Good morning ka, everyone! A retiree just
turned on her desktop…jealous mai ka?
This past Monday, I had a chance to listen
to Ajarn Mor+ Nuthapong from Chiang Mai University (CMU) Medical School, sharing
his experiences about the EdPEx journey! (Education Criteria for Performance Excellence, modelled after the Baldrige Criteria of the edPEx--US) I learned a lot from him,
especially his passion and drive to do more.
Today, I got mail from Simon Tyler,
who speaks, writes and teaches around the world on the importance and
application of living and leading with simplicity and impact.
He is raising the issue of ‘enough’
to provoke our thoughts ka. He asks us to observe
how often we use this word and how it can affect the ways we think and act ka.
He states that, ‘When left unnoticed
enoughing causes stress, anxiety, tension and reduces moment to moment
happiness. Someone enoughing is prevented from noticing opportunities to
kick back, smile, laugh, chill out, take stock, and generally feel good. It
also means that if we decide to push on, i.e. not enough yet, we move deeper
into a deeply dissatisfying space.’
The statement I like best is, ‘Inspiration will leave the room when the ‘enough’ bell chimes!’
Immediately while reading about it, I thought of the EdPEx efforts exerted by Ajarn Nuthapong and his team at the CMU Medical School. They got over the set bar of 200 scores (out of 1,000), which could seem quite low. Yet, it has taken them so much brainpower, actions, and leaders’ support to reach this stage.
The statement I like best is, ‘Inspiration will leave the room when the ‘enough’ bell chimes!’
Immediately while reading about it, I thought of the EdPEx efforts exerted by Ajarn Nuthapong and his team at the CMU Medical School. They got over the set bar of 200 scores (out of 1,000), which could seem quite low. Yet, it has taken them so much brainpower, actions, and leaders’ support to reach this stage.
Had Ajarn Nuthapong said, ‘Enough’, the
journey would have been stopped without any big improvement systematically and
effectively to move on to the next level.
On the opposite, he pointed out that with
the use of EdPEx, he has seen many issues and dimensions to be done. What he
had overlooked in the past has now become essential for him to explore further,
e.g. the overall strategy to enhance learning and well-being of students in
other programs, not just medical students.
For him, the word ‘Enough!’ has disappeared
from his EdPEx dictionary ka!
Seriously in the education
circle, have we done enough or is it possible to feel hopeless to say, ‘Enough
is enough!’ We can never afford to use ‘Enough!’ for the quality of the Thais
that we’ve seen na ka!
Personally, I know I haven’t done enough
and so in my little corner, I’ll continue my quality journey as long as I can
ka!
Enough for today’s note kaJJ!
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