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Charlotte Stallings Keynote TxDLA 2010

The day 2 keynote for TxDLA is motivational speaker Charlotte Stallings.


  • 8:28 AM: mamaestes New blog post: Charlotte Stallings Keynote TxDLA divalatte.com
  • 8:32 AM: mamaestes live blogging the #txdla day two keynote speaker at bit.ly Want your twitter feed on my live blog....just @ me & I'll add u
  • 8:33 AM: mamaestes presenting awards at #txdla general session...hall of fame awards.
  • 8:37 AM: mamaestes Door prize lady dressed as Judy Jetson. That's stinkin' dedication! You go girl!! #txdla
  • 8:56 AM: mamaestes #txdla - oh yeah, the door prize girls got jokes!
  • 8:59 AM: mamaestes #txdla - I want the spock cardboard cut out...I'm just sayin'
  • 9:04 AM: mamaestes and now on to the keynote speaker of the day....Charlotte Stallings #txdla
  • 9:06 AM: mamaestes #txdla stop calling it talking to yourself - it's interpersonal therapy!
  • 9:09 AM: mamaestes #txdla getting a little personal/professional history with Charlotte
  • 9:12 AM: k20 #TXDLA Charlotte Stallings is fun! What do you bring to the table?
  • 9:14 AM: k20 #TXDLA Stallings "I want to work with people who want to work with me." As educators, we need to remember that and it is not just for sales
  • 9:16 AM: mamaestes #txdla it's not about us and our agenda...we become successful by helping others reach their goals.
  • 9:18 AM: mamaestes #txdla do we force feed people our new ideas? No - four simple lessons she's learned to be successful and share...
  • 9:19 AM: mamaestes #txdla - lesson 1=success is a choice....choose your 'tude.
  • 9:20 AM: k20 #TXDLA After being thrown out of banker's office, Stallings has 4 lessons for us. 1-Choose your 'tude.
  • 9:21 AM: mamaestes #txdla - gotta love any presenter that makes references to Talladega Nights!
  • 9:23 AM: k20 #TXDLA Stallings Position your bed so that you can only get out on the GOOD side!
  • 9:23 AM: mamaestes #txdla don't take in the negative - it's about how we choose to look at things and who we choose to hang with/emulate
  • 9:24 AM: mamaestes #txdla what is YOUR tendency? Half-full or half-empty? I think my tendency is....where's the pitcher? Let's top that off! LOL
  • 9:27 AM: mamaestes #txdla - call out the Negative Nora and call it out...not critically and judgementally...but be aware of it and address it.
  • 9:27 AM: mamaestes #txdla Call out the Negative Nora - not critically or judgementally - but address it.
  • 9:29 AM: mamaestes #txdla - could it be that things are the way they are because of the way YOU are? Dr. Cindy Trimm
  • 9:33 AM: mamaestes #txdla - Charlotte had a smart 9th grade teacher.
  • 9:34 AM: mamaestes #txdla - you cannot always choose your circumstances...but you can choose to rise above them.
  • 9:34 AM: k20 #TXDLA We can't change the circumstances of our lives, but we can change the way we react and act and we can rise above them
  • 9:35 AM: mamaestes #txda - Charlotte Stallings - I'm standing here because of her (her 9th grade teacher).
  • 9:36 AM: mamaestes #txdla - attitude is the starting place - it doesn't determine the distance - but the mode of travel
  • 9:36 AM: k20 #TXDLA Attitude is the starting point, It determines your direction, but not your distance
  • 9:39 AM: mamaestes #txdla lesson 2 - Focus beats brilliance.
  • 9:39 AM: mamaestes #txdla - pay attention to detail, anticipate peoples' needs, be proactive. Don't forget about these things.
  • 9:40 AM: mamaestes #txdla - what do you do better than anyone on the planet? If you don't know - u gotta find out! Then DO IT better than anyone on the planet.
  • 9:41 AM: mamaestes #txdla - blog recommendation - seth godin - bit.ly
  • 9:41 AM: mamaestes #txdla - when have you experienced remarkability?
  • 9:45 AM: mamaestes #txdla - great example of focus beats brilliance - recognize remarkability - who are YOU being remarkable for?
  • 9:45 AM: k20 #TXDLA Focus makes you remarkable. Who are you being remarkable for? Stallings
  • 9:45 AM: mamaestes #txdla - You cannot focus on your strengths if you don't know what they are.
  • 9:46 AM: mamaestes #txdla - Unique Ability - doing well with passion!!!
  • 9:47 AM: mamaestes #txdla - Excellence - doing well without passion - Competence....minimum standards.
  • 9:47 AM: k20 #TXDLA Stallings What do you do extremely well? What is your unique ability? It will be your passion.
  • 9:48 AM: mamaestes RT @Beth_Case: This is such a great presentation. It's so easy to get bogged down and forget these messages! #txdla
  • 9:50 AM: mamaestes #txdla - incompetent...results in disaster. Recognize your incompetent areas - no judgement - just reality. Stay in your strengths.
  • 9:50 AM: mamaestes #txdla lesson 3 - Look for the lion.
  • 9:51 AM: mamaestes #txdla - the lesson of Tito - the yorkie...took on the neighborhood like a lion.
  • 9:52 AM: mamaestes #txdla Tito the yorkie doesn't know he's not a Great Dane! - He knows his job is to protect you - he will defend you!
  • 9:53 AM: mamaestes #txdla he knows no fear! - from Tito's pawgress report from doggy daycamp
  • 9:53 AM: mamaestes #txdla - What one thing would you do today if you weren't afraid?
  • 9:55 AM: mamaestes If you want to see what I'm learning today during the keynote speech...http://bit.ly/bT0cEj
  • 9:56 AM: k20 #TXDLA Stallings What would you do today, if you were not afraid? Feel the fear, but do it anyway!
  • 9:56 AM: mamaestes #txdla feel the fear - but do it anyway!
  • 9:59 AM: mamaestes #txdla - afraid? Call a lifeline - comforters, clarifiers, and confronters....call the one you need.
  • 10:00 AM: mamaestes #txdla - what are you? Comforter, Clarifier, or Confronter?
  • 10:00 AM: k20 #TXDLA Stallings What are you? Comforter, Clarifier or Confronter, when people come to you with a problem?
  • 10:01 AM: mamaestes #txdla - uh...I'm a little of all three but fall heavy in confronter ....big surprise...lol.
  • 10:02 AM: k20 #TXDLA Stallings - First understand and then seek to be understood. Common thread with yesterday's keynote.
  • 10:02 AM: mamaestes #txdla - ur stuff can't b bigger & more important that othr peoples' stuff - seek first to understand THEN to b understood (Covey reference)
  • 10:05 AM: k20 #TXDLA - The clarifiers and the confronters made the difference in Stallings' life
  • 10:06 AM: mamaestes #txdla - when you need a lifeline...do you only go to the comforters? Or do you seek out clarifiers and confronters?
  • 10:06 AM: k20 #TXDLA Stallings Lesson 4 Live your passion!
  • 10:06 AM: mamaestes #txdla - looking for the lion is an active process...seek it every day. Look for the fearless person.
  • 10:15 AM: mamaestes #txdla story of her brother James who quit school to be a musician....has played with Prince and now works with Beyonce. Passion and focus.
  • 10:15 AM: k20 #TXDLA Figure out what you love to do and what you are passionate about and go after it! Integrate it into your day. Stallings
  • 10:16 AM: mamaestes #txdla - When you pursue your passion it opens doors for you...and for other people.
  • 10:16 AM: mamaestes #txdla - lesson 4=live your passion.
  • 10:16 AM: mamaestes #txdla - great keynote. Woot to the 10th power for Charlotte Stallings.

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