“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.”- Jimmy Johnson Over the years, a few questions have guided my actions: What do I want to accomplish in life? What am I willing to do to get where I want to be? How do I want to be remembered?…
Life is about relationships. To really make meaningful connections with others, you have to be transparent about your own life experiences, the good and the bad. Hopefully over time, I will have the opportunity to learn more about you. In the meantime, let me share my story so you can understand what has influenced my…
As you may recall, in our first Character Education quote, we acknowledged that our attitude is one of the three things that we can control everyday. Today, we are going to focus solely on attitude. In 1986, Dennis Mannering, with the assistance of Wendy Mannering, published the book Attitudes Are Contagious: Are Yours Worth Catching?…
As a former classroom teacher, I focused a lot of my efforts on building relationships with students and preparing them for life. Every day we would start our class with a character education quote. I would have the students copy the quote. As they copied the quote, I would share some thoughts about the…