Jim DeVivo

theatre educator / artist / researcher; mentoring youth; developing new works

[Jim DeVivo @jimdevivo]

@Barnett_College @IndianaJones If I had to choose just one it's Last Crusade. But Raiders is a close second. That opening sequence in Raiders is epic, but I enjoy the rest of Crusade a whole lot more.

[Brian Tolentino M.Ed @TolentinoTeach]

If you haven’t taught in a classroom post-Covid, you don’t know what it is like to teach the modern student.

The students have changed.

Teaching has changed.

You have to be in the classroom daily to understand what I mean.

[Jim DeVivo @jimdevivo]

@FixingEducation When I was going thru a particularly rough time my wife said constantly "motion equals emotion". It was a life saver!

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

A mentor told me this: “Always assume things will work out, then do the work to make it true.” I’ve found the combination creates a quiet confidence that allows you to tolerate uncertainty better than anything else. I’ll never forget that.

[Jim DeVivo @jimdevivo]

Article about the young playwrights program I had the privilege of producing at the Oscar Hammerstein Museum a few weeks ago: https://t.co/SfbnRd8QqJ #youngplaywrights #playwriting #theatre

[Jim DeVivo @jimdevivo]

@HerzlMargot @MonteSyrie Agreed. Trouble is no one is allowed to fail anymore.

[Jim DeVivo @jimdevivo]

@MonteSyrie My colleague and I discuss this almost daily. I agree that isnt my job to motivate. I bring the knowledge and package it in an engaging way. They choose to engage or not. It's the old "you can lead a horse to water" maxim.

[Jim DeVivo @jimdevivo]

A field study of young playwrights program is underway. Preliminary data shows a frustrating trend that needs our attention. Read more at https://t.co/TOvXFdQZdw

#playwriting #youngplaywrights #theatre

[Jim DeVivo @jimdevivo]

@educator4ever36 As an electives teacher, I would love to see AI assist in this process!

[Brian Tolentino M.Ed @TolentinoTeach]

If you haven’t taught in a classroom post-Covid, you don’t know what it is like to teach the modern student.

The students have changed.

Teaching has changed.

You have to be in the classroom daily to understand what I mean.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

A mentor once told me this: Most of your anxiety is self-inflicted. You're anxious because you're avoiding something you know you need to do. The real work. The decision. The hard conversation. Do the thing. Watch your anxiety disappear.

[Leila Hormozi @LeilaHormozi]

There are two types of people in the world: Those who get bitter and emotional as soon as they don't get what they want from life, and those who choose to get better and reinvent themselves until they get what they want.

[blue @bluewmist]

every time you replace “this is hard” with “what’s the first step?” you shift brain activity from your amygdala (fear) to your prefrontal cortex (problem-solving).
that’s neuroplasticity in real time.

[Jim DeVivo @jimdevivo]

@its_abigail I'm a theatre teacher. The work I do for plays and musicals runs about 90 hours minimum in rehearsal time. That doesn't count all the prep work I do - much of it in summer. I make almost 50% less directing a show than many assistant coaches do in their work.

[Jim DeVivo @jimdevivo]

@educator4ever36 I always have multiple preps. But I also teach only electives, so I expect it. My thinking is the greater number of preps for me balances the greater number of papers, essays, and tests that "core" teachers do.

[Jim DeVivo @jimdevivo]

We call afford to behave a little more human.

[Scott Barry Kaufman ⛵ @sbkaufman]

Wow.

[Arnold Schwarzenegger @Schwarzenegger]

The number of pushups won’t matter until you change how you see yourself.

If you see yourself as a lazy person, you’ll always quit. If you start to change who you are, and become someone who trains and doesn’t give up, that’s what matters.

Identity change requires action. It’s the proof for your mind that you are someone different than it thinks right now.

So start small. Prove to yourself that you’re someone who does 10 pushups and 10 squats right when you wake up every day.

You can grow from there, but first we have to change who you think you are.

[Codie Sanchez @Codie_Sanchez]

You can never convince someone who doesn’t want to work hard, to work hard.

Choose your partners, team, friends wisely.