Yesterday something spilled at the Dollar Tree. A lady called over the only visible employee to alert him. His response was "that's not my job." Now imagine being in an Apple store. If a few …
Saving 10% for reflection
Maybe a good rule of thumb is that at least 10% of a session should be reflection. 60 min session = 6 min reflection 3 hour session = 18 min reflection 3, 10 hours days = 3 hours reflection I …
A new question to optimize for
What if we optimized for what lights students up? Rather than developing worksheets and assigning reading, how might we make sure the student is activated first? We can still assign the reading and …
We’re missing the frame
Everyone has problems. We're all facing our own challenges, so why are so few people talking to each other about them? I think we're missing the frame for such conversations to happen. We have plenty …
What you can and can’t control
If there were a venn diagram of "what you can control" and "what you can't control," it feels like luck would be in the middle. Technically, those two diagrams shouldn't intersect, but I think luck …
Desire to learn
The only sustainable solution is the desire to learn. The question is: how do you create it? …