On the podcast this week, I have a client that I’ve wanted to share with you again for some time. Dustin has been my client for just over a year, and you may remember him from an earlier episode when he had signed up for coaching at the start of the pandemic and shared that whole process with us. But now, we’ve been through the year working together, and he’s on the show to share his experience of being a first-year school leader with the help of me as his coach!

Dustin is the lead principal of a middle school, and even though he had AP experience, being a first-year principal during a pandemic was no joke. He has made it to the end of his first year, and I know that what he was able to achieve will empower and inspire all of you on a similar journey.

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When we hear the word constraint, it’s common to experience some discomfort. We think of deprivation, limitation, being restricted, and none of these feel good. But in today’s episode, I want to reframe this idea of constraint in a way that feels more appealing and sells your mind on the value of constraint.

I believe that when we can truly desire constraint, everything changes. I’ve been practicing this over the past couple of years, and the change I have seen in myself is so phenomenal that I can’t wait to share it with all of you.

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All throughout June, I am encouraging you to dive into your mind and consider the value of your life, your career, and your role as a school leader. It’s my mission this month to give you ideas, thoughts, belief systems, and possibilities in terms of recognizing the value you’re contributing to the world, the value you receive, and what it all means. And the ability to experience fun plays into this massively.

When we think about value, we humans usually go straight to the financial worth of something. But when we only think of value as an exchange of money, we miss out on so much that life has to offer. In fact, you could have all the money in the world, but if your mind is in the wrong place, it’s worth nothing.

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We are officially in the last month of the school year. You have made it! I know that so many of you felt like you weren’t going to make it, but now that you have, I’ve got some treats for you in the month of June. And the first of these is this month’s topic: creating value as a school leader. And this episode is all about the value of alignment.

One of the first things I teach my clients is to align themselves to their leadership values. Alignment is really about being honest with yourself. There are no one-size-fits-all leadership values, so I’m diving into how to define what those values are for you, and then crucially, how to act in alignment with them at every turn.

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In the world of education, mindfulness and positivity have become big trends, and this is something I absolutely love that we are embracing. These are things I’ve spent years dedicating myself to and I hope that they last and create real change in our school system. But just talking about positivity isn’t enough.

The truth is that being 100% positive all of the time is impossible. School leadership is a tough job in the real world, and faking it until you make it and forcing a smile just isn’t going to cut it. So, how can you train your brain to focus on authentic positivity? That’s what I’m unpacking today.

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