20 Opportunities to Transform Yourself While Teaching

20 Opportunities Quick Guide

1. Opportunity ...     Picture a bad situation getting better.
2. Opportunity ...     Expect something good.
3. Opportunity ...     Close, then open your hand.
4. Opportunity ...     Look at a color and see if it looks good.
5. Opportunity ...     Open your mind by accessing a tough viewpoint.
6. Opportunity ...     Lean until you step forward.
7. Opportunity ...     Listen for the next idea in your life.
8. Opportunity ...     Give an hour as a labor of love.
9. Opportunity ...     Stare at a color, then look for an afterimage.
10. Opportunity ... Use a problem to fuel a change or a learning experience.
11. Opportunity ... Read each part of your day as if it is a part of your life.
12. Opportunity ... Use a pain to practice alternatively moving toward and away.
13. Opportunity ... Return to the here and now by turning attention away from space and time.
14. Opportunity ... Ask your higher self, "Is that really a problem?"
15. Opportunity ... Be both a noun - an object - and a verb - that which you are doing.
16. Opportunity ... Don't believe in separateness which leads to ownership which leads to greed.
17. Opportunity ... Encourage yourself with your back to the mirror, then do it facing yourself.
18. Opportunity ... Observe something with your senses, then simply replay it.
19. Opportunity ... Look into the sky and reflect on the whole of all stars converging in your eye.
20. Opportunity ... Conceive of a goal, then BELIEVE, then plan.

20 Opportunities to Transform Yourself While Teaching
(free online version)

(First Edition)
John Bickart, Ph.D.
Red Shirt Interactive Group
Asheville, NC

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Cover photo composite by Anthony Scaravilli

1st edition, May 2022
ISBN: 9798702869872
Printed in the United States of America

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Dedication
Compasses are like real friends. They constantly tell you when you are heading the wrong way. This book is dedicated to my 'realest' friend, Wendy.

Part 1 of 5 - "Reclaiming Your Spirituality"
Opportunity #1. First, Change Yourself ... Wake Up Call ... Story
Opportunity #2. The True Teacher  ... Wake Up Call ... Story
Opportunity #3. Intuitive Teaching  ... Wake Up Call ... Story
Opportunity #4. The Test of Awakening  ... Wake Up Call ... Story

Part 2 of 5 - "Reawakening Your Love of Teaching"
Opportunity #5. Points of View  ... Wake Up Call ... Story
Opportunity #6. Vulnerability  ... Wake Up Call ... Story
Opportunity #7. The Unseen  ... Wake Up Call ... Story
Opportunity #8. Fun  ... Wake Up Call ... Story

Part 3 of 5 - "Recovering Your Childhood in Adulthood"
Opportunity #9. Reawakening the child in the adult  ... Wake Up Call ... Story
Opportunity#10. Heart Thought  ... Wake Up Call ... Story
Opportunity #11. Teach Yourself  ... Wake Up Call ... Story
Opportunity #12. Moving Toward and Away  ... Wake Up Call ... Story

Part 4 of 5 - "Revitalizing Your Ability to Lead"
Opportunity #13. Learn to Return  ... Wake Up Call ... Story
Opportunity #14. The Servant Leader  ... Wake Up Call ... Story
Opportunity #15. Language Reduces Experience  ... Wake Up Call ... Story
Opportunity #16. Separateness is a Subtle Deception of Physical Life  ... Wake Up Call ... Story

Part 5 of 5 - "Reaffirming Your Belief in Change"
Opportunity #17. Naming, Categorizing, Labeling  ... Wake Up Call ... Story
Opportunity #18. The Senses as a Gateway to Observation  ... Wake Up Call ... Story
Opportunity #19. Holistic versus The Divided Self  ... Wake Up Call ... Story
Opportunity #20. The Role of Belief  ... Wake Up Call ... Story

Conclusion

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