Based on the premise of Dan Heath's Upstream, this post examines 3 fictional people. Each handles results of problems instead of preventing them....
In a contest for worst year ever, 2020 would be the favorite. For most, the 1st half has been empty. Can we turn it around and end 2020 with a glass half full?...
Looking for a way to say "goodbye" to graduates with a little thing they will cherish always? Add this simple letter to your graduation ceremony....
Watching students grow from kindergarten to middle school is a heart-warming experience for elementary principals. Here is an idea that helps bring back kindergarten memories for the rising middle schoolers....
We are all familiar with Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. It is regarded as one of the great speeches of all time. But what is it about the content of the speech and the delivery of the...
A chess match consists of many moves. For the player, all that's there is the next move. Well played, it set up future success...just like life....
When things are easy, they get done. That premise is one on which I have based much of my work. As humans, we do things that are easy. If you want something to get done, and done consistently, it's got...
Want to make a difference in someone's day? This fable illustrates the power in each of us to make someone's day better or worse....
When you experience your own September 11th, remember September 12 will always follow. The worst things are never the last things....
When most people say, "It can't be done," what they mean is, "I don't know how to do it." This poem focuses on possibility....