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July 6, 2010

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5 People Who Inspire Me - Article

The Tools You Need to Build a Winning Team

Create a Positive School

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Greetings!

 

5 People Who Inspire Me

Tanya Walters - She’s a bus driver who stopped being a passenger in life and decided to become a driver of positive change. One day after realizing that most of her students were failing in school she decided to challenge them to do better. She challenged them to study harder, focus more and improve their grades. When they succeeded she took them on a trip on a marine biology cruise which led to the idea of a summer bus trip around the country. The purpose was to expose children to a world and life beyond the toughest streets in Los Angeles. She succeeded and now 8 trips later her non-profit, God Parents Youth Organization, has evolved into a powerful mentoring / touring program that takes children to colleges and historical sites around the country and was recently featured on Oprah. Tanya and her students are currently on their summer tour.

Follow their journey on Facebook.

 
Tanya Walters
     
Mark Johnson - He’s uniting people around the world and changing lives through the power of music. The video says it all. And it’s more powerful than anything I can write. Watch the Stand by Me video at http://www.playingforchange.com/  
Photo by Robin Holland
     
Samad Bekkar - He’s the taxi driver who drove me from Newport News Virginia to the Washington, DC train station through a major snow storm this winter. Word spread about Samad’s heroism and he was awarded the Newport News Tourism Professional of the Year. Go Samad!! Here’s the article I wrote about Samad.  
Samad bekkar
     

Steve Jobs - It’s easy to forget that he was once fired from Apple. At the time few could have predicted that he would overcome all the challenges and naysayers to lead Apple back to greatness. With visionary leadership, relentless determination, focused execution and revolutionary design and creativity, Jobs has built Apple into the most admired and innovative companies on the planet.

Read more about Steve here.

 
Steve Jobs
     
Rafael Nadal - I love the way he plays and competes. He has the heart of a champion. His fire, passion and determination are unmatched. He plays every point like it’s his last. While he was sidelined a year ago by knee injuries and faced personal challenges within his family, he has come back stronger and better to win both the French Open and Wimbledon. He is the epitome of humble and hungry. Read more about Rafael here.  
Rafael Nadal

Who inspires you? We want to know. Join the conversation on our blog, Twitter or Facebook.

Stay Positive!
Jon

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THE TOOLS YOU NEED TO BUILD A WINNNING TEAM

SoupSOUP: A Recipe to Nourish Your Team and Culture delivers the powerful message that the quality of your career, business, and team is determined by the quality of your relationships. People are hungry for positive change and a fresh sense of purpose and passion. If you are ready to stir the pot and lead by example, SOUP is a fun and engaging story that supplies you with the tools you need to build a winning team—at work, school, or home.

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"A lot of my job as a leader is to help others unleash their gifts and passions. Sometimes these gifts appear to be hidden beneath the surface but with a little heat and care, they bubble up to the surface. That’s what you’ll find in SOUP by Jon Gordon. Told in and entertaining parable form, SOUP will help you understand how to nurture the greatness in others so that you can become great as a team." - Mark Batterson, Lead Pastor of National Community Church and author of Primal


CREATE A POSITIVE SCHOOL

A positive school is a positive future. That's why we created www.PositiveSchool.com, a central place where educators, administrators and parents can find the tools, training and strategies they need to empower teachers and students. If you are a principal, teacher or parent who is ready to create a positive school:

Go Visit the site www.PositiveSchool.com
Go Download the Positive School Manifesto.
Go Host a workshop for your principals, teachers and an assembly for your students.
Go Connect with other positive educators.
Go Write and share lesson plans.

PositiveSchool.com

Thank you to Jeff Tow for creating our Positive School website.

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