How many times have we heard, "The person who is least committed is the person least engaged in the program?" I have heard this said a number of times. I even have that mentality, but the author goes against by stating,"The least engaged may actually be the most committed person."
Chapter 4, titled Being a Contribution was thought provoking and mind changing. The example of the woman going to her mother to borrow money every year because her and her husband didn't manage their finances correctly allows a person to see, once the disposition and frame of thinking is changed, great things can happen. It has been said, "Attitude is everything." In the case of this chapter it is true. Once a persons view of their worth is changed, it is shown in the way they carry themselves.
I agree that "Attitude is everything." There is such a diverse set of interests that it can be difficult to find the thing that gets your students-- or people in general -- motivated. So maybe this idea of being a contribution and likening life to a game can get attitudes to change. It can certainly change the the amount of engagement one has with that issue, person or subject. Its not people who change, but their perspective that changes. That is what makes a difference.
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