BB...remember this post? Do you find the same satisfaction in consulting world now?
March 25, 2006
Change..
Last night I was watching a food show - the chef is Jamie Oliver - he used to start out doing his cooking show in the UK - then got popular in the US ...now he is pretty popular with his own restaurant in the UK... last night's show was about him trying to change the british school menu - what the kids eat in the canteen over there..... it was interesting to see how he force the kids to eat chicken and pasta.... before that all the kids ate in school and at home were fried stuff..like chicken nuggets, fries etc... he even showed the kids how chicken nuggets are made... disgusting!! I don't think I want to eat processed chicken nuggest anymore! Anyway...the major thought in my head is - he made a change! it was not easy convinving all the schools to change the menu and getting the workers to learn new menus after "cooking" the same menu for years and years.... I think it took him one year to get a few schools to change and make the difference...after a while of eating the good food, the sample school kids were found to be more energetic, can concentrate better in class etc... what a difference. HMM...I wonder if we can make a change like that to an organisation or group of people... I think I am doing that here a little to the students....again that is what I like about eduction/teaching....using the school forum and making the students think in class...making a difference in the life of someone else....gives a little more meaning to our life to do so doesn't it? I wonder if I can find the same satisfaction in consulting...har har... Bb comment ar.
My comments:
I dont know if I have told you that I have been so proud of the job you are doing right now. I admire that you can be a good good teacher, devote your energy and knowledge to your local community. It's a very meaningful job. That's why I love you...you smart, you know what you are good at, you know how to bring yourself and other people to another level, you can make the world change, make our life change.and the most important thing is:
You have a great great heart....
Love you. Admire you. :)
2 comments:
hmm.. interesting - not sure if I get the same satisfaction cos the people I consult are not "emotionally" attached to the problems - the company has the problem - so you don't get the same feedback as you would in the students you teach... how?
maybe there is always a difference b/w school and work, b/w ideal world and real world, b/w dream and reality...
I just want to remind you how much I admire you at that moment, about what you thought...although we sometimes find out the real world is not that "pretty", you still remember what brings you there, what motivates you...(it's not the "free" good food and mileage, right?)
:P
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