Ep #131: Decisions from Possibility

Decisions from Possibility

I had an email exchange recently with a potential client that really caused me to have a hard think about how we, as leaders, make decisions. When making decisions, there are several different roads we go down, and I’m outlining them here today.

When we’re making an important decision, our brain often wants evidence and guarantees that what we are deciding will definitely yield our intended result. Or worse, we want to say decisively yes or no, but we feel like we should go the other way. This is not how we make empowered decisions as the leaders of our schools.

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Ep #130: 6 Steps to Real Transformation

6 Steps to Real Transformation

Over the course of June, we’ve been talking about belief here on the podcast. Last week, I showed you the technique I teach for how to move from a place where you don’t believe something is possible, to truly believing it is possible by changing your thoughts one step at a time. This week, I want to show you how to take that belief and make it truly transformational.

Whether you have dreams of being a new principal within the next few years, or you’ve been a principal and want to move onto something else, this episode is for you. There are 6 steps to real transformation and I’m taking you through each one so that you can make a plan, take massive action towards your goals, all while showing up as your best self in your current day-to-day.

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Ep #129: Rungs of Belief

Rungs of Belief

Over here in the month of June, we’re discussing the potential and possibility that can come out of this crazy uncertain time we’re living in. We can consider what is possible if we apply ourselves, but we have to be willing to do the thought work that takes our mindset from where it is now to where we want it to be.

I see this especially with new leaders. You want to believe you are competent and you can be confident in your role as a principal from the get-go, but just telling yourself that you can do the job flawlessly is not going to create a true belief in your abilities. And this is where the Rungs of Belief come in.

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Ep #128: Social Emotional Learning, Trauma-Informed Care, and Equity with Diana Patton

Social Emotional Learning, Trauma-Informed Care, and Equity with Diana Patton

I have a guest for you this week who is an absolute powerhouse and I can’t wait for all of you to hear what she has to say. Diana Patton consults with junior highs, high schools, and colleges. And the reason we have connected is because she wants to help educational organizations through her RISE program, speaking on leadership, social emotional learning, diversity, and inclusion.

Diana is a speaker, social justice, and integrative health advocate, through her work as a coach and as an attorney. And she’s also the author of her memoir Inspiration in My Shoes and she recently published a book called This Yogi’s Journey. Diana wants to help the nation’s youth step into their empowerment as they move towards adulthood, and I just know you’re going to love her.

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Ep #127: Possibility

Possibility

We are into the month of June, and because of the uncertain and challenging times we’re facing in our schools right now, I want this month to be all about what is possible. So many school leaders are dreading what the return to campus learning will look like, but I want you to look at this as a time of opportunity and innovation.

Throughout history, society has faced problems, and somebody has stepped up and devised a solution in the face of the seemingly unsolvable. Everything that we value, whether it’s something we use physically or a teaching method, was originally just an idea that didn’t exist outside of the innovator’s mind. So, I’m posing today that now is the time to use your thoughts wisely and make the impossible possible.

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