S04E07 Live, Love, Learn and Leave a Legacy (with Maha Bali)

Dec 5, 2024

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💡 SPOTLIGHTED BOOK : First Things First by Stephen R. Covey 📚 GUEST READER : Maha Bali

💬 CONVERATION HIGHLIGHTS:

it's a life management book and how to prioritize
imagining the end of your life and what people will say about you
Live, Love, Learn and Leave a Legacy
visualization where you attend your own funeral
when what is written on paper and what you do in real time does not match
Do our personal goals interfere with our institution's goals?
Switch careers in order to focus on learning and leaving a legacy
You don't need to be balanced in all areas at all times - you might focus more on love in some phases of your life and then lean into learning and legacy in other phases
when strong emotional labor in our work affects the rest of our life
when we pursue a legacy that isn't ours
education systems all have their issues
when our pain points direct our passions and desire to "fix" things later in life
restart works for more than computers and electronics
leaning into what brings you joy
opportunity gaps can cause us to choose a certain path, even if it doesn't fit for us
when your value as a person is not remunerated financially within society
reading books by only one demographic can be limiting
reading things from different cultures takes additional reflection
interacting with people from different cultures helps us understand other identities
when you read a book by someone who lived it versus reading a book by someone who has observed the same experience
when our looks and names get in the way of full assimilation in a country
empathy to others oppression as an outside observer
not forcing people into our language dynamics
sharing learning with others and giving it freely
share questions, not just the answers
worry about giving the wrong knowledge

📚 OTHER BOOKS/RESOURCES MENTIONED:

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
Mindvalley - Speak and Inspire Course
Lisa Nichols
Belong - Radha Agrawal
Emergent Strategy - adrienne marree brown
Imagination : A Manifesto - Ruha Benjamin
The Art of Gathering - Priya Parker
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

ℹ GUEST BIO AND LINKS:

Maha Bali is Professor of Practice at the Center for Learning and Teaching at the American University in Cairo. She has a PhD in Education from the University of Sheffield, UK. She is co-founder of virtuallyconnecting.org (a grassroots movement that challenges academic gatekeeping at conferences) and co-facilitator of Equity Unbound (an equity-focused, open, connected intercultural learning curriculum, which has also branched into academic community activities Continuity with Care,Socially Just Academia, a collaboration with OneHE: Community-building Resources and MYFest, an innovative 3-month professional learning journey. She writes and speaks frequently about social justice, critical pedagogy, and open and online education. She blogs regularly at https://blog.mahabali.me and tweets @bali_maha.

For Maha’s list of peer-reviewed publications, see here.

For Maha’s list of keynotes and invited talks,