I practice gratitude many times a day. I read recently that when you have a negative experience, think about what you are grateful for, and the negative experience becomes less negative. I have actually done this many times, and it works. Gifford Thomas posted an article about gratitude recently that was a lovely story of Read more about Practice Gratitude Daily[…]
Gavin McCormack posted an interesting article about teaching acceptance to children which certainly spoke to my beliefs. McCormack stated that “To teach children the power of acceptance is one thing, but to allow them to live in a classroom where it’s part of the ethos, it’s an air you breathe and the water you drink, Read more about Teach Acceptance[…]
Gifford Thomas re-posted an article from Lolly Daskal about true leaders making mistakes. The article was fascinating since that is what I’ve been teaching for years. It’s human to err. What I’ve been teaching is that it’s okay to make mistakes but what’s important is that we learn from our mistakes. In order to learn Read more about True Leaders Make Mistakes[…]
I just read an article about a couple of high schools In New Zealand that are in the most poverty stricken schools in New Zealand but are educating students to feel honoured and proud of themselves. Here’s what they said. “This is my seventh school and it’s my favourite,” said one of the teachers of Read more about Honor All Students[…]
Julia Guerrero posted a fascinating article on the 16 benefits of gratitude on LinkedIn on September 10, 2019. Licensed psychologist Senegal Kumar, PHD, says Gratitude is the “practice of making space for appreciation.” It Is a quality of thankfulness which you choose to focus on and practice, which means you don’t just feel it; you Read more about Benefits of Gratitude[…]
Upon listening to Minute With Maxwell, I was reminded of how important it is for us to begin a fresh slate daily. Maxwell said that we don’t have to wait until New Years to start something we want to start. He reminds us that each day we can start whatever it is that we want Read more about Begin Now[…]
The more we practice kindness, the easier it is. Every thought and action we do fires neurones in our brain. The more these neural pathways are fired, the easier it becomes to activate them. So the more we repeat acts of kindness, the easier it is to do them in the future. There are many Read more about Being Kind Is My Mantra[…]
John Maxwell states that, “Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.” According to ChangingMinds.org, “Transformational leaders are often charismatic individuals, but are not as narcissistic as pure charismatic leaders, who succeed through the belief in themselves rather than a belief in others.” Gifford Thomas says, “It Read more about Charismatic or Transformational Leaders[…]
As laptops become smaller and more ubiquitous, and with the advent of tablets, the idea of taking notes by hand just seems old-fashioned to many students today. Typing notes is faster – which comes in handy when there’s a lot of information to take down. But it turns out there are still advantages to doing Read more about Take Notes By Hand[…]
A Growth Mindset thinks like this: – What did you learn from today’s performance? – What steps did you take to make you successful today? – What are some different strategies you could have used? – This will be a challenging concept to learn, but I believe I can master it. – I haven’t got Read more about Growth Mindset[…]