A Collection of Blogs, Thoughts and Ideas
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Resilient Individuals: Individuals who demonstrate resilient behaviors tend to be able to recognize and manage their personal perceptions and feelings, and are cognizant of their personal locus-of-control. They can perceive and understand feelings of others, understand that they matter to others, and also see that they can make a positive impact on the…
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Take a moment and consider your current understanding of the word “Resilience.” A Question: Do you consider your understanding of #resilience to be deep, or surface level? It seems that in our day-to-day culture the word has become more of a descriptor of character or action, rather than as a true understanding that the word…
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Connect, Appreciate and Build a Sustainable Transformation Connecting: When we connect, even for a moment, we demonstrate the ability to build relationship, be human, show love, and to build a community. When we connect with those in our environments we take the first step in demonstrating to them that we care, that they matter,…
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The “Success Iceberg” Are you building your “Success Iceberg?” Do you recognize the efforts of others as you view their success? Are you planning and implementing your next step to greatness? Or, do you need a little nudge to get you going? If so, read on my friends! For those that are desiring to…
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I think that each person has an unlimited ability to bring positivity to the world, and yet, if each of us gives, and gives, and gives without taking time to recharge our batteries we do run the risk of running on emply, and sputtering out like an old VW Bug. Thus, it is important for…
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Tale of Two Types of Teachers: One Brings Forth Transformational Resiliency, the Other Threatens Students Success-Time to Choose! My dear fellow educators, parents, people who care about children, and supporters of a better world, let me first say clearly, each and every child you know needs your support, care, love and understanding. I further believe…
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Developing “Grittier” Students for the 21st Century. In my work on resiliency development I have indicated that many of the dynamics that are represented in this post are possible, especially when educators in one location are empoweed to create learning environments that are engaging, supportive, empowering for students, and intentional and purposeful in their design.…
Recipes For Resilience 