I Know that I Know Nothing
(scio me nihil scire)
On
December 8, 2012 a Master Class named “I know that I know nothing” (scio me nihil scire) was given
to Serund Pan-Armenian Youth Center members by “Serund PYC” president Tigran Shadunts and
co-head of Talent Development Department Tina Balasanyan.
Socrates
(Tigran Shadunts) and Hypatia of Alexandria (Tina) began the Master Class
saying that they were there in order not to solely educate but to have fun. The
idea of the event was to show how to achieve success in whatever a person is
aiming to do. For that purpose, the structure of brain and its mechanisms were
explained in a humorous and fun way. Every single phase of achieving a goal was
discussed.
The theme of the master class was
“we do, we
develop, we create, we transform and we use”.
“Any organization needs ambitious
people, who realize why they do what they do.”
For this, a person first of all needs
organizational skills, which should be developed step by step. As stated in the
course of the event, a person needs to find the right people to cooperate with
and should always be in action.
“Whenever you want to do something, you have to
start doing. There is no other way around.”
The last part of the Master Class was aimed at
representing an individual’s development in an organization. “As a newcomer,
each member resembles a Dragon full of energy, ready to overcome any challenge
and destined to win. After some time, after several achievements, there comes a
moment where those dragons slow down, “noted Tigran Shadunts. To be able to get over this, Shadunts
proposed the “phenomenon of a hole”. The most essential way is to always
remember that whatever you do, you should enjoy it, have fun with your idea and
with its realization. If you again feel “like in a hole”, you can choose the
idea of “meta-leadership”: be involved
in strategy planning of the organization.
As
a conclusion for the Master class, Tigran and Tina stressed, “When you have an
idea, if you want to succeed, view your idea as an architect, and not just a
coordinator”.
In
the end, the participants of the Master Class by hands-on practical means
showed how they perceived the information received during the event. Everybody
agreed the Master Class was informative accompanied by humor and fun.
