Who is on Your “Starting Five”?
Author Jim Rohn suggested that you are the “average” of the five people with whom you spend the most time in your life. Think about the people with whom you spend the most time each day. (Take a moment and write down a list of your top five.) Now ask...
What can you change?
I have worked in large urban public schools for over 15 years and my kids have gone through public elementary, middle, and high schools in suburbs. I have two front-row seats to witness How Schools Really Work: Extreme Edition. If a school is running...
Why do I need to be positive?
“Why do psychologists all want people to be happy all the time? What’s wrong with being a pessimist or feeling depressed sometimes?” “I like the way it feels to be angry. I like to get it out of my system and just yell sometimes. And isn’t it proven that you need a...