University of Oklahoma Professional Development Day

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University of OklahomaProfessional Development
Day

• Bill Johnson, Facilitator
• University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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Todays Session

• Find Your Voice,
• Live Your Dreams!

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• The man who follows the crowd, will usually get
  no further than the crowd. The man who walks
  alone is likely to find himself in places no one
  has ever been before
• You have two choices in life you can dissolve
  into the mainstream, or you can be distinct. To
  be distinct you must be different. To be
  different, you must strive to be what no one else
  but you can be.
• Attributed to Alan Ashley-Pitt

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Opening Activity

• Chat Pack

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Inspirational Video

• How to Live Your Life

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Activity

• Letter to Self
• (to former self or future self)

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I Wonder Why

• I wonder why
• You felt the need
• To take away my innocence
• Keeping me silent
• With gifts and untrue love.
• I wonder why
• I had to endure so much pain
• To be a man
• The bruises, the welts
• But still refused to cry.
• I wonder why
• You took away my virginity
• And promised your love to me
• You were my first love
• Until I found you in bed with another man.
• I wonder why

• I wonder why
• I could never fit in
• Always trusted others
• But could never shake to stigma
• Of an oreo black on the outside, white on the
  inside.
• I wonder why
• People could be so mean
• Always judged by the color of my skin
• And not be the quality of my work,
• Or the love in my heart.
• I wonder why
• They say things happen for a reason
• Why endure so much pain
• Live with constant suffering
• Just to be stronger in the end.
• Now, I understand why

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Activity

• Bucket List of Dreams

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Activity

• Fun-to-Try/
• Love-to-Learn List

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Activity

• Personal Manifesto

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Bills 2014 List

• Learn to speed read 1,000 words a minute.
• Learn how to write a successful grant.
• Write a book (or e-book) in 30 days.
• Find six new strategies to get students excited
  about education.
• Learn how to play the piano or the guitar.
• Create a new mastermind group/dream team.
• Perform at least 6 off-campus workshops in 2014.

• Learn how to use at least one new social media.
• Do a 3-day or 5-day meditation retreat.
• Be more accepting of others and be less
  judgmental.
• Create a Purpose and Vision Navigator Training
  Program.
• Write an post in my blog at least once a week.
• Spend at least four days of relaxation with
  Rebecca.
• Double the size of my tribe.
• Connect with at least one old friend a month.

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Inspiration Video

• Every Student
• Needs a Champion

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Inspirational Quote

• The purpose of life is to discover your gift.
• The meaning of life is to give your gift away.
• David Viscott

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Contact info

• Bill Johnson
• Student Success Coordinator, Life Coach,
  Instructor
• Office of Life Planning and Personal Development
• School of Health and Human Sciences
• University of North Carolina at Greensboro
• whjohnso_at_uncg.edu
• 336-207-6795
• Blog - http//thedreamdean.wordpress.com
• Twitter - _at_thedreamdean1