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What Would You Do?
To inspire creativity, I’ve often heard people ask: What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail? After all if you couldn’t fail, you’d be willing to try…
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Defining Success AND Failure
Inspired by Nobody Knows What They’re Doing. Start the year by thinking about what a successful year looks like. You can ask a simple question: what will success…
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Leave Your Mark
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to speak to our school's outgoing Fifth Grade Class. I shared these words with them: Always wear your helmet when you are riding your…
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Stumble. Fall. Rise. Repeat.
Our kids are going to stumble. They are going to fall. They will fail. They will inevitably make mistakes. We need to help them with the getting back…
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A Missed Opportunity
Tied 63-63. 9.8 seconds on the clock. Both teams had played through an incredibly hard fought game. Back to back three pointers had gotten the home team to…
5 Ways to Focus on Process
We often get caught up in what a final product looks or feels like, but much of our learning and student learning takes place during the process. Try these…
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Creating a Culture of Mistakes
How important is it to create a culture based on making mistakes, failing forward, and learning from our errors? Try these strategies to provide opportunities for students to embrace failure.…
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Cool Dudes
"The only thing to remember about cool dudes is that they never give up." My son told me this after I had experienced a particularly rough day. It made all…
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Toy Story 2 Isn’t Working
With less than a year to theatrical release, Toy Story 2 was sent back to the drawing board for drastic changes, because it simply was not working. Even after…
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Pixar Shorts
In addition to releasing a multitude of feature length films, Pixar has also become known for its short films. These “shorts” provide the Pixar team an opportunity to try…