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Jan 3, 20223 min read
What Are Your #3Reasons? (167/500)
On New Year's Eve morning, I came across a tweet from Peter DeWitt in which he shared his #3Reasons for entering the field of education...
Jul 14, 20214 min read
"Are we more empathetic than we used to be?" (TBD) (18/365)
Recently, I’d read a blog post from a friend, colleague, and mentor, Dr. Donald Gately. He’d asked, in his COVID-19 blog, an essential...
Jul 14, 20211 min read
Where Am I? (17/365)
The literal responses to this question is: I live and work on the south shore of Long Island. I work roughly an hour east of New York...
Jul 11, 20214 min read
Casting Votes (14/365)
Two weeks, “a writer”. Three months, “a writer”. These are two personal milestones I’ve hit in the last 24 hours. Today marks the latest...
Jul 10, 20212 min read
School Culture...According to Dabbawalas (13/365)
My writing challenges: Dive deep Focus on brevity Write for readers Repeat daily My post “Leadership Lessons From Dabbawalas” (by my...
Jul 7, 20212 min read
Being 13...Again (10/365)
“Who among us would choose to go back to being 13?” This is the opening question I often pose to groups of people who spend their time...
Jul 4, 20212 min read
What System Are You Building? (7/365)
"You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.” - James Clear, Atomic Habits Today marks one week of...
Jun 29, 20212 min read
Will You Choose to Make Today, Great? (2/365)
“Make it a great day, or not, the choice is yours.” This is our daily morning sign-off over the school’s public address system. It’s the...
Jun 28, 20212 min read
Start Before You're Ready (1/365)
For the last several months, I’ve contemplated starting (restarting, actually) my blog. I’ve prepared, researched, organized, and slowly...
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