The central challenge for educational systems around the world is the substitution of effectiveness for popularity.

Douglas B. Reeves
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  1. Behavior precedes belief - that is, most people must engage in a behavior before they accept that it is beneficial; then they see the results, and then they believe that it is the right thing to do....implementation precedes buy-in; it does not follow it.

  2. Deep and sustainable change...requires changes in behavior among those who do not welcome the change.

  3. Sustainable change, after all, depends not upon compliance with external mandates or blind adherence to regulation, but rather upon the pursuit of the greater good.

  4. One of the greatest inhibitions to the development of human potential is the aversion to effective practice.

  5. Technology sometimes encourages people to confuse busyness with effectiveness.

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