All ideas are great. The ones that are developed, financed, negotiated, produced, packaged, and sold make money.
Love,
Daddy
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"LEarning (Games People Play (The Story of Monopoly) - in 90 Seconds)" By Derrick Brown 2-26-2017
Charles Darrow lost his job as a heater salesman at the beginning of The Great Depression in 1929.
He then created, patented, copyrighted, and licensed Monopoly between 1933 and 1935 - but Monopoly was based on versions of real estate trading games whose patents date back to 1904.
Why did Darrow's version flourish - making him the first millionaire game designer?
Well, two lessons come to mind ...
1. Success results when preparation meets opportunity.
A parlor game that families could play together (both to escape the reality of desolate economic times, and to learn financial lessons that could avoid the repeat of such) was just what the doctored ordered in 1935.
2. Opportunities are often disguised as work.
All ideas are great. The ones that are developed, financed, negotiated, produced, packaged, and sold make money.
reflection led to a lot of unlearning and relearning.
i realized that i was presented
facts disguised as knowledge, opinions disguised as fact, and a whole lot of memorized processes disguised as problem solving.
it's all good, though - 'cause now I know ... that i don't know.
so i value divergent thinking ... (seeing many answers to the same question)
... creativity ... (capacity for original thought)
... reading
... writing
... counting
... and thinking
... as the keys to converting facts into information into knowledge into wisdom - and solutions to the problems of our existing state.
i have also learned to value biographies.
the stories from someone's life - and their wisdom earned through lessons learned - inspire and ground me.
how can i stay focused on my setbacks after i have learned about so many comebacks?
how can i sweat myself after i see how my path was paved by their blood, sweat, tears, courage, ideas, and principles?
how can i stay stuck in convention when i know the trailblazers who innovated all of our norms?
check it ...
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"LEarning (Thoughts on History)" By Derrick Brown 2-5-2017
the first Ph.D. was awarded at Harvard back in 1889 ... ... this means that the cats who awarded that ph.d. simply walked with the self-appointed mantle of authority and knowledge without having been granted the title.
this kind of authority is established by
a healthy dose of humility - the kind that only comes through trials, tribulations, and victory.
it is further established by
creativity, divergent thinking, innovation, work ethic, patience, grace, forgiveness, preparation, failure, persistence, equality, opportunity, and circumstance.
remember ...
dr. benjamin e. mays was MLK's mentor. i bet they learned a lot from each other! selah ...
hearing their story told me to stop sweating myself about all my "mentees".
new m.o. - help them grow, then let them go - and along the way, let them help you grow.
prepare them and then accept them as your colleagues if you mentor right, they will probably exceed you.
... doug williams had a six-hour root canal the night before the 1987 super bowl ...
then watched his washington redskins fall behind john elway's denver broncos 10-0 before scoring 35 points in the second quarter and winning 42-10.
he was the first black quarterback to lead his team to a super bowl victory ...
... and he lost his starting job the next year.
life is a series of peaks and valleys.
the struggle is real.
teacher jane elliott conducted an experiment on april 5, 1968 with her 3rd-grade class in riceville, iowa.
she called it the "brown eyes - blue eyes" experiment.
the purpose of the exercise was to let her students feel what it was like to be treated as a person of color in the united states.
if you are familiar with dates - she conducted this experiment the day after MLK was assasinated.
that took empathy, foresight, insight, preparation - and a lot of guts.
if you are keeping score (and some of you are)
i have told stories about two black men,
one white woman,
two educators,
one "baller" ...
they each have story arcs
that intersect around important ideas of
teaching, learning, mentoring, mediation, and equality.
they are all connected to the important work of rev. dr. martin luther king, jr.
they are all valuable parts of my history.
'cause we ain't got much, y'all ...
... but we got exactly what we need ...
we have principles, ideas, creativity, and work ethic.
we are living in some strange times, folks.
but we have come too far to turn back now,
and we have to pay attention to yesterday's lessons
that we oversimplify, take for granted ... or think of as
"old" and "lame".
my role in these times is to challenge a nation ...
a nation of talkers, squawkers, stalkers, and sleepwalkers
our conversations have dwindled into shouting matches and "people's court" cases
posts and reposts of articles that align with our minds to which we assign
absolute truth with no consequences
where we want to prove that our might is right your wrong is strong and always have both our say ... and our way
but civil discourse - especially between dissenters - promotes growth
it helps both parties see that they are
two points diametrically opposed on the same circle
and that preservation of the circle
is more important than our "points"
check it ...
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"Converse" By Derrick Brown 1-31-2017
I'm a speak my piece but keep my peace so how 'bout cease with all that fleece
because
we ain't sheep we're just asleep I know ... talk is cheap when it ain't deep
and ... you can't keep thoughts straight - they creep your mind's weight
- is steep mental freight - you heap into piles that date
back years - much too late fight back the tears can't fight your fate conquer your fears
slow down, bruh - it's killin' ya slowly revealin' ya pent up with feelin ya
voice ain't respected always rejected by newly elected fools that protected
policies erected by people infected never inspected system perfected
folks who objected were then subjected then also expected to stand corrected
----- begin spoken "random pontificator" interruption ---- hold up, hold up pardon the interruption wait just one second, my eloquent soul brother from another mother.
I feel you, but ... errr ... uhhh you have offered us a strong historical context, but have yet to posit a concrete solution to our status quo.
in other words ... what are we gon' do? ----- end spoken "random pontificator" interruption ----
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