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I Asked an AI to Critique My Outfits. It Taught Me Something About Leadership.
For most of my adult life, I asked my wife what I should wear. Not because I had no opinions. Rather, I had plenty. But I had learned early that my opinions and her opinions didn’t always produce the same result, and her results were usually better. So I abdicated the decision-making and moved on.…
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Relationship-Focused Education
The current understanding of effective teaching and learning emphasizes voice, engagement, and rigor as crucial to deep learning. Building relationships, relevance, and rigor (as framed by Dagget) are essential. It’s not just about teacher-student relationships, but also student-student and adult-adult connections are crucial. These relationships are rooted in a social contract of respect, trust, empathy,…
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Doing Hard Things
The reader reflects on the slow process of reading “Do Hard Things” and its impact on tackling personal challenges. The book prompts self-reflection, emphasizing the importance of positive self-talk in tough situations, using a marathon experience to illustrate. Overcoming self-doubt in writing is likened to building endurance. The author seeks advice on facing challenges.
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Kicking Off 2024
I have been false starting on this work for the better part of a year. I decided this year, my word for the year is FORWARD. In addition to being motto of the great State of Wisconsin, it is the direction I want to go this year in all facets of my life. I want to move forward…
Live. Learn. Lead. 