SEEing to Lead

How often do we ask that question with no interest in the answer? How often do we answer it knowing the person who asked doesn't really want to hear our answer? We can create more of an authentic focus on social emotional learning by taking small steps to increase empathy. Take the challenge in the video by taking a small step today. Remember that everyone is on their own journey that continues lo...

Dave is a former schoolteacher with 16 years of classroom experience.  Dave also has 20 years of teaching experience in untraditional settings. He has a bachelor's degree and two masters degrees in education.  While in the classroom, he was certified as a music teacher.  He taught Band, Orchestra, Choir, and general music at all levels, preschool through college.  Other items he has taught include...

How often have we slowed down the pace of our lives enough to notice the small acts of service we can perform for others? Those small acts for us often have a larger impact on those who receive them. All we have to do is notice what we can do for others to make a large, positive impact on them and eventually our whole community. There is a challenge in the video. Start small and then build up to m...

Shari Pierce was born and raised in Yonkers, New York and was a special educator for the Yonkers Public Schools for thirty-three years. For twenty-three of those years, she worked with middle and high-schoolers with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities. Following her retirement, she wrote a book, "Life Skills: A Handbook for Parents & Teachers of the Intellectually Disabled" which give...

Nobody is perfect. Situations, even less often. We will always run across stumbling blocks or barriers to our success. When we do we have three choices we can make instead of giving in and not reaching our goal. We can go around by finding another solution to the problem. We can go over by persevering until we can overcome by outlasting what is in our way. We can go through by learning from our mi...

Kathleen Weber is a former school counselor of 25 years and is a Certified, Accredited Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Practitioner.  She is passionate about bringing tools to educators and students that help to regulate emotions and calm the nervous system.  Prior to using these techniques, she felt like something was missing from her toolbox.  Students would return with the same issue time an...

Three things that unfortunately, are sometimes overlooked when they can be helped with small steps. Have a listen for a "3 for 1" strategy, repeated 5 times for maximum positive impact. Don’t Forget to Review the Show! I appreciate you checking out the episodes. I would mean a lot to me if you took a minute right now to subscribe, rate, and review on iTunes , Spotify , Amazon , or wherever you lis...

Daniel Kelley is an Associate Teaching Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Rhode Island. He previously served as the principal of Smithfield High School in Smithfield, RI. During his tenure, he successfully implemented sustainable change initiatives that profoundly impacted the school’s learning culture. Dan’s contributions to education extend to national leadership...

We often get caught up in our schedules as we move through the day. Before we know it, days turn into weeks and weeks turn into months. Suddenly we realize that there is a feeling of being unfulfilled. That feeling is an effect of not making time for ourselves as we stay busy making sure we are working to meet the needs and expectations of others. What we don't realize is that we can do all of tha...

Meet Mike, a passionate coach, mentor, and leader dedicated to fostering positive change through the principles of MIRA: Mindset, Intention, Right Action. With 17 years of experience in guiding, leading, and building national programs designed to teach, train, develop, and inspire, Mike brings a wealth of expertise. His goal is to instill positive psychology principles and inspire communities of a...

We often forget about one of the most important types of communication when interacting with people. You ever hear of the old saying, "It's not what you say, but how you say it"? That's because as humans, we scan our environment and other people for signs of acceptance or threats and what we hear feeds into our conclusion. We often use our tone to cover up our authentic feelings. The challenge in...

Meet Mike, a passionate coach, mentor, and leader dedicated to fostering positive change through the principles of MIRA: Mindset, Intention, Right Action. With 17 years of experience in guiding, leading, and building national programs designed to teach, train, develop, and inspire, Mike brings a wealth of expertise. His goal is to instill positive psychology principles and inspire communities of a...

Procrastination creeps into a persons life in ways that make it a habit before being noticed. That makes it all the more difficult to combat so we can all more efficiently achieve higher levels of success. Creating consistent, distraction free activities and then utilizing systems to help organize your time are ways to combat the ever present urge to procrastinate. Take the challenge and let me kn...

Meet Mike, a passionate coach, mentor, and leader dedicated to fostering positive change through the principles of MIRA: Mindset, Intention, Right Action. With 17 years of experience in guiding, leading, and building national programs designed to teach, train, develop, and inspire, Mike brings a wealth of expertise. His goal is to instill positive psychology principles and inspire communities of a...

Habit driven behaviors create habit driven results! I had a recent run in with some artillery fungus and considered how it relates to smoothing over habits that may be detrimental to your overall success. We can always add a new layer of action on top, but if we don't solve the underlying issue the need to "do the work" will eventually arise. Artillery fungus leaves small marks that become recogni...

Meet Mike, a passionate coach, mentor, and leader dedicated to fostering positive change through the principles of MIRA: Mindset, Intention, Right Action. With 17 years of experience in guiding, leading, and building national programs designed to teach, train, develop, and inspire, Mike brings a wealth of expertise. His goal is to instill positive psychology principles and inspire communities of a...

We don't stop playing games because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing games! We are all busy. Often with pretty serious things. Unfortunately, it eats up all our time and we forget to step back. While our lives are serious we shouldn't always take ourselves so seriously. This week brings a message and challenge designed to help increase joy and connectedness in your life by not just...

Meet Mike, a passionate coach, mentor, and leader dedicated to fostering positive change through the principles of MIRA: Mindset, Intention, Right Action. With 17 years of experience in guiding, leading, and building national programs designed to teach, train, develop, and inspire, Mike brings a wealth of expertise. His goal is to instill positive psychology principles and inspire communities of a...

Excuses are bad, but incredibly powerful! We often use excuses to get out of things we don't really want to do. We also use them to make ourselves feel better for having fallen short of a goal or not doing what we need to get there in the first place. But what if we could use the power of excuses for good? What if we could use them to help us reach our goals instead of not succeeding? We can if we...

This is an old phrase, but still relevant every day. How can we keep from not matching what we value with the time we spend doing it? I offer a strategy to find out what our actions say we value rather than what we say in the video. Take the challenge by examining what you currently do and comparing it to how that shows what you value through action rather than speech. Then take the steps to align...

Reaching our goals is about more than just setting them and then making a plan. It is often about how we approach the small steps that present themselves every day. Follow the steps I outline to make progress on those small steps that make the bigger picture a reality. Distractions come in many forms, minimize them. Putting lower priority tasks first halts our ability to complete what is needed at...

Key Points: Focus is not the product of our environment. Instead our environment is the result of our ability to and level of focus. Things like anxiety , poor relationships, and low self-esteem can be improved when we learn to increase our focus in certain areas. Anxiety comes with feelings of being overwhelmed. If we take a step back, focus on the things we can control and narrow down what we tr...

Key Points: Walking the line between empathy and problem solving is difficult. Try this strategy to help support those facing difficulties and the trap of the negative self talk cycle. Then maybe they will return the favor when you need it. After all, we will always face negative circumstances. The question is how do we move past them so we can be positive and realize greater levels of success. SE...

Through 23 years in Education, Jonathan has been at the bleeding edge of learning how digital tools (STEM, AR/VR, AI, environment sensors) and a focus on our humanity can boost the success of students everywhere. He has also learned by working with luminaries such as Dr. Rubin Puentedura (SAMR), Dr. Larry Johnson (NMC) and Prof Stephen Heppell (Learnometer), the FutureWe Community, and his current...

Dr. Rachel Edoho-Eket (Ed-oh-eck-it) is a wife, mother, principal, public speaker, and author. With decades as a teacher and leader in public education, she has earned the reputation as a strong instructional leader, passionate educational advocate, and dedicated mentor. As the Principal of a top ranked school in Maryland, she is a life-long learner who strives for excellence not only for herself,...