A boss looks for reasons to say no. A leader looks for reasons to say yes.
A boss issues orders and demands loyalty. A leader gives direction and takes responsibility.
A boss expects to be the most important person in the room. A leader makes everyone feel important.
All parents will emotionally hurt their children, will fail to meet all of their needs, and will project their pain. Parents are human beings— not machines. Adulthood is about taking responsibility for your life & giving yourself what a parent couldn’t.
Informed optimism doesn’t mean you only look at the bright side. It means you don’t overlook the bright side.
If you won't see possibility, you can't solve problems. If you can't imagine a best case, you don't make things better.
The greatest antidote to fear is grounded hope.
It isn't true that facts never change minds. They just don't change minds that are already made up.
If you see your ideas as identities to defend, you twist and resist data to rationalize your views.
If you treat ideas as hunches to test, you embrace data to update your views.
We often let our expertise become our armor.
It takes courage, humility, and integrity to favor hard questions over easy answers, learning over knowing, and getting it right over being right.
My conversations with @BreneBrown:
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Books are in @SGDSBoard for the Culturally Relevant and Responsive Pedagogy - (CRRP) work happening with Greenstone schools. Look forward to discussion as a team.
High school teachers need to recognize that @Self_Reg is every bit as vital for their own well-being as it is for their students. For here too, both sides of the equation are inextricably tied together. https://t.co/KAfwwG9xND
Toni Morrison’s words hold so much truth. One sentence can bring you to your knees and the next can set you free.
Grateful for her and the women who introduced me to her work.
She made the world a better place.
There is no mastery without feedback. But it’s hard.
This checklist has really helped me over the years.
My mantra for receiving feedback: Be brave. Listen. You can take what’s helpful and leave the rest.
My mantra for giving feedback: Clear is kind. Unclear is unkind.
Learning can only happen in spaces where armor is neither necessary nor rewarded.
Thank you to all of the teachers who are creating these spaces - you are the DARING leaders.
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