Face Front! Friday!
Let’s show everyone how we’re celebrating the end of the week! Shiny object syndrome. You know what that is. It’s when we chase whatever gleaming object catches our eye, likely distracting us from the important…
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Discover who discovers you
If you’re just waiting around to be discovered, for your big opportunity, for somebody to solve your problems and make your life better, I have a suggestion: Stop waiting around. Take action. Who is supposed…
From me to you (and to me, too): From Future Me to Current Me
Yesterday, I posed a question to you (and to me, too). This one is for both of us. “What advice would your future self give to your current self?” What would future me tell current…
From me to you (and to me, too): From Future You to Current You
It’s easy to give advice. I think I find it easy to take advice too. But for me to heed the words that I say to others? Not so easy. So this one is for…
Face Front! Friday!
Happy 700! Way back on February 8th, 2021 I shared a post with you, and we’ve been together every weekday since then. That’s 700 of them. It’s a fun kind of therapy for me, and…
INFUSE Framework of Mentoring
Thank you to my friend Mary Pat and our Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence for allowing me to share my ideas on the INFUSE framework of mentoring. Do you have a mentor? Would you…
My Superhero Origin Story
Yesterday, I shared with you the idea that your personal or career “origin story” might be more heroic than you think. You know some of these superhero origin stories, even if you never read comic…
Your Origin Story… and a cure for imposter syndrome?
That’s a bold headline. You tell me. You might know that I’m a comic book geek from way back when, going back about half a century. (Didn’t I tell myself not to use that phrase…
From me to you (and to me, too): A Little Bit of Praise Goes a Long Way
It’s easy to give advice. I think I find it easy to take advice too. But for me to heed the words that I say to others? Not so easy. So this one is for…
Face Front! Friday!
Chicago Bears icon Dick Butkus passed away yesterday. When I played backyard football with my friends, I usually played linebacker. I would run around in the middle of the field, just looking for somebody to…