To be an educator is a noble calling with motivation that goes beyond compensation. The most effective educators are all in, committed with mind, heart, soul, and body. No one should be deterred from such a meaningful life purpose.

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Whatever we do should be carried out with intense desire and a fiery purpose, but we must be self-controlled, tempered by humility rooted in a purposeful perspective. Educators who love, teach students to love.

Quotes:

Carl Jung: “One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touch our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of a child.”

Yogi Berra: “It ain't the heat, it's the humility.”

Bible Verse:

1 Peter 3:8 All of you be harmonious, sympathetic, loving, compassionate, and humble.

Coaching Question: Did I do my best to bring the warmth today?

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When we're called to do something, we can’t delay til things are just right with no risks. We may risk restoring relationships, trying new methods, or learning the latest tech. Though the risks are

evaluated carefully, we favor action over the fearful status quo because if we hesitate, we might miss the chance of a lifetime at the peak of the mountain.

Quotes:

Dale Carnegie: “Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally

the one who is willing to do and dare.”

Dr. Daniel Kahneman: “Their decisions make a difference; they are inventors, entrepreneurs, political and military leaders—not average people. They got to where they are by seeking challenges and taking risks.”

Bible Verse:

Ecclesiastes 11:4 “Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.”

Coaching Question: Did I do my best to take a chance today?

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Prudence is the virtue by which we recognize our divine duty and choose to fulfill it. Prudence enables us to expertly navigate daily decisions with remarkable wisdom and leadership that recognizes different conditions and uses the wisest approach.

Quotes:

Dante Alighieri: “Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.”

John Ortberg: “Prudence is foresight and far-sightedness. It's the ability to make immediate decisions on the basis of their longer-range effects.”

Euripides: “Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.”

Coaching Question: Did I do my best to allow prudence to prevail today?

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Our desire as educators is to communicate expertly in a manner that grows trust and inspires the desired responses. That means we must master a whole new level of habits and skills because communication doesn’t just happen. It involves listening, sensing, and talking in order for us to adapt our methods to the way they perceive and process the world.

Quotes:

Robert Frost: “Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can’t, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.”

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: “Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee,and just as hard to sleep after.”

Bible Verse:

Proverbs 12:18 “Careless words stab like a sword, but the words of wise people bring healing.”

Coaching Question: Did I do my best to reinforce the message today?

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When we sustain our serenity, that inner peace, we gain significant advantages in all circumstances because we make wiser decisions, stay on purpose, and are more trusted as leaders.A sense of security returns to our schools when we have a steadfast heart and mind.

Quotes:

Henry Fielding: “I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more.”

William James: “The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.”

Bible Verse:

Isaiah 26:3 “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.”

Coaching Question: Did I do my best to practice peace within today?

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Breaking bad luck or unfortunate patterns in life is far more likely to happen when we address our own contributions: bad habits, bad attitudes, and bad mindsets. Excellence is not a goal to be achieved, but an attitude to be cultivated.

Quotes:

Helen Keller: “Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.”

Ulysses S. Grant: “Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, or to do anything, never to turn back or to stop until the thing intended was accomplished.”

Charles V. Cherbuliez: “What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient, but restless mind, of sacrificing one’s ease or vanity, of uniting a love of detail to foresight, and of passing through hard times bravely”

Coaching Question: Did I do my best to break bad today?

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Survival is the approach some take to each day, just trying to get through to the end. But not Dr. Amy Swann. She has developed a tenacity for achieving the desired goals, no matter what sacrifices and hard work are required to navigate through the obstacles.

Quotes:

Dr. Amy Swann: “As leaders, we need to go, oh that didn’t work. Hey team, let’s come together. And how can we strategize this? How can we make a plan to get this right? Because that was a good idea, that just didn’t work.”

Dr. Amy Swann: “I can improve what I’m doing. Doesn’t mean that you’re not still doing a good job, but you know, do we want to be good or do we want to be great?”

Dr. Amy Swann: “We learn from great leaders and we learn from the leaders where we’re like, it doesn’t have to be that way.”

Coaching Question: Did I do my best to persevere under trial today?

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