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A leader's responsibility is to identify the strengths of the people on their team, no matter how buried those strengths might be.
Unreasonable Hospitality
Will Guidara
Eventually, the stack hits the ceiling, and you die. As the stack rises and falls, the evolution of the stack height over time traces out a Freytag staircase.
At the same time, we should push learners to reach outside their comfort zone. For certain types of problems, planning has advantages over tinkering; for other types of problems, tinkering has advantages. Exploring patterns is particularly helpful in some situations; telling stories is particularly helpful in other situations. Even if an individual learner is more comfortable with one style over another, it’s useful to experiment with other styles and approaches. Ideally, all children should have the opportunity to engage with the world in a style that’s most natural and comfortable for them—but also have experience with other styles, so that they can shift strategies as the situation warrants.
Lifelong Kindergarten
Mitchel Resnick, Ken Robinson
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