I recently heard that more than 80% of people spend their life, or at least the majority of their life, doing what they are second best at. Stop and think about that for a moment. Is that you? Is there something you are just amazing at or totally love to do but were told to get a real job, focus...

If there is one thing I really don’t agree with in the educational field, it’s the use of labels. I think labels can be detrimental for growth, for learning and for being our very best. Labels can hinder us from growing, improving, and even succeeding in life. And I’m not talking about...

When It Feels Like No One’s Listening… I am… This was one of the things that I’ve been told made me a great teacher in and out of the classroom. I listen. Elena, an amazing 18-year old I once worked with, told me that most adults don’t even see her, acknowledge her, let alone talk to ...

When I was a teacher in a classroom I was given a mentor. An older teacher, who’d been around the block a few decades and was there to give me the support I needed as a new teacher. Or so I thought. A little back story is needed here. I did not plan to teach, never went to schoo...

I was never going to be a lifer. When I made the decision to leave my job in my fourth year of teaching, in the public school system, I was pulled aside by many. I heard things like: “Are you sure?”“What will you do?”“Why would you leave? This is the year you get tenure!”
“I thought you were a li...

So, we are in a new era. An era where artificial intelligence is just beginning to make a daily impact on our lives. Our children have grown up knowing this was possible while my generation watched movies like Terminator and thought it possible but weeellllll… It was still a bit...

The best thing I can share with you, as we dive into our second month together, is my personal mantra. A mantra I just started this year, at the time of writing these 52 Life Lessons and it all stemmed from an amazing book I read. A book I’ll share below. My new mantra is simple. It’s...

I’ve already mentioned how important writing your thoughts down will be during these 52 Life Lessons. But writing or journaling is point blank the best thing you can do for yourself. Seriously, I sound like a broken record and yes, I am also naturally a writer, so you might be thi...