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Expecting the Worst
There are many days when this job seems impossible. The days seem long and hard, plot twists revealing things you’ve never experienced before. You don’t want to think about…
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Visual Design Tools
I’m often asked which tools I use to create the graphics and visuals for the Four O’Clock Faculty website. Over the years, I explored different tools, but I have…
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The Fear of No
It’s much easier to fear NO than it is to anticipate YES. Most of the time, it can feel like YES is improbable. Maybe YES just seems like maybe.…
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Hitting the Wall
It’s way too early to be hitting the wall. It’s only January. It’s not even like we ran into the wall. It’s more like the wall jumped up and…
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3 Questions to Kick Off the Year!
Start the year with these three questions: What is the meaningful project that you (or your students) would want to complete right now?What steps would you need to…
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My Might Do List for 2022
I spent the last week of 2021 rereading Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day. One section of the book describes the power of a might…
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Not This Year
It’s only natural to reflect as the calendar changes from one year to the next. It’s a strange time in schools, as there are still six months left, and…