Ep #261: The Solution Cycle

The Empowered Principal™ Podcast Angela Kelly |The Solution Cycle

What is a solution? The easiest reply to this question is, a solution is the answer to a problem. So, let’s go deeper. Where do solutions come from? Our brain is what generates solutions; new ideas that solve for a problem. So, how can you leverage your brain’s power to come up with solutions? That’s where the Solution Cycle comes in.

Thoughts create solutions, and what we spend time thinking about impacts the solutions we generate. What we believe is possible or impossible determines the level of solution we are able to offer our schools, so this week, I’m showing you a way of thinking that generates a different approach in coming up with solutions.

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Ep #260: Your Capacity to be Extraordinary

The Empowered Principal™ Podcast Angela Kelly | Your Capacity to be Extraordinary

This week, I’m sharing something personal with you that has challenged my mind deeply lately. I’m going through something which has invited me to question how I currently think, feel, and approach things in my business and in my personal life. So, I’m sharing this experience as I process it in real time because I know it will help you with anything you’re dealing with, personally or professionally, and help you see your capacity to be extraordinary in every area of your life.

So many people tell themselves that it’s fine for other people to be successful, and because they’re successful, they’re somehow different, like they had more support, more resources, that they’re smarter and they just have it easier. But the truth is, all of us as humans have the capacity to be extraordinary, and I’m showing you how to see that in this episode.

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Ep #259: Success is Not a Multiple Choice Problem

The Empowered Principal™ Podcast Angela Kelly | Success is Not a Multiple Choice Problem

You are here to change the world. That is why you signed up as an educator, to give your students and teachers the best possible chance of making an impact. However, so many school leaders believe they can’t do this work without burning out. But the truth is, success is not a multiple choice problem, and truly anything is possible.

This is your calling. Do not shy away from it because it’s too big or difficult, or you feel you’re boxed in by how you currently believe you need to approach school leadership. So, if your brain is feeding you unhelpful thoughts about your limitations as a school leader, listen up.

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Ep #258: Fully Enjoy Your Holiday Break

The Empowered Principal™ Podcast Angela Kelly | Fully Enjoy Your Holiday Break

Can you believe we’re in December? We’re fresh off the back of Thanksgiving in the US, and this is the time of year where, all over the world, we take a break. So, I’m here this week to set you up for a fully enjoyable Holiday season, whatever you’ve got planned.

Think back to the last time you had a significant break from school and how you spent that time. Were you as intentional about having the best experience possible during that time? Do you give your time off as much consideration as you give your work? As fulfilling as our work can be, it’s time to stop identifying solely as a school leader, and think about how to find purpose away from work as we close out the year.

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