The secret to helping students develop grit
Kids and Grit You are barely into the school year and already you have a sense about which students will be successful and which ones will be slackers… don’t you? Are you usually right? How do you know? What are the characteristics of the children who stay the course and succeed? How are they different…
Read Morehow to measure your success
Are you successful? I love to hike in the Georgia mountains…unless it’s cold or hot or windy or raining. Or I’m feeling tired, or unmotivated or … Well you get the idea. It’s sort of a love-hate relationship to be honest. I hate the effort and discomfort. I love the accomplishment of making it to…
Read MoreWhat if failure is really a gift?
A student in PE is playing a game and misses the ball. She stomps off the field, tears in her eyes. While doing an assignment, a student can’t figure out the answer to a math problem. He crumples up his entire paper in frustration and slams the book closed. Not a chance of re-directing or…
Read More3 steps to helping kids develop self-discipline
Kids and Self-discipline Will power, self-discipline and productive habits are always the buzz words for the Olympics. Ask any Olympic gold medal winner to what they attribute their success and I guarantee these words will come up over and over. No one is going to say they won the gold by having a lackadaisical attitude,…
Read MoreMaybe you should be a quitter
Got your goals in place? Is one of your goals to be a quitter? What if the most important question you could answer is not what are you going to do? What if the most important question is: What are you not going to do? What will you give up? What will you quit doing?…
Read MorePersonality Style and Motivation
Wondering how to motivate different personalities? It’s a new school year and you have spent hours setting up your classroom, attending meetings on the latest and greatest technology and getting your lesson plans in order. You are ready for the kiddos to arrive with parents in tow so you can orient everyone to your system…
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