carrot on a string in front. I LOVE the idea of getting out of the way of the genius that is innate in us! Allowing ourselves to think about each other with a "Sky's the Limit" attitude..."I don't know you well, but you could be the next Einstein!", instead of "I don't trust you! or "I can do better than you!" This is such a great perspective! This is the kind of motivation and inspiration I want for the world that my children will lead someday!

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