So let’s focus on becoming successful, in whatever we are doing, rather than being successful. Success is not a destination but the journey we are on. The growth is in the struggle, the learning is in the endeavour. Let’s also remember that we set our own goals and determine our own success criteria.
Yearly Archives: 2020
#DailyWritingChallenge Day 3: Honesty – an anonymous blog
It’s taken me years to realise that fitting in is not the goal. Honesty is more important than fitting in.
#DailyWritingChallenge Day 2: Courage – an anonymous blog
I am afraid too, but I’d never admit it. So with heart beating in my chest, I traipse off into the darkness of the cabin to sort out the situation.
#DailyWritingChallenge Day 1: Kindness – an anonymous blog
I discovered the Daily Writing Challenge – a community of people online who knew nothing of my circumstances but were continually kind and encouraging in their comments and responses. This community of kind people who I had never met gave me something positive to think about at a time when I needed it most.
NourishEd: Mother, Daughter, Sister, Woman
I am proud to be a woman and I love the different facets of my identity. My relationships with other women make me the woman I am today. I consider myself very lucky to have so many strong, phenomenal women in my life looking out for me.
NourishEd: This is How We Look When We Lead
But how has my height shaped me as a leader?
CollectivEd: Mentoring Matters
As a system we know we have a recruitment issue, moreover we have a retention issue, perhaps we can mend the leaky pipeline of early career teacher attrition if we invest more in our mentors.
CollectivEd: Virtual Reality Mentoring – co-authored by David Gumbrell and I
To be effective, there needs to be an emotional connection. Mentoring is a feelings and values-driven process. Mentors need to consider how to start building this relationship, in a virtual way, with their mentees from September.
The #DailyWritingChallenge Day 101: Reflections
At the start of lockdown I decided to use writing to create a positive daily habit and to also help me process my emotions about what was going on in the world. I started the #DailyWritingChallenge with the pledge to write every day, it was a pledge to myself. I shared this idea on TwitterContinue reading “The #DailyWritingChallenge Day 101: Reflections”
#DailyWritingChallenge Day 100: Humanity
Who am I? What do I do? Why do I do it? What is my purpose? What impact do I have? What will my legacy be? What kind of human being do I want to be? How do I want to be remembered?
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