10-80-10 Rule
10% will love you
80% are indifferent
10% aren’t going to like you
The 10% you choose to focus on will determine a lot in your life
@SteveJonesSPK@TFConsortium
Having kids read at night is presumably better than assigning worksheets, but I've lost count of the number of parents who have told me,"My child used to love reading until the teacher started requiring kids to read x minutes every night. Now it's become a chore"
3 Keys for a Better Life
1. Keep Your Vision Alive - through adversity keep looking forward.
2. Stay Positive - when you hit setbacks believe the best is yet to come. Faith instead of fear.
3. Stay Connected - to your family & team. You are more powerful together than alone.
10 Ways to Make Today Great:
1. Replace “Have to” with “Get to”
2. Be grateful
3. Be open to new possibilities
4. Look for the good
5. Take action
6. Maintain hope
7. Believe in yourself
8. Encourage at least 2 people
9. Be kind (to yourself and others)
10. Smile 😊
7 things that will hurt your team:
1. Energy Vampires
2. Complaining
3. Ego
4. Selfishness
5. Jealousy
6. Resentment
7. Pessimism
7 things that will help your team:
1. Love
2. Encouragement
3. Vulnerability
4. Selflessness
5. Unity
6. Communication
7. Optimism
Three things you control every day are your ATTITUDE, your EFFORT and your ACTIONS. It doesn’t matter what others are doing or who you think is being unfair. Every day you can focus on being positive, working hard and making others around you better.
When fear is keeping you from doing something you know you are meant to do, then you have an even greater reason to do it. Because when you conquer your greatest fears you are able to live and share your greater purpose.
5 Ways to be More Positive:
1. Count your blessings. You can’t be stressed and thankful at the same time.
2. See your challenges as opportunities for growth.
3. Don’t listen to your negative thoughts.
4. Feed yourself with positive encouragement.
5. Choose faith instead of fear.
There’s a saying, “If the devil won’t make you bad he’ll make you busy.” He’ll get you to focus on all the things that don’t matter instead of what does matter. You need to keep the main thing the main thing. Distractions are the enemy of greatness.
The current Teen Vogue features umpteen articles about who was wearing what at the Golden Globes. And also this carefully researched piece about teachers who are ditching grades: https://t.co/Y2esGeLMel