Falcon Focus
March 28, 2016
Love All Of It
I sat for a while staring at the computer screen. I couldn't write. Not even a sentence. It had been a week since I started to write a new book but I had nothing. Each December I write a new book and it usually flows well, but not this time. This time I was filled with fear.
Fear that I would disappoint the people who enjoyed my other books. Fear that I couldn't live up to the success of The Energy Bus. Fear that people would say my best writing was behind me. Fear that I would write a piece of junk.
I knew I had to conquer this fear and in that moment I was filled with thoughts that would not only help me overcome my fears but also become a significant lesson in the book I was writing, The Carpenter.
I realized the antidote to fear is love. So instead of the fear of failing I decided to focus on my love of writing, my love for the reader, and my desire to make a difference. From that moment on the book flowed, I wrote it in 2 1/2 weeks and discovered that if you focus on love, you will cast out fear.
Today I want to encourage you to do the same and build your life, work, business, school, project and team with love instead of fear. Remind yourself that if you aren’t building it with love it won’t become all that it can be. Only through love will you create something special, magnificent and compelling. Only through love will you build a masterpiece.
So if you are trying to build a business focus on the love you have of building it rather than the fear of losing it. If you work at a school focus on loving your students instead of fearing all the new testing standards. If you are a young athlete, dancer, musician or artist, focus on your love of playing and performing instead of your fear of failing. Worrying about the outcome and what people think will steal your joy and sabotage your success but loving and appreciating the moment will energize you and enhance your performance.
And if you are a coach or manager building a team, remember that that whatever you try to build with fear will eventually crumble. But that which is built with love will endure. If you build your team with love they will become more and do more than you ever thought possible.
Most of all, as you build with love, know that you will face many challenges and negative forces that can shift your focus back to fear if you let it. When this happens decide to LOVE ALL OF IT. When you love all of it you will fear none of it.
Love the struggle because it makes you appreciate your accomplishments.
Love challenges because they make you stronger.
Love competition because it makes you better
Love negative people because they make you more positive.
Love those who have hurt you because they teach you forgiveness.
Love fear because it makes you courageous.
The secret to life and the greatest success strategy of all is to love all of it and fear none of it.
-Jon Gordon
Downoad the "Love All of It" Poster Here
Print it, post it and share it as a reminder to Love All of It!
Here Comes the Green Team!!!
Thank you!
Thanks, Sebrina and team, for heading up the GREEN TEAM! You rock!!!
To Do's and Calendar Updates
- PLC Math Protocol due last week. If you have not gotten to it with your team, please schedule time this week to get it complete. Click here to access the protocol.
- March 28th: Progress Monitoring for K-3 (not fourth grade due to STAAR testing)
- March 29th: Writing and Grammar Benchmark and STAAR Writing - Everybody writes! This is the day to get your writing benchmark complete. Grammar needs to be complete either this day or sometime this week. Once the writing is complete, begin grading the papers using your rubrics, so that we can analyze on April 5th.
- April 1st: Put a Cap on Diabetes - Pay a dollar to wear a cap.
- April 2nd: Diabetes Walk
- April 4th -8th: Third and Fourth Grade STAAR benchmark. Adjusted schedule below:
Monday, April 4th-3rd Math Benchmark
1st Grade Co-Curr 9:50-10:50
3rd Grade Co-Curr 12:50-1:50
Tuesday, April 5thh-4th Math Benchmark
Kinder Co-Curr 8:45-9:45
4th Grade Co-Curr 1:50-2:50
Wednesday, April 6thh-4th Reading Benchmark
Kinder Co-Curr 8:45-9:45
4th Grade Co-Curr 1:50-2:50
Thursday, April 7th-3rd Reading Benchmark
1st Grade Co-Curr 9:50-10:50
3rd Grade Co-Curr 12:50-1:50
Friday, April 8th-Back to Normal Schedule
- April 4th - 8th: K-2 CFA Math Benchmark
- April 5th: Volunteer Appreciation treats and program
SAVE THE DATE: Keller University July 18th-21st!!!
RtI - Quote
“lack of effort is a symptom, not a cause.”
― Austin Buffum, Simplifying Response to Intervention: Four Essential Guiding Principles
Character Quality for March - Trustworthiness
Professional Development and Learning - Faculty Meetings, PLC's, and Kelly Leach Visits
- March 10th, 24th and April 14th: Second round of guided reading walkthroughs and coaching sessions K-4.
- April 5th: PBIS book study Chapters 9 & 10 and Writing PLC protocol. Please bring all graded students' compositions and editing and revising that they complete this week.