A separate set of questions will be developed for middle school students, high school students and adults.  Teachers, please help me do this.  Please send suggested copy for these discussion segments to me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Will publish here the best ones.

Have someone on computer stop and start to screen out the commercials.  (Speeding them up just has you stopped from seeing content.)

End of first oil segment questions:

Talk about how it works to rush things when you are working with something dangerous like gas lines, stoves, electricity…

Do you feel a sense of responsibility for the safety of others when you are leading them in a project in which there are dangers?

When you have a health-threatening situation like Mike Williams did in your own life, is it OK to be afraid?

What else would it be important to do if you were faced with a situation like Mike Williams was when the disaster happened?

Courage?

Trust?

Focus?

Solution orientation?

Second oil segment end 27:45

What other parts of your experience of the world have you seen institutions  (including government, religion, banks, other corporations) put their financial considerations well above those of the well-being and safety of the planet and the people?

Include possible examples for discussion.

15:45  End of Gustavo segment

When you are doing something you really love to do, or thinking about something you really love to do or think about, how often do you think of fear when you are in the middle of it?

Discuss or contemplate the three areas shown as central to the working philosophy of Gustavo Dudamel: Character, discipline and teamwork.  How are these factors working in your life?

Dudamel sees focus and discipline around music to be something that can change society in a very positive way. Playing a musical instrument isn’t for everybody.  What do you love doing, just for the joy of doing it?

How do you think it would work for you to approach doing what you love to do with more focus and discipline?

What other kinds of things can people to do help create a more loving, connected world?

Could focusing on doing  anything you love doing that doesn’t harm anyone, any other creature or our planet be equally useful in positively changing your world?

Talk about how starting at a young age to find passion for service or expression can make a big difference in how smoothly the path of your life progresses?

What part does discipline play in the smoothness of that path?

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