Well it is a new year-new semester! Today there was an email from Vicki Davis-The CoolCatTeacher in my inbox. It is always exciting to get a message from her. I LOVE HER POSITIVE PERSPECTIVE on life and teaching!
The title of her blog today is 3 Steps to Make 2015 Epic.
Ms. Davis begins by stating that in order to make it an epic year, you have to have "gumption". The definition is "spirited initiative", a word used in the Southern US with Scottish origins. Another meaning for gumption is resourcefulness. The Cool Cat Teacher then goes on to give us her 3 steps for getting up our gumption to achieve greatness this year.
Learn From Your Mistakes and Move On Smarter-
Epic Action #1: Get up your gumption by learning what you can from your mistakes. Stop now and reflect on your mistakes. Make a list of how you can do better next time. Move forward.
Set Audacious Goals-
Epic Action #2: Get up your gumption by setting one big goal. Take some time to list all the goals you would like to achieve. Keep this list with you over a few weeks, and each time your thoughts return to one of them, make a mark beside that goal. While you can have more than one, pick one audacious goal. Write it on a card. Keep it with you in your wallet. Read the goal to yourself. Take steps toward creating a habits to hel that goal become closer to reality.
Make Epic Memories-
Epic Action #3: Get up your gumption to do something out of the ordinary today. Determine that you're going to get out of the ruts of your past and do extraordingary things to make memories. Do something different.
Ms. Davis concludes telling us that life is hard, but even harder when we lack the gumption to move forward. She challenges us to have the gumption to make our lives epic. If we do so, 2015 can be one of our best years ever. Below is the link to her blog.
edutopia.org/blog/3-steps-make-2015-epic-vicki-davis
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