Category Archives: Education
Conation has It’s Place
Where does conation live? Conation is within you. It’s not just some knee jerk reaction. Or effort that requires elbow grease. Or thing that’s isolated in your guts. It oozes out of you and bursts forth from every pore. It’s … Continue reading
Life without Rue: The Snoopy Factor
Life doesn’t have to be so difficult. Work doesn’t have to take unending effort. Anger and frustration don’t have to run rampant. Conflicts don’t need to fester. Dreams shouldn’t be squashed. You can be at your best without besting someone … Continue reading
High School Musical by MO?
When people ask me about the beginnings of my leadership theories, they’re usually surprised that it started with a high school musical. In 1957, I was a part of an extraordinary adventure. Over 200 kids at New Trier High School, Winnetka, … Continue reading
Conative Bias in the SAT?
Education Testing Service, the company that publishes the SAT exam had asked me to do a presentation for its test development team. They said they’d been trying to develop a test based on conation for many years and had not … Continue reading
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“Unacceptables”
“UNACCPETABLES” (Kathy Kolbe) It’s unacceptable to say you’re doing everything you can, when all you’re doing is thinking about it. It’s unacceptable to confuse natural conflict in conative ways of getting things done with ‘personality problems.’ It’s unacceptable say you’re brainstorming … Continue reading
