David Hellstrom

David Hellstrom teaches Leadership at the University of Minnesota. He values love, authenticity and creativity. He dreams of justice, belly laughs and naps.

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It's easier to destroy than build, to critique than create, and to complain than lead. But we are not called to the easy way.

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Pirate's Motto: "Take all you can, give nothing back." Makes me wonder who are today's pirates?

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Why do I love the fact that our classes adapt the space to sit in a circle? There is not front of the room and less room to disengage

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I have decided to start each day reminding myself to be kinder. I think of all the things I could be - that might serve the world best.

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Behind the scenes at the on call #EYL2017 support team!

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"Fake it till you make it" is inauthentic and poor modeling. I strive to "practice until I make it." In public with intention and humility.

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Education is the only billion-dollar industry in the world where the customer has to adapt and conform to the company providing the service.

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Do you know where the word community comes from? “Commus” – bound together “Munis” – gifts. We are bound together by our gifts.

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We make our road by walking.

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The right question is not “what should I do with my life?” The right question is “what should I do NEXT with my life?”

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My advice to recent graduates: you are stronger than you know, you can trust yourself, you ARE ready.

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“You will understand your destiny when you acknowledge your gifts and decide to bring them into the world.”

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We need redefine what "accessible" means. I have acess to a BMW, but can't afford one. Access needs to mean realistic opportunity.

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Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts - Winston Churchill

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The problem with only surrounding ourselves with one viewpoint is we forget how the world actually works.

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We don't need alternative facts. We need multiple perspectives.

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It's not that working for the common good is dead. It's that it's not at all common because doing good isn't as valued as it used to be.

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Why am I still going to EYL after teaching for 20 years? Simply because I was the 21st to be the best year yet.

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Join @LinnetteWerner, I and others at Engaging Young Leaders and learn how to transform your education practice! https://t.co/EArdVhPCvU

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Seeing students absorb, reflect, and translate the teachings of this minor into their lives is incredible! https://t.co/OtvOfAxxJO