Guest Speaker
I had a guest speaker today. She was a Zen Buddhist lawyer. This is what I remember...
"You think that just because you have a degree, you know something? You don't know a goddamn thing."
"In school, they teach you how to get good grades. 90%-80% your above average. 70% you're average. 60%-50% you're a failure. You've been taught to think that way. But in life, you're lucky to be 50% in anything. You'd be successful if you were at 50% with the job you take, the wife you choose, the life you provide for your children. If you were an inventor, you'd be a genius. Imagine if half of the ideas you came up with were successful."
Then we had a group exercise...
Leader: What are some of the prejudices you hold?
Girl: I don't like people who take drugs just to fit in.
Boy next to her: Yeah...they have to want it in their heart.
That's all for today, folks.
"You think that just because you have a degree, you know something? You don't know a goddamn thing."
"In school, they teach you how to get good grades. 90%-80% your above average. 70% you're average. 60%-50% you're a failure. You've been taught to think that way. But in life, you're lucky to be 50% in anything. You'd be successful if you were at 50% with the job you take, the wife you choose, the life you provide for your children. If you were an inventor, you'd be a genius. Imagine if half of the ideas you came up with were successful."
Then we had a group exercise...
Leader: What are some of the prejudices you hold?
Girl: I don't like people who take drugs just to fit in.
Boy next to her: Yeah...they have to want it in their heart.
That's all for today, folks.
posted by Cas Ruffin | 9:19 AM
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