With Halloween approaching so quickly I thought it would be a great idea to review some safety tips for this holiday. Recently I posted a new service on our website that I add to on a weekly basis. This site is called Be Safe Annapolis. My latest post deals with Halloween Safety Tips.
Take a look at it and feel free to add your comments on any other tips you may have.
Responsibility to keep our promises
In our discussion about responsibility this week we will discuss keeping our promises. While it can be very easy to make promises, sometimes not so easy to keep those promises. But when we do we are showing that we are a R.A.D person. What does that stand for? Responsible, Accountable and Dependable.
We show that others can rely, count on and depend on us and that we can rely, count on and depend on ourselves. This idea of counting on ourselves is so important in our self esteem. Just as we would not trust a person that does not keep their word, we can grow to not trust ourselves for the same reason. I think about the example that Steven Covey uses when he talks about building a personal bank account by keeping our word to ourselves and others.
As we make promises to ourself and then keep them, we will grow in our belief in ourselves. If on the other hand we fail to do what we committed to do, our ‘personal bank account’ becomes depleted and we can become very discouraged even depressed. We can show our responsibility by keeping our promises.
Going beyond the requirements
This month, we started talking about being responsible with our work and our requirements at home or in other areas of our lives. Whether at work or in school, we all have jobs and requirements we must fulfill. It’s our responsibility to fulfill them.
However, it’s common for people to simply do the bare minimum. Many will do what is absolutely necessary but refuse to go beyond. They simply don’t see “going above and beyond” as their job even if it’s clear that something must be done.
Someone once said, “I must do something” always solves more problems than “Something must be done.” How can an attitude of “I must do something” change how someone is perceived by others at school or at work? How can such an attitude change the outcomes at school or at work?
Acts of Kindness
In the next 6 weeks what can we accomplish as a school? Can we work as a group and accomplish doing and being the catalyst for 1000 acts of kindness? Can we do even more than that? Who will step up and show their leadership skills and ask their classmates to join them and do 10 acts of kindness with them?
We are putting together and absolutely amazing day of activity when my instructor comes into town to visit and train with us. I can honestly say that visiting with him for 15 minutes will inspire you for a very long time to be the best you can be. And the only thing he has asked is our school put forth our best effort and accomplish 1000 acts of kindness before he gets here.
Join me in our quest to meet that requirement. Then feel free to ask others to join you. They are welcomed to come and visit on that day also. Record all acts here on our website and we will have the results on a weekly basis posted so you know what we have accomplished so far.
Belt Test
Title: Belt Test
Description: Belt testing for all age groups.
5/6 Lil’ Dragons: 10:00 AM
7/8 Lil’ Dragons: 11:30 AM
9/12 Jr. Class 1:00 PM
Start Time: 10:00
Date: 2008-10-25
Responsibility
Young students
Responsibility means “I’m the one who gets things done!”
Older students, teens, adults:
Responsibility means doing what is required of us and what we committed to do