The comfort of little things : an educator's guide to second chances /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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St. Paul, MN :
Redleaf Press,
[2015]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Part I. An invitation to the world of second chances
- A year of second chances: when a second chance calls, will you answer?
- Why create a culture of second chances?
- Finding comfort in little things: the promise of this moment
- Part II. Facing up to our stumbling blocks: the bully of fear and the most alluring of distractions
- Squaring off against the bully of fear
- Acknowledging attractive distractions
- Partnering with (vs. avoiding) change
- Part III. Staking claim to our birthright for joy
- The climb to transcendence
- Failure, the crucible for second chances: it's not what you did to fail, it's what you do next
- Second chance denied: when the door is slammed in your face, where can you turn?
- When we think we can't, we can
- Part IV. Creating a culture of second chances
- Offering second chances to others: "paying it forward" without demanding payback
- Capitalizing on our brain's evolution toward second chances.