D. Shane Jones

Top-notch labor, employment, & school attorney. Awesome husband & fantastic father of four. All-around great guy. A slight tendency toward mild understatement.

[D. Shane Jones @dshanejones]

Great energy for @krihabouceklaw as we join forces with Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost LLP (F3 Law) to form the Nation's Premier School Law Firm. More details in the @Law360 Article below.

[Law360 @Law360]

Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost and Kriha Boucek will combine next year, creating an education law practice with more than 150 lawyers in 11 offices across the country, according to an announcement this week. #Law360Pulse #BusinessOfLaw https://t.co/mOKP9rcEHP

[Johnny Midnight ⚡️ @its_The_Dr]

Time is short and can easily Change!

[Marcus Aurelius @QuoteAurelius]

If it is not right, do not do it, if it is not true, do not say it.

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Roger Federer broke the internet with one statistic that will change how you see every setback in your life.
1,526 singles matches.
Won almost 80% of them.
20 Grand Slams. 103 titles.

Now answer honestly:
What percentage of total points do you think he won across his entire career?
70%? 65%? 60%?

Try … 54%.
He lost literally almost EVERY SECOND POINT he ever played for 24 years.

And still became one of the greatest of all time.

Watch him explain it himself (2:07 of pure life-changing wisdom):
“In tennis, perfection is impossible… When you lose every second point on average, you teach yourself to say:
‘Okay, I double-faulted — it’s only one point.’
‘Okay I got passed at the net — it’s only one point.’
Even a screaming overhead smash that ends up on SportsCenter Top 10… still just one point.

So when you’re playing your point, it has to be the most important thing in the world.
The moment it’s over — it’s behind you.

That mindset frees you to attack the next point, and the next, and the next with absolute intensity and clarity.”

Then he looked at the crowd and said the line that hit a billion people in the soul:
“The real sign of a champion is not that they win every point.
It’s that they lose again and again and again… and have learned how to deal with it.
Negative energy is wasted energy.
Cry it out if you have to. Then force a smile.
Move on. Be relentless. Adapt. Grow.
Work harder — and work smarter.”

Save this post.

The next time you lose a deal, bomb a presentation, get ghosted, miss a deadline, or just have “one of those days” — come back here and read it again.

You’re not falling behind.
You’re just in the 46%.
And the 46% is exactly where every single legend has spent most of their career.

Keep playing the next point.
(full 2:07 clip — sound on)

[Book Therapy @Book_therapy223]

Keep your head when others are losing theirs.

[Cozyreads @Cozyreads_]

Start your morning by reminding yourself of three things :

[D. Shane Jones @dshanejones]

F3 Law and Kriha Boucek Combine Forces to Revolutionize Education Law Across the Nation https://t.co/4aIHWngd0Y

[Law360 @Law360]

Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost and Kriha Boucek will combine next year, creating an education law practice with more than 150 lawyers in 11 offices across the country, according to an announcement this week. #Law360Pulse #BusinessOfLaw https://t.co/mOKP9rcEHP

[Kriha Boucek K-12 Education Law Attorneys @krihabouceklaw]

Kriha Boucek joins Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost LLP (F3 Law)

Strengthening Our Ability to Serve
● Same Trusted Attorneys
● Core Values unchanged
● Continued Commitment to Clients
● Expanded Depth of Knowledge, Skills and Services
Read the Press Release: https://t.co/dvWjmJHu37

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@krihabouceklaw to Join F3 Law, Forming the Nation’s Premier Education Law Firm https://t.co/UdPkL0PTIG

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Abraham Lincoln: A Sacred Effort https://t.co/9ce0scs8Nh via @StoicWeek

[Marcus Aurelius @QuoteAurelius]

If it’s not right, don’t do it. If it’s not true, don’t say it.

[Alex Veremeyenko @alex_verem]

This is going to revolutionize education 📚

Google just launched "Learn Your Way" that basically takes whatever boring chapter you're supposed to read and rebuilds it around stuff you actually give a damn about.

Like if you're into basketball and have to learn Newton's laws, suddenly all the examples are about dribbling and shooting. Art kid studying economics? Now it's all gallery auctions and art markets.

Here's what got me though. They didn't just find-and-replace examples like most "personalized" learning crap does. The AI actually generates different ways to consume the same information:

- Mind maps if you think visually
- Audio lessons with these weird simulated teacher conversations
- Timelines you can click around
- Quizzes that change based on what you're screwing up

They tested this on 60 high schoolers. Random assignment, proper study design. Kids using their system absolutely destroyed the regular textbook group on both immediate testing and when they came back three days later.

Every single one said it made them more confident.

The part that surprised me? They actually solved the accuracy problem. Most ed-tech either dumbs everything down to nothing or gets basic facts wrong.

These guys had real pedagogical experts evaluate every piece on like eight different measures.

Look, textbooks have sucked for centuries not because publishers are idiots, but because making personalized versions was basically impossible at scale. That just changed.

This isn't some K-12 thing either. Corporate training could work this way. Technical documentation. Professional development.

Imagine if every boring compliance course used examples from your actual job instead of generic office scenarios.

We might have just watched the industrial education model crack for the first time. About damn time.

[Codie Sanchez @Codie_Sanchez]

Business lessons after 15 years:

[D. Shane Jones @dshanejones]

Big congrats to our newest law partner, Adam Henningsen!!

[Kriha Boucek K-12 Education Law Attorneys @krihabouceklaw]

Kriha Boucek congratulates Adam Henningsen on his promotion to Partner!

With a J.D. from UMKC and over a decade of exceptional counsel, Adam has been a key asset since joining in 2023. KB is excited for his continued contributions in education law!
https://t.co/3mnDL2E89W

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@jbmrkelly @damonwest7 @AdamMGrant @JonGordon11 @brewerhm @carrie_hruby @ChristineCaine @Franklin_Graham @GrantCardone @RCamposDuffy Great Endorsement @jbmrkelly - @damonwest7 ("The Coffee Bean") is awesome.

[D. Shane Jones @dshanejones]

Coming up this Thursday (April 10) for members of @IllinoisASA! We will discuss real-world scenarios, focus on core operational tools to help you address HR issues well, and share a checklist that may even help you get a little bit ahead of the HR game.

[Kriha Boucek K-12 Education Law Attorneys @krihabouceklaw]

IASA Legal Workshops
Join @dshanejones Apr 10, 2025, for a webinar on HR. Shane will provide a framework to help upgrade and professionalize the HR function at your school district with practical recommendations and best practices.
Registration: https://t.co/5nMeaHQJf8