Tag Archives: Change

Avant-Garde

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It’s been said that everything popular was once ridiculed and the thinkers behind it demoralized. The reason “it” became popular was definitely not the work of those who gave up, who let themselves be emotionally influenced, who backed off in the face of criticism.

Nor was it brought forth by those who were indifferent. Take, for example, the move to legalize gay marriage. Those who could care less whether it’s legalized or not have little to no influence over it being legalized. (counterarguments anticipated)

It’s the avant-garde who break through the glass, the threshold, the wall, the oppression, the fear, the criticism; all the obstacles that go along with something incredible.

“Those who belong to the avant-garde are committed to the future and thus by necessity, are also isolated; but their conviction that they are ahead of their time enables them to endure.” – Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann

More or less this is a salute to the avant-garde, as well as an expression of hope that you will become/remain one of them.

 

Stay Positive & There Is No Popular Without Avant-Garde

Garth E. Beyer

Let’s Start Schooling Dreams

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Even though I’ve worked on writing this for nearly a year, and worked on researching this for 16 years, this may not work.

Just over a year ago Seth Godin asked everyone, “What do you think we ought to do about education?”

Well, here is my answer: Start Schooling Dreams (click the link to download)

Start Schooling Dreams is my 35,000 word manifesto answering the question. It’s completely free and I will be working on creating different formats of it to suit your liking – I simply couldn’t wait any longer to give it to you.

I want to make one thing clear before you open up and start reading. The goal here is to start asking questions and you’ll hopefully realize this very quickly as you read. This also means that I want you to ask me questions. Let’s get a discussion going, let’s connect, let’s change what school is for.

Feel free to print this out, email it to friends, family, teachers, random school administrators.

After you start reading, I encourage you to come back to this page and leave a comment giving a shout out to “that one teacher.”

Lastly, thank you for giving this a shot, for facing the obvious, for making time to act. I truly appreciate all you’ve already done, all you’re doing, and all you’ll be wanting to do. What do you say? Let’s Start Schooling Dreams.

 

Stay Positive & Yea, Things Are Going To Change

Garth E. Beyer

Two-Pronged Tactic To Change

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To change your life in whichever way you want, you have to change your thinking, your view, your thoughts, your mind – change what you think. You have to change what you see, and the quickest way to do that is also the fastest thing you can do: change what you think.

With hundreds of thousands of thoughts every day, changing your mental pictures isn’t difficult. I always take respite in knowing that the single most sure way to stop any negative feelings is to stop thinking about what is causing those feelings.

  • To change what happens on the outside, just change what happens on the inside.

The second tine in the two-pronged attack is the real battle: changing our actions to reflect our thinking.

If I am feeling lonely (everyone is) and I start thinking about hanging out with friends, the change in thought and feelings are only temporary. I have to then perform praxis. I have to do the action which is the result.

Praxis is about boldness and boldness is the willingness to initiate action without guarantee of results. And you can’t be bold until you come to terms mentally.

  • “What we do comes out of who we believe we are.” - Rob Bell

 

Stay Positive & The Two-Pronged Attack Is Actually A Cycle

Garth E. Beyer

Top Blogs And Blog Posts (2012)

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These are the top 5 blog posts in the sense of the number of views.

These are the top 5 blog posts of my choice and popularity.

These are the top 5 blogs I kept up with throughout the year. Admittingly, Seth Godin’s is the only one that I read nearly every single blog post from. The other blogs I stop by every week or two.