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Practical Projects
- Project Mapdraw
- Project ( under construction)
- Who are these practical projects for?
- farmers/people living in the bush/outback (* remote area)
- farmers' children/ family
- school students/teachers in the outback (* remote area)
- do it yourself enthusiasts
- What will I need to implement a project?
- personal motivation - I am doing this for
- myself
- family or friends
- community
- other reason(s)
- a clear intention of reaching my goal - I can see myself
- reaching that goal
- receiving all the rewards connected to reaching that goal
- to see clearly any obstacle set in my way - I can see
- all the details of my path
- all the obstacles
- how to master every one of these barriers
- physical objects - to gather these material things - I can
- make it myself or with the help of someone
- work for it and pay cash
- borrow from a friend, parents, school, libraries, clubs, community services
- DON'Ts
- do not listen to negative people
negativity is like the flu. It is caught easily and hard to get rid of
- do not listen to people who look at life but never participate in it - they will usually be negative or skeptical
- DOs
- listen to people with a positive attitude towards life and towards you
- commit your master plan to paper - write your ideas on paper. Your plan needs to be written clearly. Show it to someone else. Write and rewrite and rewrite your plan on paper, on the sand, on the bark of a tree, on the clouds of the sky until it makes sense to you
Make sure your big picture is big enough
- I would like to hear from anyone who has successfully completed a project.
- Project Mapdraw
- ( under construction)
- What did you have to do in your situation to make the project work?
- email us
- if you need some help
- even if your project is not yet completed
( * )Remote Area: The term Remote Area applies today to places outside a city. Where the closest grocery store, school, post office, public telephone, next door neighbour may be as close as 10 kilometres or as far as 150 kilometres. Such places do exist and are frequently in the "Centre" or "Top North" of Australia and other parts of the World.
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