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Learning to Teach Better with Ann Monroe as we discuss the featured book, The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King. Show notes can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode12/

Learning to Teach Better with Drew Hall as we discuss the featured book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. Show notes can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode11/

Learning to Teach Better through the experiences of 5 professional educators at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Regional Conference in Nashville, TN Show notes can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode10/

Learning to Teach Better with the featured book Teaching with Problems and the Problems of Teaching by Magdalene Lampert. Show notes can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode9/

Learning to Teach Better with Dr. Gary Williams as we discuss the featured book Extreme Ownership: How the U.S. Navy SEALS Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. Show notes can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode8/

Learning to Teach Better with the featured book Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang. Shownotes at can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode7/

The featured book for this episode is When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor...and Yourself, by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert. I am joined by my service trip co-leader, Carissa Chandler, to discuss the book and share the story of our partner community in Haiti, Camp Mary. Shownotes at can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode6/

How powerful is a moment? Can you make a moment powerful? Some moments have led to drastic changes in peoples’ lives, and relationships. Many times these moments just occur, and those impacted just happened to be there, but what if these moments can be dissected and understood to the point where they can be designed and executed? That is exactly what Chip Heath and Dan Heath do in their book, The...

What is a mentor and where do you find one? Dr. Gary Williams, leadership expert and Vice President and Director of Athletics and Recreation at Wittenberg University helps me answer these (and more) questions on mentorship through the world of Star Wars! Shownotes at can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode4/

What if you could focus your time and energy on the critical few things that will make the most impact? Listen in as Joel explores learnings and applications from the featured book Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown.

This episode features the book, Love Does by Bob Goff. Joel identifies 4 learnings from the book: Build Relationships, Continuing the Story, Detach to Connect, Be Bold and connects those learnings to both life and the classroom.

00:00 – Opening & Purpose 01:46 – Introduce the Book/Theme of Episode 7:30 – Learnings & Applications 7:58 – Manage the Energies 18:55 – End Well 22:43 – Synching is a Super Power 29:07 – Invitation to Engage 30:05 – Conclusion & Gratitude

Amidon Planet Podcast-E000: The Answer is K(NOW)N Featuring the Discipline Equals Freedom Field Manual by Jocko Willink 00:00 - Opening & Purpose 01:41 - About Joel 02:22 - Structure of the Podcast 04:12 - Featured Book: Discipline Equals Freedom Field Manual by Jocko Willink 07:40 Organization of the Book 10:15 Disclaimer 11:02 Learnings and Applications 21:35 Summary 22:15 Closing and Gratitude