This is the go-to list of how kids are going soft.
I am submitting a new example, that I hope gets adopted into the lexicon of the disgruntled (I am including myself in this category).
Black jelly beans.
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It’s 2024. People know the difference between good choices and bad ones. They know what they should be doing and what they shouldn’t. This is true in all areas: nutrition, work, parenting, exercise, relationships, etc.
That doesn’t mean that my expectation is for people to always do the right thing. There are copious reasons for people to wander off the path of righteousness. Maybe you’re tired. Maybe you had a rough day at work. Maybe you’re on vacation. Maybe you got fired. Maybe you made a bad business decision. Maybe you and your significant other broke it off. These are all legitimate reasons (excuses) to take negative actions. I’m not saying you should, but I get it.
Continue reading “Soliciting Enabling”
No, I am not referring to the best in a certain field. I’m talking about Tina Turner’s 1989 smash hit, Simply the Best.
You can scrap these personality tests, and every other.
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School culture and climate are enormous factors when it comes to teacher retention, staff recruitment, and building morale.
Teachers emphasize the importance of fairness regarding how administration treats employees. More specifically, teachers hate it when they perceive that certain individuals get away with more than they should, especially if those on the receiving end of preferential treatment are subpar educators.
This leads me to the question:
At the beginning of every school year, teachers create Professional Development Plans (PDP). A PDP starts with a goal which includes action steps, a desired outcome, and the timeline. Teachers can align their PDP with their Professional Learning Community (PLC) or they can be independent. Before a PDP is finalized, an initial PDP meeting between the teacher and an administrator takes place. One common mistake that administrators find during these conversations is that teachers confuse action steps with goals.
When determining whether your statement is an action step or goal, ask yourself the question, “why.”
If you need to give a reason to further explain your statement, then your statement is an action step. If the statement itself provides the why, then your statement is a goal.
Continue reading “New Year’s Resolutions – Goal or Action Step?”
Since I shared my Hallmark holiday movie pitch from this year, I thought it would be fun to post my submission from last year (it did NOT win).
Great career, albeit at the expense of meaningful relationships, check! Lavishly furnished downtown apartment, although by swindling the less fortunate, check! Gorgeous fiance, but with a heart even darker than his own, check! Life had been going according to plan for Mr. Scourge until one fateful Christmas Eve.
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Every year, we hold a school wide competition around the holidays:
Who doesn’t love a good Hallmark holiday movie? You are a screenwriter for the Hallmark Network. The holiday season is just around the corner. The company executives want you to pitch them your best Hallmark Holiday Movie idea.
This year, I decided to share my submission on the blog (and it won…no big deal).
Continue reading “Hallmark Holiday Movie Pitch 2023”What’s the most unrealistic thing to happen in a holiday movie?
All of these are legitimate choices, but they are all wrong.
Love Actually contains the most ridiculous scene in Christmas movie history.
I don't typically ask I don't typically call I don't typically shout I don't typically forget I don't typically request I don't typically complain I don't typically overreact I don't typically stress out I don't typically get hung up I don't typically make a scene I don't typically bring this up I don't typically worry about it I don't typically create problems ...yes, you do
On November 11, 2021, my wife (Vicky) and I were traveling back from Tennessee. We were attending to the selling and purchasing of rental properties in the Smoky Mountains. The holiday weekend provided us with an extra day to make the quick westward trip.
Our three boys love tagging along to Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg, because it means junk food, mountain coasters, and wilderness hikes. This time, Vicky and I made the decision to leave the boys with grandma and grandpa, as this was a business only trip.
Deals done and on our way home to pickup the boys, we came over a small crest on Highway 40, just outside of Mocksville, North Carolina, discovering bumper to bumper traffic. Vicky applied a little more pressure on the brakes than normal, but we stopped safely with plenty of room between us and the next car.
Slightly confused with what was causing the backup and maybe a teeny bit annoyed that our efforts to get home as quickly as possible to see the boys was becoming more and more unrealistic, we heard the worst possible sound.
Continue reading “Earn It”Do you find yourself constantly complaining about things outside your control?
Camp North Star is down big to rival, Camp Mohawk. All seems lost. Until Tripper (Bill Murray) gives a rousing speech which turns the tides leading to the ultimate underdog victory.
Continue reading “It Just Doesn’t Matter (Remix)”
When I hear coaches say, “The pain of losing is more powerful than the pleasure of winning,” I understand it, but since coaching is not my world, I can’t fully relate to it.
I coached my youngest son’s 4 year old soccer team last year. It was pretty serious with the player draft (false), unrealistic parent expectations (parents were great), injury management (Tommy might have scraped a knee), playoff intensity (didn’t happen), and salary negotiations (of course not). But, I still wouldn’t say that I understand the everyday pressures that professional coaches face or the emotions that come along with them.
Continue reading “I Can’t Let People Down”Whether at work or in your personal life, continue to push yourself.
Continue reading “Test Yourself”“Once you stop testing yourself, you get slow.”
William H. Bonney (Emilio Estevez)
Yes, they would, and probably did. I could probably stop the post right there and hope that people would read the first line and say, “Dave, you’re absolutely correct. My unrelenting love for my child has blinded me to the fact that everyone fibs, especially kids.”
But, I can’t stop (won’t stop, icky icky), because people won’t say that. They’ll think I’m not speaking to them, but I most definitely am.
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No.
Of course not.
That is a ridiculous question.
I have a theory that the website ShouldIBeOutraged.com exists.
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