This is the current construction across from KAS. They are doing the massive project of putting the train tracks underground so this space above ground can become a park with biking trails.
How could a vision like this have come about? I would like to have heard the other opinions in the room during that meeting -- both for and against.
It took a strong leader committed to this vision to see a project like this through (and I can't wait until it's finished).
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I have always been a seeker of ideas and advice. When I first started teaching I was surrounded by over 60 years of experience ... and those were just the three people I worked closest with.
I would often go seeking advice and sometimes it would find me. In the beginning, I took everything I could and tried it all. After a while, I started to see that advice I took was working less and less.
I think I could have corrected that trend if I had tried working more with the person giving advice -- a conversation would have gone a long way to building understanding on both sides. Then the two parties could have worked together to come up with a solution that fits the problem.
What works for me, might not work for you.
I started thinking about this after listening to Simon Sinek. He talked about finding your own vision, and using it as a filter for when receiving advice.
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Going back to the bicycle track -- that must have taken a strong vision to filter out the dissenting voices.