The Newsletter of the Boothby Institute
A monthly publication designed to highlight issues of significance, program news and opportunities, as well as the writings of others related to creating a world that works for everyone.
The Critical Factor in Inspired Environments
One cannot always tell what it is that keeps us shut in, confines us, seems to bury us, but still one feels certain barriers, certain gates, certain walls. Is all this imagination, fantasy? I do not think so. And then one asks: My God! Is it for long, is it ...
School, Work and Home
The development of a sense of ownership is critical in every environment. People who have a sense of ownership tend to be excited and inspired about what they do. We have discussed in considerable detail the connection between a teacher being inspired and her (his) ability to impact the lives ...
Chiropractors in the Yucatan
Two weeks ago, I spent an extended weekend in the Yucatan Peninsula with a group of sixty chiropractors, there with one of their coaches, Dr. Jeffery Slocum, a chiropractor and President of Leaning Curves, a company he created to broaden the scope and effectiveness of the chiropractic community in general ...
Creating Environments That Work
And by our definition, environments that work are inspired. Are you excited to go to work or school each day? While enjoying vacations, do you miss the atmosphere at work or school? Do you feel valued and appreciated by those with whom you work or study? If any of the ...
The Wick Project: A Letter From Peter
Editor’s Note: Peter Blyth is a retired, thirty year veteran policeman, whose primary beat was a neighborhood call Wick in Great Britain. Only this week he finished the “What One Person Can Do” program and for a month he has returned to his old police “beat” to continue work in ...
Inspired Environments, Part 2
As promised, we are going to continue our conversation regarding inspired environments in general and inspired schools, specifically. As with all other things, everything that has to do with creating inspired environments is inter connected and influences every other part of the process. One person, one attitude, can either be ...
Inspired Environments, Part 1, Definition
The following definition of “Inspired Teaching” describes both the attributes of inspired teachers and things one must do to achieve inspired environments. It was developed three years ago by a group of public school teachers and administrators (Valerie Benton, Suzanne Loring, Helen Buzzell, Diane Wyder, Priscilla Conner, Delana Yeaton, Chris ...
Inspired Environments, A Matter More of Questions Than Answers
We are in the process of writing another book, this one having to do with creating inspired schools. As I began to think about the opening paragraphs of this work, I realized that we are really talking about inspired environments, period. The place could be a school, a bank, a ...
Tribute, The Last Second and Supercoaches
TRIBUTE By Kelly Williams What if I told you that my mom drinks orange soda pop in bed, after she’s brushed her teeth for the night? Or that she believes SPF 4 provides real protection from the harmful rays of the sun and attempts to justify the sunburn she always ...
“Barak Will Fix This!” and The Last Word Will Be Yours
Increasingly, I am aware of the attitude of "Barack will fix this" in our society and around the world. What three things could you and I do as individuals, today, that would allow us to understand more clearly the state of global economics, improve economic conditions or make the world ...
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