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Sunday, August 12, 2012

Less Friction. More Traction. - Arlington, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post - A Professional Networking Community for Educators

Less Friction. More Traction. - Arlington, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post - A Professional Networking Community for Educators:


Less Friction. More Traction.

What’s your agenda? Do you know? Do you think you know? How honest are you with yourself? Because if you aren’t honest with yourself, you’re not going to be honest with anyone else.

Everyone has their agenda…the things they are looking to accomplish and get out of life. As we interact with each other, we discover where there are commonalities and differences on one another’s agendas. Most of us are aware of at least the major things we want that are important to us. We work to advance those things in our relationships, both personally and professionally. As we find contexts that foster success, we stay and work in those relationships. In the best contexts, we actually discover more about our personal agenda and learn about ourselves in the process. It’s all about our relationships.

When a relationship ends, it’s because of incompatible agendas. We simply don’t agree or have enough in common anymore to support one another in what we mutually want. How