title: A Path With Heart: The Inner Journey to Teaching Mastery
author:  Pete Reilly 
description: Reilly writes from his own experience as a teacher, but the wisdom and lessons can be applied to any role in every industry.<br /><b>- Jeff Chapski, author of <i>Career-ology: The Art and Science of a Successful Career</i></b><br /><b><i></i></b><br />This book isn't just about teaching mastery....it shows us the path to life mastery.<br /><b>- Jon Jankus, Managing Director, <i>Guardian Life Insurance</i></b><br /><b><i></i></b><br />This is much more than a book about teaching. Pete Reilly has done an excellent job in showing how being present can not only increase the opportunities you can be for others but also in living a more fulfilled life yourself. --<br /><b>- Matt Odell, Vice President, Custom Sales (Global), <i>Clarity Custom Integration inc.</i></b><br /><b><i></i></b><br />Anyone considering a career in teaching would be well served to read this book. Teaching is not for the faint of heart and Pete calls on all teachers to understand and embrace teaching as a journey of self discovery and not a clinical exercise in the delivery of skilled instruction. Pete understands that teaching well demands that we take risks, that we look inward, that we too embrace change. Pete's book illustrates that one can not truly educate without understanding that establishing and maintaining relationships with our students is fundamental to the teaching process and that there is a pathway, a roadmap for getting there. Pete does not reject data and accountability but he does raise the discussion of teacher quality to the level it deserves. --<br /><b>- Gerald Goldman, Former Superintendent, <i>Saranac Lake Central Schools</i></b><br /><b><i></i></b><br />Pete is not "preaching" a new idea, but sharing his stories of choices taken, lessons learned and rewards received. Pete knows that learning isn't just about the mind. He supports the reader in getting the most from this book with is chapter ending reflections and actions. Pete writes in the mold of Parker Palmer extolling us to be the greatest teacher we can be because the life of our students depends on it. I loved this book and recommend it highly.<br /><b>- Thomas White, CEO, <i>C-Suite Network</i></b>
zlib_text: Amar Shamo 2015 
  dedicated to all true seekers 
   
   
  Gurdjieffs sayings on Learning & Understanding 
   
  Compiled by Amar Shamo 
  amarshamo@web.de 
  March 5th 2015 
   
   
   
   
  When working with pupils, I am like a coachman. If the horse follows the 
  road, I give him free rein. If he goes to the right towards the ditch, I pull the 
  left rein. If he goes to the left towards the hillside, I pull on the right one. 
   
  For teacher is important make student ask new questions. 
   
  In studying man we can study the whole world. 
   
  One can only give to a man just as much as he is ready to receive. 
   
  I never teach directly, or my pupils would not learn. If I want a pupil to 
  change, I begin from afar, or speak to someone else, and so he learns. 
   
  There is a thousand times more value even in polishing the floor as it should 
  be done than in writing twenty-five books. 
   
  If you know how to do one thing well, you can do everything. 
   
  
  Amar Shamo 2015 
  It is by doing that man understands. 
   
  Man must unders