When I am asked to do a podcast or interview, I often make a few bullet points that I think may be helpful for the interview. I wanted to share my outline from an interview I did with Education Leadership and Beyond — Surviving and Thriving.
My Notes/Outline
- Fear of speaking out
- Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.
- Try to be correct; not necessarily politically correct.
- Freedom of speech gives us the right to offend others, whereas freedom of thought gives them the choice as to whether to be offended.
- Those who are determined to be ‘offended’ will discover a provocation somewhere. We cannot possibly adjust enough.
- Be brave enough to start a conversation that matters
- Too many are being silent because of a fear of social out casting. This leads to the loudest being mistakenly perceived as being right.
- What happens is people can simply impose their own fears and regrets on everyone else. And when folks limit themselves, they go around limiting other people usually in a very moral fashion to try and make up for the deep pain they feel for not doing what they should have done or really wanted to do.