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Gratitude. Today, I am thankful for… I heard a speaker talk about the power of gratitude to increase happiness and I am in the middle of an experiment to test it. I began adding a gratitude section to my morning journal back on March 23. I know it makes me feel a bit lighter in the moment, but I’m not sure what impact it is having beyond that. Will it help you? Maybe try this… Hit “reply” and type three things you are grateful for. The smaller and more specific the better. Try it, and pay attention to what you feel. Cheers! Frederick
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If you don’t have at least one person you routinely debrief with, you are limiting yourself.4/9/2026 Colleagues,
This afternoon, and every Thursday, I meet with my mastermind group. We have a facilitator and five solo edu-preneurs and we get together each week to learn from and draw support from each other. Since joining the group, my focus, clarity, systems, and happiness with my business have all increased and this group gets much of the credit. The rest goes to my personal business strategist, Mara Almond and her remarkable ability to keep me from chasing shiny objects 🤣. Why? Because now I have a team to help. To hold me accountable. To teach me. So, who is on your team? Leadership can be lonely. Who is helping you grow? If you don’t have at least one person you routinely debrief with, you are limiting yourself. Cheers! Frederick Colleagues, Organizations have six dimensions. The four core ones are:
If you are struggling to achieve or implement something, it means that something is out of alignment. If I want my people to develop more capacity but they aren’t growing, it means there is misalignment somewhere. Building systems helps us become more intentional in creating better alignment. If you are a school leader, listen to this week’s episode of The Assistant Principal Podcast to hear how one school is creating alignment between its structures and people.  I’m happy to acknowledge Kaleidoscope Adventures as a sponsor of yesterday’s episode of The Assistant Principal Podcast! I appreciate their support and encourage you to connect with them if you are thinking about planning a school trip!  Cheers!
Frederick Colleagues, If you are trapped in urgent mode all the time, take a look at your systems. I know, looking at systems seems like the last thing you have time for when you are stuck in the gravitational pull of urgency. And… If you do not have systems in place for growing your people, they will not grow. It is that simple. My guest on today’s episode of The Assistant Principal Podcast shares the systems his school uses to support teacher growth. Thanks again to IXL for sponsoring today’s episode!  Cheers!
Frederick Colleagues,
My good friend Darrin Peppard and I co-led a training for middle school leaders last week. Leading up to the event, both of us have had some challenging personal times, which meant we did not have a lot of capacity to pre-plan. We knew what our leaders needed and we developed a really basic plan on how to get there, slapped together a very rudimentary slide deck, and did the training. And it was awesome. Here’s what I am trying to remind myself of:
I am an over planner and control freak, but so much of my life the past four months has been unplanned and underprepared for. It is just that season. And maybe I’m learning some important lessons. I’m really curious, what do you fixate on or overdo that really isn’t that essential? Please consider sharing. Cheers! Frederick |
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