danblanchard

Parent, Educator, Author Dan Blanchard the Award Winning Author and Speaker, two-time Junior Olympian Wrestler, and two-time Junior Olympian Wrestling Coach who grew up as a student-athlete. Dan admits that as a youth he was more of an athlete than a student. Since then, Dan has successfully completed twelve years of college and has earned seven degrees. He teaches Social Studies in Connecticut’s largest inner-city high school. In addition, Dan is a Teacher Consultant for the University of Connecticut’s Connecticut Writing Project. He was chosen by the American Federation of Teachers as their face and voice of educational reform. Dan has authored the two dynamic teen leadership books, Feeling Lucky? and Feeling Good. His third book of the Granddaddy’s Secrets series, Feeling Strong! will be out next winter. As an educator, coach, author, and speaker Dan feels that it is his duty to positively influence our youth every chance that he gets! He lives with his wife, Jennifer, their five children, and family dog, Daisy.

PROBLEMS!!!

A Teen Leadership and Mentoring Blog WATCH DAN’S VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZVmjNg-its Problems! Problems! Problems! YEAH!!! “What? What are you crazy!”  is what you must be thinking right about now. Whoa… Hold on a second there buddy…. Give me a chance to explain. Have you ever known anyone that didn’t have problems? No. I didn’t think so. That …

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Fridays!

A Teen Leadership and Mentoring Blog WATCH DAN’S VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiTYSZyYfTQ My Granddaddy once told me that when everyday is as good as a Friday, then you’ll be finally living! Once again, I think my Granddaddy was on to something here. How many of us dread Monday mornings? How many of us are looking for the weekend …

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YOU Are A Miracle!

A Teen Leadership and Mentoring Blog WATCH DAN’S VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNuKI_N7l9s The other day I was driving home when some guy in a hurry cut me off and nearly caused me to crash my car! My heart pounded from the near-crash, and I thanked my lucky stars that I was able to pull out of it and …

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Forgive and Forget

A Teen Leadership and Mentoring Blog WATCH DAN’S VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h7ZLRHEgqY  My family and I have just been through a very trying time. We moved! Anybody that has ever moved a family of 7 and a family dog, you know what I’m talking about! Well, it seemed like everything went wrong right from the beginning. The movers …

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Team Work!

A Teen Leadership and Mentoring Blog WATCH DAN’S VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC4G42SjQsA Well, today my family and I are moving to our new house! This is something that is done everyday, all around the world. So, it should be something that is simple right? Wrong! This move has at times been overwhelming and very difficult. The best laid …

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