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Colleagues,
Last Friday I sent a very happy email telling you how awesome you are (link). The message hit home with several of you, so I thought I would do a brief follow up. YOU ARE AMAZING BECAUSE:
I know all these things are true, because you wouldn’t be reading this email if they weren’t. Each morning you read this daily email, you are renewing your commitment to all of those bullets. So, today, pat yourself on the back. Be okay to feel good. And then pass it on to someone else, and help them feel good. Cheers! Frederick
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Colleagues,
I have a morning process:
If I can get through step 5 with fidelity it is 95% chance that I will have a productive day. I’m generally pretty good at executing this routine, except when I am away from home, which has been a lot the past couple months. If I get distracted or disrupted, my chances of having a productive day drop significantly. What about you?
Consider sharing your answers with me, I’d love to hear them. Cheers! Frederick Colleagues, I wrote a few weeks (months?) ago about my core values, one of which is “every moment matters.” What that means to me is when I bring my full presence in a moment, I can build a relationship that will help me lead better. On today’s episode of The Assistant Principal Podcast, Jason Johnson and I dig into the importance of moments when it comes to building relationships. 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, Relationships. Are they an analog concept in a digital world? I feel like we all know how important relationships are but we say we don’t have enough time to invest in them. Hmmmmm… My guest on The Assistant Principal Podcast is Jason Johnson, North Carolina High School Principal of the Year. We dive into relationships. One of my favorite nuggets is this: one sentence can make a difference. We can plant a seed (or kill one) with a single sentence. Maybe, aspire this week to look for opportunities to plant seeds with one sentence. Thanks again to IXL for sponsoring today’s episode!  Cheers!
Frederick Colleagues,
Last week was crazy. I had a wonderful time being the opening keynote speaker at the Texas Making Middle Schools Matter Symposium on March 1. From there, I traveled to San Francisco (3rd time since the new year) to support my struggling family member. The disruption to my schedule, for this trip, but also for previous ones in January and February, is taking a toll and it is hard to sustain a business when you are constantly in crisis mode. Luckily, I’ve built many systems to help me stay connected and on top of my work, but last week it felt like those systems were failing. I became concerned and frustrated, and began going down the negative talk rabbit hole. Then, Friday morning, I got up early and was quiet. I reflected, I journaled, and I asked myself questions like:
In the quiet, I discovered my emotions were overblown. I also began to see some system structures that weren’t working for me any more. And I saw why some of that friction was occurring. Now, I will make small changes to instantly improve my situation, instead of tearing it all down and starting from scratch. Got a problem? Be still. Cheers! Frederick |
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