My first lessons regarding the importance of service to both the nation and local communities came observing my parents.
So, I eventually dropped all my painting lessons after 5 years of trying and dutifully became the stereotype I was expected to be.
This is has been among my greatest lessons as a leader.
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It has helped increase student engagement in my classroom by ensuring that the lessons I teach my students are reflective of who they are racially, culturally and linguistically.
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My first computer lessons as a schoolkid were on a bulky old Apple crate.
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Having just celebrated Memorial Day, I thought it would be appropriate to share some of the lessons my colleagues and I have learned from members of our armed forces.
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It was my first time and I would definitely go again (with a few learnt lessons in my bag though).
And when I began taking flying lessons, my grandmother asked me if it was a good idea.
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But for the moment, I am still mulling over the lessons from my first experience of democracy, Iowa style.
But they brought me back to the lessons of my mother, a reminder to live as she lived -- openhearted.
Over time, my father's lessons empowered me to do better in school, to join the Peace Corps, to become a schoolteacher and to serve my community.
It is my job as a father to keep my children safe so I am proud these lessons have stuck in their minds, especially given that these lessons were not so prevalent in my day.
Here, I witnessed firsthand one of the most important financial lessons of my life: It is essential as a woman (and for anyone in a relationship, although women are particularly vulnerable) to know where your money is, and to keep an eye on your household finances.
" In pleading guilty, Mr. Longueuil said: "I have learned a lot from my experience, and I look forward to applying those lessons as I move forward with my life.
As I walked out the door that afternoon with my autographed Bogie head cover , I thought that these are lessons applicable to any workplace, including my own at SAP .
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When I graduated, my children gave me flying lessons (which, I confess, I never used).
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In attempts to add to the positivity, here is my somewhat snarky Top 10 Lessons List.
As I reflected about this the other day, I tried to recall off the top of my head the biggest life lessons I should try to always carry with me in life.
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My children have been learning lessons about entrepreneurship since they were in kindergarten, and these lessons are paying off: even though they are only 22, 18, and 15, they have already collectively launched three nonprofit organizations and several new businesses.
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Clinton added that Kerry has been "working closely with me and my team to learn the lessons of the tragedy in Benghazi, further protect our people and posts, and implement every single one of the Accountability Review Board's recommendations, " she said, referring to the killings of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans in Benghazi in September.
The lessons I derive from my research are not likely to go down easily with either.
As to lessons to forget, my colleague Morgen Witzel suggested that a classic military example is the Maginot Line.
Aside from choosing a pharmacy carefully, my experience taught me some important lessons.
The business lessons I learned from my dad still resonate with me today.
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One of the most important lessons I learned during my years as a CEO was that great employees are not replaceable.
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I'm proud to say that these hard-won lessons have served to galvanize my resolve.
My students have taught me many invaluable lessons - in particular lessons about resourcefulness and resilience.
"I learned lessons the hard way from my interpreter on things that were culturally stupid, " McWilliams said.
The situation was resolved with a positive outcome, but the leadership lessons continue to be on my mind.
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