Tag: ResLife
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Just ship it!
Sometimes we can get overwhelmed and bogged down in trying to make an idea perfect – so much so that great ideas never make their way to reality. Seth Godin talks about how shipping – the art of getting something out the door and into the real world – separates the “ok” from the great. And it’s […]
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The math of action
How many times have you sat in a meeting where hundreds of great ideas are tossed around, but in the end, not much happens? In his book Making Ideas Happen, Scott Belsky repeats the adage that creativity (or productivity, progress in our projects, and growth in relationships) is 2% inspiration and 98% perspiration. He looks further […]
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What’s next vs. what’s now
At this time of the year we are already talking about next year’s RAs and potential changes in the RD staff. It’s easy to get caught up in thinking about what’s next. I’m guilty of it. I like thinking about the future and doing a little stratgizing. It’s what I do. But when we do […]
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Creating connections – proximity vs. affinity
Take a second and think of your three closest friends. How did you meet them? How did your relationship grow? In the Residence Life world, we focus a lot on relationships and connections. It’s all about helping people feel welcome and helping them become part of a community. Most of the time, we’re focused on […]
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Put the trash in the leader’s van
On the way back from a recent staff retreat, I was driver of van #2. The bosses were in van 1 with half our group, and I was following with the rest. But on the way to the retreat, my van had the luggage and their van had the food. But on the way back, […]
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Want to find out what’s really important? Stop working for two weeks.
Mark Batterson says a Change of Place + Change of Pace = Change of Perspective. I start back to work tomorrow after two weeks off to help take care of our brand new baby. One thing that was interesting about handing off all my “residence director” work three days into the semester and coming back […]
Jon Sampson 