Or do you? If you don’t, then no, the answer is you don’t know the drill. If you do, then yes, you know the drill and it’s no longer a drill, it’s how you do things, how the team does, how everyone comes together, and how fun and work are had and accomplished at the same time. When you know the drill, you’re not thinking about the drill, you’re doing what you’re supposed to be…
Not where you hoped you would be? Not at the job you think you should have? Didn’t get through the first interview round? Your certification exam took a slight detour? You can look at these as either setbacks or steps to growth and learning. If you yearn for nostalgia, screenshot them, put them in a folder, forget about them, and revisit them in 3 years, then ask yourself was it a setback or a step…
I have a ton of respect for everything that teachers do. They spend time outside of their day putting together intricate learning plans that are geared towards helping kids grow and learn all within the constraints they are provided. Who wouldn’t want to go on a random field trip when the opportunity presented itself because the weather was snowing outside? But they can’t. And then when the lesson plans don’t click, they need to pivot,…
Can AI… Tie your shoe (how awesome would that be). Use a Pencil. Put their hand up to ask a question. Slide down a hill and avoid the rocks. Lead your team. Start a team. Okay, these might sound unfair because they are heavily involved in doing things and creating things that require more than simple prompts. What about dealing with inflation and keeping food prices low? What about preventing climate change and normalizing weather…
No one wants to be the last pick, but eventually we are. Whether it’s the school you want to attend, the job you want, the dodgeball team, etc, etc. Sometimes you are the last pick. What matters next is what you do knowing you were the last pick. Do you sit and complain about being the last pick or do you move forward and do something with it? Prove why you shouldn’t have been the…