Through the help of his Guardian Angel, Clarence, George Bailey, the protagonist from It’s a Wonderful Life, ultimately sees how his actions positively impacted the lives of the Bedford Falls residents. After evaluating his life, he concludes that “no man is a failure who has friends.” But, is his method of evaluation the best? If not, what is?
Nope, this isn’t a group in the New York Time’s new hit brain game Connections. It’s my mentality when tackling tasks.
Procrastination is a real killer when it comes to everyday chores and working on dreams and passion projects. Mostly because procrastination doesn’t mean what most people think it means–putting off a job until later. Procrastination is never getting started.
Choosing now instead of later (never) is the only way to succeed.
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Recently, when I came in from an early morning run (brag), my eldest son, Nick (9), was sitting on the living room couch reading.
Background Information
All three of my sons are early risers. We established a 5:30am rule, where they could not come downstairs before then.
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I recently attended a training on supporting students with autism. It was a wonderful training with plenty of practical implementation strategies.
One such takeaway was visual cue cards. Visual cue cards act as a bridge between receptive and expressive communication for students with autism. When cue cards are attached to a lanyard, educators can access them quickly and easily.
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Have you seen this floating around social media?
I have and I don’t like it.
Three Reasons Why it Bothers Me
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A school principal has many responsibilities: budget, staffing, professional development, behavior management, and waving to parents at carpool to name a few. However, the one area that comes across my desk the most, or maybe just occupies the most of my time and mental/emotional capacity, is listening to, unpacking, and solving teacher problems.
With a myriad of daily tasks, the ability to triage as a principal is essential. The art of successful triaging is knowing the severity, seriousness, impactfulness, and urgency of each issue. This is rendered impossible with the overuse and misuse of hyperboles.
Hyperboles are meant to emphasize or drawn attention to situations or statements through the use of exaggeration. They are not meant to be taken literally.
Continue reading “Using Hyperboles is the Worst”
My college roommate used to say that arguing with me was like wrestling with a pig in the mud. After a few minutes you realize the pig likes it.
Back then, life was very binary for me. There were two sides to everything. I was on the correct side and anyone on the other side was wrong, dumb, or evil. I spent a lot of time and mental energy bothered by those with a differing viewpoint.
Over the past twenty years two things helped me grow out of this immature and harmful mindset: listening and reading.
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I decided to rebrand my blog. Rebranding sounds funny because it’s not like MoviePrincipal had a following (except Tony…thanks Tony!). It did not take me long to settle on a name, BlogGaud.
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