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    MANAGINGCONTEMPORARY

    ANASTASSIA

    12-08-14ANASTASSIA

    PODOLIOUKH 8:30 P.M.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTSTHE PCDP:

    P+C+D+P......................................................................................................................................3

    How It All Started.........................................................................................................................4Career Leader Results.................................................................................................................4-5

    LEARNING GOALS AND OBJECTIVESCoaching Goals......................................................................................................................6

    Managing Conflict Goals..............................................................................................7

    Up-Close & Personal ...................................................................................................8

    Heading Back To The Gym...........................................................................................9

    IN- ACTIONSIX STEPS TO COACHING...EFFECTIVELY

    ......................................................................................10But Mama Told Me I Was Special!.................................................................................11-13Revolutionary Enthusiasm.....................................................................................................14Lifting Weights Off Mess Ups...............................................................................................................1

    Psychedelic Therapy.........................................................16

    SIX STEPS TO MANAGING CONFLICT EFFECTIVELY.............................................17-18How do you avoid reality?.................................................19-20

    Write What I Are. Write Where I Wanna Be. By You..................21A Scenario.........................22What is your stance?.......................23

    Reflectons

    Coaching................................24

    Managing Conflict................................25

    BIBLIOGRAPHY.........26

    WEEKLY PLAN...............27

    Appendix A------WEEKLY COACHING PLAN...................28

    Appendix B------LETTER TO SVETLANA............................29

    Appendix C------LETTER TO NASTIA......................................30Appendix D------JOURNEY MAP.................................................31-36

    Appendix E------CAFE DE CHICHI..................................................37

    Appendix F------STALE RESUME.......................................................38

    Appendix G------NEW RESUME..............................................................39

    Appendix H------CAREER LEADER RESULTS............................................40

    Appendix I-------VIDEO COMPONENT...........................................................41

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    P+ C+ D+ PWhy do I need to develop? Am I not smart enough? I got into Schulich!

    The Personal Competence

    Development Plan is the most

    popular new jargon of the 2015s.

    It seems to be the central

    focus of all the most exciting

    discussion heard traveling throughthe Schulich halls, because it

    entails one of the most important

    self-discovery journeys the

    students will have an opportunity

    to take in their first year of

    University!

    It turns out you can not only

    be could doing youre PCDP....but

    also be caught in the act of PCDP

    ing!

    The enthusiasm from student

    is contagious!!! No one wants to

    admit how much it has become a

    dear part of their lives and in the

    process has changed them!

    We have spent weeks and

    weeks working with this personal

    business diary of ours, to the point

    where is almost feels awkward tobe giving it to foreign eyes to

    speculate at.

    But lets get down to the

    bottom line here. What were we

    doing this whole time? What

    where we trying to accomplish

    with this project whose emphasis

    were on personal goals and a

    reassessment of the nature and

    habits that internally govern the

    whereabout and attractions of our

    external existence?

    How did I decide what mypersonal strength was and my

    personal weakness in the

    beginning, and how has that

    changed or stayed the same, at the

    end of my journey?

    These are questions ofafterthought that I feel have been

    the underlying currents of

    emotions and motivators through

    my whole experience developing

    this project and realizing it has

    become a greater part of my life

    then I initially thought.

    So buckle up! Life isnt always

    a smooth ride. But it never fails to

    amuse even the most talented of

    pessimists and most over

    complicated life lovin Anastassias!

    ANASTASSIA

    December

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    Well.....I graduated high school, got into University,

    and was put into a class of 20 fantastic students for myMGMT tutorial, where we were assigned our PCDP and

    BPTPs. The initial reaction of all students were, What is

    this? with a hint of fear and uncertainty in their eyes. The

    moment of enthusiasm only started to pick up after we

    spoke to some upper year students and were informed on

    how fun it could be! The challenging and exciting aspect

    always motivates me through all my projects. But first, I

    always have to completely understand what that project is.

    And the first step to that was to take my Career leader test.

    Career Leader Results

    On my first attempt at the career leader test, if I was to

    graduate from Schulich at this moment, they ranked my

    first option of choice upon my leave to be going into Public

    Relations and Communications, which did no surprise me

    at all. Second was Law and forth Management Consulting.

    But what shocked me most was when

    Entrepreneurship sitting at eleventh place on my first

    attempt, skyrocketed all the way to number 1 !

    I think that shows that being at Schulich has mad

    more innovative and open minded. Always searchingnew ideas, and making the old ones work even better

    on the other hand tipped over to number 4 which isn

    bad, and Management Consulting raised his head to

    number 2!

    Overall I am satisfied with my results and they m

    sense to me.

    Now, lets take a closer look at what the Personal

    Competence Development Plan actually is!

    COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT INVOLVESUPGRADING PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE, SKI

    AND ATTITUDES (YOUR KSAS) TO IMPROVEPERFORMANCE ENABLING YOU TO MEETPERSONAL GOALS AS WELL AS CONTRIBUMEANINGFULLY TO ORGANIZATIONAL GOA

    AND UNDERTAKINGS. - PROFESSOR JEANADAMS

    HOW IT ALL STARTED

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    CONTINUATION OFP+C+D+P

    So we were to:

    1) Pick a skill we thought

    were good at. :))))))

    2) Pick a skill we thoughtwere not so good at. :((((((

    3) Put ourselves insituations we have neverbeen in before. And seehow well our perceptionsof ourselves ring true. : O

    The PCDP experienceis all about the interactivitybetween you, yourknowledge and yourapplication of this knowledgein the real world! When youtake all those guidelines,advice and thoughts you havecreated through the process ofstudying your weaknesses andstrengths to the moment you

    finally apply and see withyour very eyes, the product ofyour vision andcommunications with others.

    Every action has aconsequence. I think we havebeen over programmed tothing that a consequence issomething bad. Is somethingwe all want to avoid.

    Something we want to beliberated from.

    When a consequence isreally the greatest truth. The

    value of your actions, andthrough your actions theperson you become.

    One of the firstepiphanys I had whenstarting to work on this

    project was that if somethingbad comes out of a situation,its because it had alreadybeen programmed that wayin the beginning, or becausesomeone did not care enoughin the beginning forthemselves, or others, to catchthe error in the first stages ofdevelopment and completelyeliminate it from theprogramming of therelationship. Every project isa relationship. Is a bond thatforms, is the energy andknowledge that is being keptand given, kept and given, bitby bit people are testing howmuch is asked of them, and

    how much they can get awaywith.

    One of the hardest lessonsI have learned for anyoneworking in this world, is thelesson on not giving someonethe luxury or opportunity todeceive you in any way orform. The most important

    personal need of a humanbeing, is that need of respectAnd the hardest lesson youlearn is how to Demand It.and Protect it.

    How do you do this? WellI believe there is no easy wayof coming to terms with asituation that has worked outnot in your favor. Especiallywhen you were relied on andlet your team, your parents,but especially yourself down.

    But this is the one hardlesson you learn in coachingwhich is the weakness I choseBut it was actually my

    strength, Managing Conflict,that pulled me out ofconfusing thoughts, coachingcreated, and helped meunderstand the differencebetween the lightness and thedarkness of thoughts thatexists within the parametersof circumstance.

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    Thinking well is

    Good

    Planning well is

    Better

    Doing well is

    Best

    International Proverb Society

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    Learning Goals and ObjectivesWants, Ways, and BecomingsBy Trenz Pruca

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    Coaching GoalsWhen I first looked through the list of of strengths and weaknesses, coaching wasnt my

    weakness as much as it was a territory unexplored to me. The first question that popped to

    mind was, Is something that you havent yet explored but always been curious

    about necessarily, your weakness?

    When I started doing more of the readings and looking into the art of coaching, I

    realized a lot of if it is common sense, good will and consideration for others. Which led me

    to my second question, Is a nice coach the best coach?

    Many times in life, people are walking around us, and being nice, just for the sake of notcausing any discomfort to another, but not really helping them either, when they can clearly

    see a person can use a hand. A coach is someone who probably has more experience then

    you in some areas of life, and its their job to guide you through the process of learning. But

    life is not black and white, divided by personal life and profession. Which lead me to my

    third question, Is there a boundary of professionalism that a coach neednt

    cross when dealing with students or is it normal and even human to feel and

    try to give as much knowledge and understanding to someone regarding all

    aspect of their life?

    Another thing that has always been of interest to me is how a someone goes from thetransition of being a student to becoming a coach. First of being the the sponge of all this

    knowledge and now squirting it back at innocent souls. When students are asked to do

    something they do it, but I feel like the best classes, have always been because of the best

    teacher.s Which leads me to my fourth question, Do we learn better when we are

    able to relate with somebody who is not afraid to share themselves with us,

    inspiring us with their confidence and love for their work, instead of

    somebody who just tries to teach us by the book?

    I believe being a coach is a very difficult job, even though to any student from the side it

    might look like their coach is just sitting in the background giving commands. The studentteacher bond has always been an interesting one through out history. Which leads me to

    my final fifth question , How does the coach and the student reach that

    equilibrium of respect that motivates both partys to continue working

    towards the same objective in heart, mind, and soul?

    My experience in Coaching will be complete if I can manage to answer these

    five questions.

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    Learning Goals and ObjectivesWants, Ways, and BecomingsBy Trenz Pruca

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    Managing Conflict Goals

    When I first looked though the list of choices, I felt that managing conflict, wassomething I was best at, or knew most about. Which led me to my first question. Is

    something you know most about, necessarily what youre best at?

    Over the years I have gotten myself into many favorable and unfavorable situations. I

    had dealt with many types of personalitys, but always finding my own to be the most

    difficult and enigmatic. I had other people answers and could tell them off the top of my

    head. But when I was having a hard day it felt like no one even had a clue, I could use a

    clue! This grew to my second question, Do people just not care, or do people just

    not know?

    Managing conflict is all about being able to detect root causes. Those veins that

    sprawl over the flesh of an idea and give it life, and still circulate, weather injected with

    venom or not. Venom are mistakes that are not caught fast enough, and if dwindle in the

    body of your project for too long, will weaken its immune system, and attack an organ/

    function of the group that is weakest.Which led me to my fifth question, Why do

    people sometimes watch an error occur without fixing it, and just let it

    evolve and backfire at them, because they let it happen in the first place?

    Managing conflict is about intellect as it is about speed, and building a solid image

    without leaving out with is wrong, in order to be able to deal with it, and explain it toothers. Mistakes are our greatest teachers. But wanting to understand them our our purest

    voices asking for help, and assistance. Which leads me to my third question, Why are

    people so resilient to speak up sometimes?

    That is what fascinated me most. That every part of a conflict is so interconnected.

    Its a chain reaction of events, and what most people dont realize is the affect that one

    positive person, fused with a new batch of fresh energy, can change the everyone elses

    sets of motivation in a group to start moving towards the same goal again, with the

    energy infused in the natural process of creation of a new idea! Which lead me to my

    fourth and final question, Who are these miracle people that bestow suchpositivity upon us in the most chaotic moments, and where does this sense

    of importance, and determination arise, when you know you can take the

    situation by the reins, without knowing anything at all?

    My experience in Managing Conflict will be complete if I can answer these

    five questions.

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    UP-CLOSEWhat you might not know about me is that I was a

    rhythmic gymnast for 10 years of my life, before retiring

    in 2009 to focus on my education. Even though

    gymnastics is beautiful and elegant in its own ways, it

    does not lack the drama, the politics and the hidden

    agendas of any other sport. Actually the all female aspectquite intensifies it.

    I competed for the National Team of Canada for

    many years. This took from the glamorousness of Los

    Angeles, to mystic cities like Cairo, and empirical resort

    towns like Malaga in the south of Spain. Apart from all

    the elements, combinations and throws we learn in

    gymnastics, the most I took out of this sport was

    watching how people deal with other people, and how

    people deal with themselves.

    You cannot come up to a person, without

    remembering the experiences you have shared and the

    conversation you have had. In a way, you start off, right

    where you left of, were the words spoken by my high

    school Literature Teacher Dr. Ributans (Doc).

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    TheDiscoveryKnowingThat WhoWas NeveInterrupteWho I WaAbout To

    BecomeAnd then realized snever left either.

    PERS

    ONAL

    &In gymnastics youre always surrounded by a collage of

    gymnasts for all different levels and walks of life, their parent

    coaches, apprentices, judges, fans, teams and preferences. Everyb

    has a strong opinion of others, and therefore adapt a strong opin

    of themselves. This isnt bad. Because it actually builds confidenc

    a young age, and teaches you how to protect what is yours, and fi

    for your place on the podium and later in life.

    Its been three years since I left that life, and in this while, f

    tracked through high school, and am now in one of the best busi

    school in the world, that has offered me a unique opportunity experience a part of me that I left behind undiscovered in

    gymnastics. The coaching part! For my PCDP I decided to go b

    to the gym, with the gracious help and enthusiasm of my form

    coach Svetlana Joukova, and take a hit at coaching, and discover

    other half of the sport I never had a chance to uncover.

    This experience is recorded in thorough detail, and I hope y

    have as much reading it, as I enjoyed living it!

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    Heading Back To TheGym....Where you belong!

    Is how my former coach

    Svetlana Joukova likes to

    put it.

    I have trained with Svetlana for

    a good portion of my life, but most

    importantly those years that are the

    first time you become self aware of

    yourself. She took me at the ripe age

    of ten into her sports club. It was a

    completely new experience for me,

    because for once in my life, I was

    surrounded by so many other girls,

    just like me or a year older. All very

    talented, hard working, and feisty!

    She trained me to become the

    best! After only a year with her, I

    beat all the girls a year older than me

    in the same category, and made it on

    the National Team of Canada; the

    Top 8 Position!

    After this we began traveling the

    world. We went to L.A to twice where

    I came back a gold medalist, againstgirls from Australia, Belarus, Czech

    Republic and everyone in the mix.

    Watching all of these girls on the

    competition carpet and behind made

    me realize that every single gymnast

    has a different and unique

    relationship with her coaches. All

    coaches have their own mentality and

    approach to their profession. Some

    coaches dont mind yelling at you in

    front of all of your friends andstrangers after a bad routine behind

    the curtains, while others dont mind

    casually asking about your love life,

    while doing their nails and sitting on

    your back leg, when your sitting in

    mid air, squirming and stretching

    between two chairs. Its during

    competitions like these that I

    realized how unique each

    situation is, and even more

    impressive that each gymnast has

    designed an approach that works

    for her to deal with it.

    The stress gets overwhelming. We

    are left to decide on our own

    weather to protect ourselves, or le

    ourselves slowly feel the pain of

    failure and someone else voice or

    opinion of us subtracting from ou

    self esteem.

    Thats why you need a coach whoknows you. Who understand you,

    and who is willing to love you

    enough and make you suffer

    enough for you to understand this

    lesson. Suffering is not what you see

    in movies, with someone wincing in

    pain and bleeding out. Many times

    suffering is severe contemplation over

    what to do with yourself, based on a

    bad feeling you get of how someone

    treated you, and how to fix in a slyway, in order to get the respect back

    you know you deserve!

    Its not a simple game. But I wen

    back to the gym to learn how to play

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    Step One:Building Trust &Partnership

    When first approaching my coach

    about this project I have to admit she

    was a little scared but so was I. I didnot know weather I had the ability to

    motivate a whole new group of girls,

    and accomplish the exercises

    successfully that I have imagined

    with them. My coach had to leave

    for the Pan American

    Championships the next day with

    her group who qualified for the

    Olympics next year. Everyone had a

    two week break at the gym, so she

    told me to develop the idea, and she

    would have time to think about her

    answer.

    When she got back she was

    invested with a whole new energy

    and enthusiasm for my project, and

    was actually the one who motivated

    me to come to the gym and work

    with the girls for a bit on my own.

    She assured me that if I needed any

    help or had any questions I could

    always come to her, and should

    never feel like I was bothering her.

    And of course that she would always

    be watching over me. She had my

    trust from the very beginning, but I

    knew I would slowly have to earn

    hers.

    One thing we both agreed on is

    that I needed to speak to the parents

    of the girls to let them know exactly

    what I was up to. The first step to

    effective coaching is.....Building trust, rapport and

    partnership. I not only needed to

    ask their permission to work with

    their kids one day out of the week

    before the competition season when

    every day counts! But to also film

    them as a video component, which is

    something the kids were more

    excited about.

    I of course also notified the girls

    and sent them some examples of

    things I wanted to accomplish over

    the course of my trainings with

    them.

    What I learned is that building

    trust within all levels of the club isextremely important, and if done

    correctly, can bring an overwhelming

    wave of enthusiasm from both sides,

    resulting in a progressive state of

    being.

    APPLIED

    One of the first exercises I did

    with some of the younger girls was

    called The Circle of Life. And

    because gymnastics is their life, they

    were really excited. The objective of

    this welcoming activity was for

    everyone to feel a sense of

    interconnectedness amongst each

    other and realize that gymnastics is

    more than a sport, that the amount

    of time they spend together, is not

    just time, it builds the future

    interactions between them and

    others. Realizing why they lovegymnastics so much is the first step!

    We all sat in something called a

    gymnastics circle, meaning in Middle

    Spilt with our toes are connected to

    another others, introduced ourselves,

    and said one thing we love most

    about the sport. The activity went

    exceptionally well, and I was glad to

    see the girls nervousness about me

    dissipate a little after the first day.

    Step Two:Identify & Explore KeyIssues

    Determine areas of focuswith an open and thoroughdialogue of the individual'sissues. Your role is to promptdiscussion, probe for

    understanding, and facilitateidentification of coachingpriorities. --Prof. Jean Adams

    One of the hardest lessons I had

    to learn in the following weeks ishow not to instruct with showing

    what I am doing always. Lets face it.

    I cant do half the things these kids

    are doing anymore! But to help to

    instruct them with words. It takes

    any student time to get used to their

    new coaches approach to teaching,

    but surprisingly the girls picked my

    techniques up very quickly and our

    weeks followed with an open

    relationship.

    APPLIED

    One problem I felt in the gym

    that I need to address was the

    attention of time each girl was given

    not to only practices her whole

    routine but more importantly the

    individual elements that constitute it.

    When I approached my coach about

    this, she handed over theresponsibility to me, and we started

    spending half an hour before going

    through their routines with music,

    focusing solely on individual

    elements that were challenging to

    them. When introduced muscle

    awareness to their body when

    working with different elements, they

    really got it! At the end of the day

    my coach looked at me, and I knew I

    had successfully completed my

    unexpected good deed of the day!

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    SIX STEPS TO COACHIN...EFFECTIVE

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    CONTD

    Step Two:

    Identify & Explore Key IssuesSomething else that I found not so odd about

    the girls was that gymnastics was their main

    form of expression. But at the same time, their

    least discovered one. When I asked many girls

    what they thought of it, they didnt really know

    how to put it into words, they just kinda did it.

    I was the same way once, but it helped me

    the first time I realized who I am, and how thissport models me after itself. They were a little

    confused. That information took a lot of time to

    process but after a few weeks it appeared in the

    form of a greater sense of self that I felt growing

    within them in the way the spoke, and walked

    and acted. They werent just there. They were

    there!

    There was one particular girl Maria, whowas an interesting case for me, because she

    wasnt doing the best, even though she had the

    most talent for the sport out of any other girl.

    But she lacked the inner motivation that helped

    her shine. I asked her what was wrong, and she

    told me there was a particular element that hurts

    her hip, and messes her up in the middle of

    every routine. Aha! I thought, that is a root

    cause!

    I asked her why she hadnt spoken to

    Svetlana and told someone about her

    discomfort. She just shrugged, and couldnt

    understand where I was coming from. I let her

    know that there are over 200 elements in

    gymnastics. Just because one doesnt work out,

    doesnt mean every single day has to go to hell,

    and you have to put physical and emotional

    stress on your foot.

    Next I asked her how much the element was

    worth. in gymnastics it can be anywhere from

    0.1 to 1.2 points. Then I went into the books and

    figured out another element that she could

    substitute in her level that actually looked moreattractive then the one she was doing now.

    During her routine, when the element did not

    work for the third time, I told Svetlana who was

    sitting beside me that maybe it was just not her

    element. There were 2 options for her to change

    it to. I didnt want it to seem like it was my

    suggestion. So we let Maria do Svetlanas option

    and then my option. For some reason, she nailed

    mine on the first try, she loved it, we kept it, andsubstituted it into every composition of hers.

    Now the girl is prancing like a gazelle

    throughout her routine without worrying about

    the anticipation of doing something that causes

    her discomfort, when it can easily be substituted

    for something for something makes her look

    beautiful.

    But Mama Told Me I Was Special!Creating the K in Unique

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    Step Three:Establish Specific Goals &Clear Contract

    After the accomplishment with

    Maria, Svetlana and I noticed a

    radical change in her

    performance, and in her level ofenergy through out training.

    Nobody is going to be happy to

    work through pain, but why didnt

    she speak up? I later told Svetlana

    privately that her hip had been

    hurting. And all she could say was

    Why didnt she tell? I told her I

    dont know. But imagine if

    everyone was hiding something assimple and as re-do-able as that!

    Svetlana told me that she is in the

    position of authority, and maybe

    some of the younger girls have not

    caught up to the humor in her

    necessary force of words and will

    sometimes. She asked me to keep

    an eye on them, and work with

    them individually where I could.

    Lets face it...one person cannot

    run the whole circus!

    APPLIED

    I was thinking about Maria on

    my way to Schulich one day, with

    a camera in my purse I decided to

    interview some of my fellow

    Schulichers about their

    experience being a coach, or theirexperience being coached.

    The greatest underlying cause

    of grief I found from previous

    experiences in their lives when

    being coached was discrimination,

    and not being heard. Either

    because of their skin color, their

    body type, or their natural lack of

    talent.

    I found the biggest problem

    students found with coaches- and I

    can say the same for teachers- is

    when they apply one technique to

    all students. When they dont

    realize that each student is a

    unique challenge, and there are

    many ways to solve a problem orwork around difficult barriers of

    rules that cannot be specifically

    lifted for the student.

    Try to kill two birds with onestone by identifying activitiesthat achieve more than one

    goal.- PJA

    Another idea that came to meafter elaborating on my

    experience with Maria is that

    every gymnast has a Signature

    Move! This is an obsession in

    gymnastics because we all want to

    leave unforgotten when we walk

    away from the sport forever. Most

    of the best ideas are brewed

    hidden in the Russian Rhythmic

    Gymnastics Olympic Cen

    Novogorsk in the Subur

    Moscow, where the Oly

    Champions train. But no m

    where which country you go

    the world, every country

    gymnast even has their own

    I brought my Mac wit

    one day to gymnastics and sh

    the girls a video of the most r

    World Championshdemonstrate my point o

    necessity of self-expression.

    I asked the girls who is

    favorite gymnast and why

    what is their favorite gym

    signature move that make

    unique. I realized this made

    think a little bit ahe

    themselves. Not about the pr

    moment, but what they

    make become

    So next I asked them if th

    an element that describes t

    which one would it be? D

    exist yet? What does it look

    What kind of moveme

    emotion does it try to perso

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    Step Three:Establish Specific Goals& Clear Contract

    Once they chose one cool

    move that they liked most, I told

    them that the first step to gettingwhat you want, is knowing what

    you want. Each girl was to write

    down one realistic element that

    they could incorporate into their

    routines, and practice it only 50

    times a day. Knowing they had

    that limit provided I promised

    Ide ask Svetlana to leave us

    another 15 during training, togather all the girls, and work on

    just that one element. They

    made that decision and made it

    their first realistic goal!

    Point the individual in theright direction by

    collaboratively identifying thetarget at which to aim. Define

    clear, concrete, achievablegoals with realistic time

    frames and strike a contractthat will ensure success.- PJA

    Then I asked the girls to

    think about one element that

    that they love the most in

    gymnastics. Surprisingly most

    where jumps and rotatingbalances. I was impressed. And

    asked if I get them on camera

    for that. These girls already had

    a pretty good idea of which

    element suits them, in the sport

    that defines them.

    By the third week the girlsare already comfortable aroundme and we have establishspecific goals, and have alreadyaccomplished some amazingthings along the way. I havelearned that coaching with anopen mind everyday is morethan I could ever learn from atextbook. And this is only thebeginning!

    Step Four:Develop Coaching Plan

    The training process beforecompetition season is gruesome

    and stressful. The kidsexperience lots of ups anddowns in physical strength, andhighs and lows in emotionallevels.....But So Do Coaches!

    A skill is best acquired byactually performing the skilland receiving feedback onperformance.- PJA

    A gymnastics coach is notjust someone who sits there andpresses play and pause on thesound player. A gymnasticscoach is someone who needs getup on her feet, pick up theapparatus and show how toreadjust the gymnasts routinewhenever she sees it fit, and thiscan be almost everyday. This

    puts an enormous stress on thegymnast to always be at the topof her game, but also on thecoach to push the gymnast toher highest potential andultimate success.We dont have deadlines ingymnastics. Gymnastics is anextension of elegance with adrop of sports venom. It is a

    drive. Its speed. Its complexWhen our only job is to make

    look simple. The girls who dothe best are actually the oneswho are not afraid to bend thrules to their advantage. To

    speak up. To put their best foforward. And never let anyondoubt their ability to succeedand be the best. These girlsknow who they are, and theyknow they expect only the beof themselves. Nothing less.

    This was my coaching plan frthe very beginning. To develo

    this mentality in the young giTo make them more self awaof themselves, and what theyfighting for in this life. I feel ithe most important thing I toout of gymnastics, and when

    Be kind to your behind....tyour past- Anastassia

    got the chance, I came back t

    time to the gym, to introducethis concept to them.

    I never gave them speeches. Inever gave them orders. I nevtold them how to think, or whto do. I told them stories, thathelped them reflect on their olives. I find this to be the mosun- intrusive and universal fo

    of education. When theindividual curiosity is sparkedand that fire that is born insidthem, takes the time to cook new ideas in their minds, thawill forever grow into more amore complex entities of theimagination and one daybecome a product of real life

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    Step Four:Develop Coaching Plan

    AppliedEach day I was there I had enhance

    the student-teacher experience on the

    spot. Most of the time it was a complete

    inspiration, insight, or necessity of the

    moment. I remember the girls coming in

    to the gym one by one on a gloomy rainy

    day, a sitting on the carpet in front of me,

    and looking like the last thing they

    wanted to do, was start warm-up.

    I remember everyone at school was

    on edge that day to. There was just some

    negativity in the air, that made everyone

    wanna get under the covers and just sleep

    through it. But I had been reading, The

    Art of Power by my favorite Vietnamese

    Buddhist and Zen master, poet, scholar

    and peace activist, Thich Nhat Hanh,

    and I realized we dont have to put up

    with this individual suffering instead we

    convert the overwhelming negative

    energy that was eating us up, into a wave

    of overwhelming positive and happy

    energy that will bond us together, and get

    us through the day.

    One exercise Ive actually had in

    mind, but could never find the excuse to

    use ....was a contagious laughing circle! I

    had seen this on television how this new

    phenomena is sweeping across the nation

    called Laughter Yoga in Churches, where

    people just get together and laugh. I have

    also read about many accounts of peoples

    bodys healing them of their cancer after

    two months of watching something comic

    that makes them laugh and brings them

    joy, every day for only two hours!

    So I thought to myself What a

    perfect opportunity I have been given

    with this difficult day to cultivate

    positivity and conjure laughter even from

    the deepest frown.

    How did I do this? Of course, I

    started with the worst joke I could think

    of off the top of my head! At first I got

    only three meek smiles. The rest were still

    staring into the far off distance, in the

    space of their

    thoughts, or picking lint of their toes.

    The second joke was so bad, that I

    actually grabbed the attention of the lintpickers! The third joke was a blond joke,

    and I finally got the attention of the space

    travelers and all the laughter from the

    brunettes at the one blonde Teija, who

    was just zapped back into reality, and

    blushed from embarrassment, not sure

    where all the attention was coming for.

    I could feel the mood was picking up,

    and at the moment the final girl steppedinto the gym and briskly ran to an empty

    spot on the carpet. She was already

    looking at us curiously with a smile, thats

    how I knew the energy in the room had

    already changed from a negative to a

    positive with me just making three bad

    jokes that conjured laughter in three

    sullen souls! But that was not enough. I

    knew we needed a lot more to last a 3

    hour training, so I ordered everyone to liedown, relax, and think of The Ultimate

    Most Funniest Moment Of Their Lives!

    Not five silence second went by before

    Teija burst out laughing, then Michelle

    followed for no apparent reason. Rolling

    on their sides, with tears running down

    their cheeks possessed by the nature of

    contagious enigmatic LAUGHTER!

    Revolutionary EnthusiasThe Nature of HaHaHa

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    Step Five:Verify Progress & Adjust IfNecessary

    This phase is time is all about the

    acknowledgment of success and

    celebration of accomplishments!

    I can tell you that there is a sense of

    emptiness in your days, after you

    completely leave the sport, when you feel

    that you arent making any progress, and

    that youre life is going nowhere. Sound

    familiar? Let me elaborate on that.

    In gymnastics we have routines. These

    routines are made of elements such as

    pirouettes, balances, jumps, throws, dancecombinations, and speed. We need speed

    because we only have a minute thirty to

    complete each routine, and complete the

    required combinations of elements packed

    into them. A gymnast can be practicing

    one apparatus either (hoop, rope, ribbon,

    ball or clubs, but one at a time) for hours

    on end. But only get to go through a

    routine with music 5 to 10 times depending

    on how many girls in the gym.

    Now prepare yourself for this

    realization. Every time you catch a throw,

    or nail a turn, or throw the hoop in the

    first jump, do another jump underneath a

    flying object and catch in the third jump,

    you feel an amazing sense of gratification

    and pride! You are doing good! But you

    dont consciously EVER tell yourself that!

    You just know because youve done it.

    Image this feeling of accomplishment

    coming with every step you take. In other

    words, every step taken correctly, received

    every day. Truly a gift to the mind, the

    body and soul.

    You dont get that sort of test of self an

    immediate feedback in life. That is why

    many athletes fall into depression after

    leaving the sport that defined them for so

    many years, that they dont know h

    function without it.

    It is no pretty story, and an inev

    fact that one must face in life, after

    completion of an old cycle and the

    uncertainty of the beginning of a n

    I lived through it. I know. But there

    other side to this coin I didnt realiz

    I came back this time to work with

    and wiped the other side of the sam

    to find that as much praise as you g

    youre doing a lot of good, you bre

    just as much anger when youre no

    the best day and one mistake turns

    many to count.

    So you see, gymnasts live betwe

    extremes of being. After this realiza

    got the idea for a fun activity that c

    done in order to erase the weight o

    you get when you mess up, and kee

    going as if nothing occurred. Becau

    have to! Time doesnt stop! Life wa

    You can fix the mistake on your ow

    But dont let it take a toll on your w

    existence. Dont let positivity be

    extinguished by one weak gust of sl

    tension.

    Applied

    The exercise I had in mind, wa

    skipping activity that involved

    improvisation and dance to Hard C

    European Techno Music. It was all

    screwing up, but numbing the feelin

    shame by always continuing and juhaving fun in the moment and not

    stopping before the song ends! I de

    approach my friends from way back

    I was still training, and who are not

    to the Olympics next year for this e

    At first they thought it was usual An

    up to her crazy ideas, but when I ex

    the concept behind it, they seemed

    excited. But it was when I turned o

    music, and led my intuitive examplwe really started to have fun!

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    tep Six:evelop Exit Strategy

    Julia Dream: Queen of All My DreamsPsychedelic Therapy

    n exit strategy must be created in order for my students to

    void dependence on me!

    dont even know where to start already speaking about the

    nd! There were so many smaller every day occurrences

    at just got me thinking, Wow, why cant I just become a part time coach?

    y group of girls have taught me more can they ever imagine, about myself,

    nd about this amazing sport. I finally got to experience what it feels like to be

    n the other side of the fence and I like it. What I didnt know at the beginning

    my journey was that my weakness, coaching...was to become my strength!

    ooking back at the journey, I think the most important thing that worked iny favor was that I was not sitting in front of them on my chair telling them

    hat to do, but I was constantly moving within their eye reference. I could

    tter here their whispers and their concerns, what worked for them, and what

    dnt but they were hiding. This is something that the head coach cannot

    ways do, because her line of work is a little bit different.

    vetlana was very thankful to to me coming in and making minor adjustments

    at time has showed works. Marias hip hasnt started hurting since we took

    at element out, the girls still have 15 minutes a day to focus on practicing a

    new element 50 times a day. A for the half an hour of

    muscle training, unfortunately the competition season iscoming up and they have to focus on their routines, but they

    have taken away so much from the sessions that we did have

    a chance to have, that both me and Svetlana and our ballet

    instructor Olga, have noticed a drastic change in the girls

    technique to the better. They have become much stronger,

    self aware and in the process more confidant and beautiful

    rhythmic gymnasts. I expected nothing less of them. And

    need not ask for nothing more!

    Applied

    For my final exist I decided to leave everyone with a pi

    music, that is very dear to me. A Syd Barrett original, Julia

    Dream. I am an advent fan of Pink Floyd, but when I ask

    fanatics, almost no one has heard of it! For this last exercis

    and the rest of the girls lay in the formation of a star, with

    our hair and thoughts streaming towards the centre of our

    The inspiration was a rough sketch I made a while back.W

    listened to the song, and enveloped ourselves with inner sil

    Once the song was over and we opened our eyes. I posed th

    question...what is one thing you cannot live without? For th

    question, there was one answer, and we all agreed it was....

    Coaching is not an end initself but rather a means forimproving performance and

    achieving results.- PJA

    Dreaming is not merely an act of communic

    it is also an aesthetic activity, a game

    imagination. a game that is a value in itsel

    dream prove that to imagine- to dream

    things that have not happened- is a

    mankinds deepest ne

    Milan Ku

    Top: Psychedelic Anim

    Middle: original SketchBottom: Actual exercis

    the awareness of

    interconnectedness of

    body, soul, and though

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    Step One:Understand the sourcesof conflict

    In order to manage conflicteffectively you have tounderstand the root causes.Otherwise, you'll spend a lotof time and energy dealingwith superficial symptomsand will never findsatisfactory solutions. It'simportant to stay in inquirymode when conflict is

    present and avoid jumpingto quick conclusions. Themost common conflictstypically arise because ofthe personalities andmotivations of the peopleinvolved, because ofdifficulties stemming fromthe broader organizationalor group context, or because

    of mis-communication.-Prof. Adams

    What I have learned from thereading and from myexperience coaching alladolescent and adult gymnastsis that all conflicts arise from

    root causes. And usually thefirst time you hear someonespeak up about something theyare unhappy about, it is notabout they thing they arespeaking of necessarily, butsomething that happenedbefore hand, that has broughtout this confusion in thepresent.

    Example

    For example, Megan did not

    want to tell me right away whythat element wasnt working,even though we could both seeit. It was only when she toldme her hip was hurting that weknew the root cause of thesituation was pain, not aninability to learn.

    Step Two:Learn to Distinguish

    Between Constructive

    and Destructive Conflict

    Conflictcanalsoprovideapowerfulsourceofinnovation,growthanddevelopment-thetensionandcreativeenergythatdriveseffectivechange.-PJA

    We see many times on realityTV how conflict is created forthe purpose of keeping peopleon the edge of their seats anentertained. Humans by naturedont like to leave actions or apiece of knowledge unresolved.Well from my MGMTreadings, I have also learnedthat in the real world, manymanagers will play all sorts ofmind games, sometimes evengoing to extremes of creating astressful work environment likeby purposely giving 2 teamsthat are competing with oneother two sets of differentinformation and have them

    figure out what is going on.

    I dont find this an effectiveway of dealing with peoplefrom my own experiences, bI believe that creativity is ba

    on some internal tension thaexcites a person and bringsthem to a higher level of bewhen they are on the verge momentous creation! Manythese moments lead to greatbreak throughs in the glass oprogressive spectrum througwhich the persons life shine

    Example

    A great example would be mBPTP group trying to settle a topic that all of us thoughwas realistic and manageablWe thought it was going to bnearly impossible, because whave such a diverse group oindividuals our our team. W

    all had different perspectiveeven on something as simplewhat was asked of us tocomplete the project, we hato clashing two clashing mapersonalitys that couldntunderstand the concept of ateam. Me and Sunny, the ontwo girls on the team had to

    put an end to all this confusinformation that was gettingnowhere. So on Facebookcreated a little bit of necessacreative tension, so get the bto put their best foot forwarand make their ideas asappealing as they could for tgirls! It worked so well, we hthe finalist by midnight!

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    Step 3 & 4:Think About YourSituation & The Stance To

    Apply

    Ken Thomas suggests there

    are several way of dealing with

    conflict. Everyone has theirown almost habit to the way

    they react to a certain tone,

    face or situation. But he thinks

    the key difference in approach

    depend on a) How far are you

    willing to go to impose your

    view on someone, in other

    words your level of

    assertiveness, and b) Yourwillingness to recognize the

    value of cooperation and

    having everyones mind set

    working towards a common

    goal.

    Ken Thomas also points

    out that there are 5 main ways

    people deal with conflict based

    on the personalitys and

    stances in life they are most

    comfortable taking.

    Competing: Is a stance

    popular in Win-Lose

    mentalitys that doesnt always

    turn out well, when taken outof the context of sport, and

    also pursued to the extreme.

    People who believe life is a win

    die competition tend to be

    very hard on themselves and

    very aggressive towards other,

    becoming an unwanted

    member in any work

    environment, especially one

    where you need to work

    together. But on the other

    hand, competition can be a

    healthy tension if monitored

    and not taken to the extreme,

    that can provide an evident

    way to prove yourself to your

    boss.

    Accommodating: Is a

    stance popular in people that

    feel harmony is above all elseimportant to preserve in the

    organization even if it leads to

    the absence of the necessary

    creative tension needed to

    progress development and

    innovative approaches ado

    that could lead the compa

    a completely new and exci

    direction. These people lik

    sit back, and watch the

    situation unfold before the

    eyes, but dont like to get thhands dirty and this conclu

    to them ultimately taken

    advantage of more assertiv

    individuals, who do! But o

    the other hand, people wh

    take the accommodating

    approach can also be grea

    listeners, and hear above t

    bickering voice of a work falling apart, and when the

    time is right, they can step

    and save the day!

    Avoiding: Is a stance pe

    take when they just cannot

    deal with a situation at the

    moment, and decide its be

    to let the drama created, a

    creating it be cooled down

    before the situation can be

    reevaluated. But in extrem

    cases these people try to av

    avoid the conflict, hoping i

    will go away or their name

    was attached to the projec

    peal away with time. Thisstance one takes, is the one

    that doesnt realizes the

    greatest mistakes made are

    greatest lessons learned. So

    alright to let a situation co

    and let time distance peop

    emotionally from the failur

    but it is unhealthy for anyo

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    Compromising: Is a stance

    taken by people who are

    always negotiating for thebigger piece of pie, sometimes

    no matter the consequence.

    They are not going to push

    boundaries or challenge

    opinions. But try to minimize

    the pain and effort needed to

    spring forwards creative

    tension in order to challenge

    the best, and eventually

    become the best. These people

    avoid drama at all costs, and

    have their own interest at

    mind. As long as everyone

    splits even in an office of Pro

    Compromise everyone is

    Okay but never the Best!

    Collaborating:When you

    hear the word collaborate

    coming from the words of

    someone who has just offered

    you to work with them, you

    know youre going to be

    working with a passionateperson! When someone asks to

    collaborate with you, they askyou to put everything on thetable. All your ideas arewanted, and will bechallenged. All your naturaltalents and resources will finda place, time and project to beprojected onto a broaderpicture of a better world.

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    Working with a team ofpeople and even oneindividual who understand theconcept of collaborating andits infinite wealth of benefitsfor enchanting each individualwith the love for their job, willsee himself as a lucky man for

    it is one of the most enrichingexperiences a person can begranted in this life. Feeling apart of something greater thenthemselves. Something thathas the potential to changelives and fuel desire for life,through the hard work andcollaborative efforts ofassertive individuals.

    Which one am I?

    I would say I am all thesepeople on any given day. But

    cant hide the fact that I am

    very passionate person, almo

    to the point where I have to

    realize that I cant be both

    human & fire. I like speed,

    laughter, and enthusiasm. I

    love to see the first light shin

    through the eyes of a personinspired by a vision evoked b

    the tone of my resonate wor

    Everyone wants to work

    with intelligent and driven

    people. They almost set it as

    goal in life to do so, living

    blind to the opportunity of t

    present moment.

    The radical shift in

    consciousness comes when y

    realize everyone is great. Jus

    not everyone comes across th

    right person to strike that fir

    match for them. Let that be

    you!

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    Step 5:The Pros and Cons

    The way you manage

    conflict can have a major

    impact on the quality of

    interpersonal relations and

    the overall culture of your

    team and organization.

    Hence, in addition toresolving the substantial

    issues of concern, it's

    important to think about the

    short and long-term

    implications of your

    actions.- Prof.Jean Adams

    Conflict has the potential to

    building up a relationship withfull on force through creative

    progress, just as much as it has

    the ability to diminish it to

    ashes! Gone With The Wind!

    Direction:There are times when a

    person with a strong assertive

    approach in communication

    practices is needed. This time

    when a project needs to come

    to a conclusion but no one can

    decide on the final go or stay

    where we are, this is when the

    direct person steps in, and

    provides everyone with a

    succinct and persuasive account

    of what needs to happen, for

    the project not to take the

    wrong turn in the near future.

    Here its thinking about long

    terms goals, and building strong

    relationships with people that

    can sustain that!

    Balance:

    Believe it or not companys

    can suffer from too much

    agreement, just as much as they

    can suffer from too much

    conflict. A company is never

    allowed to get comfortable it iswants to succeed in this fast

    paced and innovative world.

    The best way to ensure this

    balance is to reward people

    who are stepping up to the

    plate, and are not afraid to

    speak up and change things

    around. These individuals must

    be put in front of companys as

    role models, letting other

    employees know such behavior

    is not strictly forbidden by

    actually encouraged. The

    biggest source of conflict

    actually arises from not

    knowing. So the best way, is to

    educate and show by example.

    Awareness:

    Stay informed! The third

    criteria is to realize that some

    cases have been buried and and

    dug back out so many times,that you might not be the

    luckiest one who gets it the

    tenth time around. This may b

    a legal dispute that has a deep

    political dimension that is very

    difficult and unclear to see

    through and be able to handle.

    It such cases. Keep protecting

    yourself and be smart. If youdont want to deal with it, and

    dont think its worth it. Youre

    probably right! But even if you

    get that slightest spark of

    interest, or recognition of a

    possible success in something

    that has failed to be completed

    or resolved so many

    times...maybe its always just

    been approached the wrong

    way, and this could

    unexpectedly turn into the

    biggest break of your career!

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    So what do I really do? I am a gymnast who dropped out to

    pursue her studies. But all that creativity I was generating non stop

    from 10 years of my life, suddenly became logged up. The massive

    outlet had disappeared. I was unplugged. I lost myself.

    I didnt understand how much gymnastics had influenced me

    until I began looking for different forms of expression again. The

    obvious one was dance. I found myself a nice dance studio in

    Downtown and continued taking ballet classes. But that wasnt

    enough. I went to the gym, that wasnt enough. I started playing thepiano, that also wasnt enough. I read a lot, shopped a lot, partied a

    lot, studied different languages a lot, traveled a lot, listened to music

    a lot....but nothing was enough!

    Whats happening? I was thinking to myself. Is my life over?

    That is when I discovered...a completely untouched,

    precious....Im a writer and dont have the ability to describe how

    quietly, how gently, and how discreetly and not invasively this

    creature crept upon me. This creature, this love, this gift.....was the

    ability to write!

    I didnt know it right away, I didnt feel it right away. But it

    became the focus, the cove of my existence. The cove where I

    brought my daily treasures to at the end of the day. Where Icollected precious memories, adventures, and gems of thoughts.

    Filling up notebook with poems, longer poems, longer longer

    poems, eventually short stories, longer stories, all kinds of dre

    and fantasies that amplified the beauty of my reality. When I

    reached the point of craving feedback, I opened up my own

    under the pseudonym Roxalana, called Cafe de ChiChi.

    There I started recording some of my oddest works, letti

    closest friends and furthest relatives read it. One thing that I

    when you start working with one talent like writing, you are c

    and energy bubble of creativity and many other art forms coyour attention. Just of recently Ive also become interested in

    recordings, and finally edited my first hypersonic video from

    Being a human being is all about managing conflict. Ext

    conflict starts with internal conflict not being diagnosed at th

    of its first symptoms. If we could all find something that hea

    helps us be more happy positive knowing people, and think w

    can be that one thing for everyone.

    I decided to include it as part of my PCDP for managing

    conflict. What I didnt know was that October was not going

    good month for me. And the harder I tried the harder it beca

    I let go, and it turns out thats exactly what I need at the mom

    Once November rolled around. My fingers were typing awayand I felt the force of sense behind my life return to me once

    Write What I Are. Write Where I Wanna Be. By You

    Conversation between me and my Grade 11

    Literature Teacher, Doc

    Me- Doc I dont like your poetry.Doc- Why dont you like it?Me- Its too simple for me

    Doc- You just have very high expectations foryourself Anastasia

    *The next day he introduced me to JorgeLuis Borges. I was asked to read his first

    poem... I was never the same

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    A Scenario In Which Anastasia Managed Conflic

    Typical Study Group

    Session at Schulich.

    Marko, Kris,

    Anastasia and Anna

    are get along verywell.

    Anna and Anastasia

    set aside to engage in

    girl talk when all of a

    sudden Marko reaches

    over, and tries to steal

    Kriss calculator

    without permission!!

    Kris becomes anxious

    and tries to win his

    calculator back.

    Anastasia and Anna

    are awestruck by the

    behavior they see.

    All of a sudden a

    whole fight breaks.

    out, it turns out

    Marko was jealous of

    Kriss ability to

    charm Anna!!!

    Anastasia catches the

    conflict because of

    emotional UN-

    Intelligence right

    away, and uses her

    new managing conflict

    skills to retrieve the

    book, and get the boysto face their issues

    verbally, and not with

    sharp objects and

    excuses.

    Afterwards, Anna

    initializes a mediation

    session, so we can all

    come down, and

    continue pursuing our

    educational studies.

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    23

    In terms of stances in life,

    Its not about choosing one, or

    combing one for me. Life is

    about giving life a chance when

    it is knocking on your door of

    opportunity. Welcome it with a

    smile, and be kind, but be

    weary. Listen intently and take

    note of what is really being

    said, and how you are treated

    from the very beginning. Nevergive someone the luxury of

    having the thought of

    disrespecting you, and finding a

    way around your rule. Make

    yourself clear, and well heard.

    Everyone takes confidence as a

    sign of knowledge and

    strength. Own it. And dont letanyone take from you, what is

    rightfully yours. Neither youre

    ideas, nor your position. Be

    passionate and eccentric. Make

    changes when they are needed,

    and know what already works

    well.

    LISTEN

    OBSERVE

    FEEL

    SMELL

    & never loose

    The Beauty Of CreationWhat is your stance?By Trenz Pruca

    FASHIONMONTHLYN

    ovember12,

    2011

    YOURTAST

    FO

    LIFE

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    Is something that you

    havent yet explored but alwaysbeen curious about necessarily

    your weakness?

    Absolutely not! You might

    start being not the best at it.

    But those are the most exciting

    moments, when youre

    searching though all of yourself

    to figure it out.

    Is a nice coach the bestcoach?

    Haha The truth? No not

    always. You find a balance.

    Is there a boundary of

    professionalism that a coach

    neednt cross when dealing with

    students or is it normal and

    even human to feel and try to

    give as much knowledge and

    understanding to someone

    regarding all aspect of theirlife?

    I find the easiest

    information to absorb is in the

    form of a story. The kids are all

    ears when youre talking about

    your own mistakes. Because to

    them you become more human

    and they are able to relate to

    you on a new level.

    Do we learn better when

    we are able to relate with

    somebody who is not afraid to

    share themselves with us,

    inspiring us with their

    confidence and love for their

    work, instead of somebody who

    just tries to teach us by the

    book?

    Yes, a teacher who tak

    inspiration from her ownand is not afraid to

    communicate based on f

    misjudgment with earn t

    respect of her students.

    How does the coach

    the student reach that

    equilibrium of respect t

    motivates both partys to

    continue working toward

    same objective in heart, and soul?

    You reach that equilib

    by knowing you want to

    it. If thats your intentio

    will see it and feel it from

    within. That there is a p

    interaction of energy an

    communication that lead

    exponential progress.

    e ectons ~COACHING

    November12,

    2011

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    S U N D A Y , A U G U S T 2 8 , 2 0 1 1

    Burnin---' S.u.n. f.l.o.w.e.R

    cean of shifting symmetries. butter fly by mearallel realities, scorching desert sands, infested by collapsing rains

    hat sprout that rose of truth

    mong all those grains of sands

    st in time

    st where I was, with you

    l those pages weve written for one another...... are quickly tucked underneath our

    overs. excited we forget, sink into blue waters of yellow dreams, and by the morning our

    hildish desires renewed with a fresh steam. I keep the flame of writing alive, by feeding

    he fire my work, for the passion to exist and burn within the dark eyes of night. Where it

    oes after ashes blend with sand....i do not know. But what I know is they always return.

    hese pages, stories me and you blush upon, eye's widen, and all matter of heart suddenly

    ecomes serious.shall we tango, to the song we have written and forgot to sing? Thealk we have stripped of pride and ego we emasculated with a smile, spinning all into a

    lorious dance of laughter and forgetting. unanswered by the strangest stranger of all

    hings strange. arrange my steps. trapeze down paved paths we call streets by names

    mispronounced, on lonely continents....their plates shifting, hands of lands intertwining,

    eneath the surface of off things that seem.

    win to my soul. You walk not to far behind. I am not always aware youre there....its the

    redit you are teaching me to take, without doubting whats mine, is already yours.

    he snuggles into my shoulder, and releases all passions, left victims oftheir own burning

    ame of power, resting like yellow seeds, against the black petals ......of a

    loriously.....burning .......sun-flower.

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