A Unique Teen Leadership Blog! When asked about becoming a successful leader it usually goes back to the age-old question of, “Is it nature or nurture?” I believe the answer comes down to both. Regarding nurture, Einstein believed that it was very difficult for any of us to get beyond the social prejudices …
A Unique Teen Leadership Blog! Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Huf0ccl3su4 Who are the shakers and movers in your community? Doers are the shakers and movers, of course! Why? Well, it’s really quite simple; doers are shakers and movers because doers get things done. And people who get things done are eventually going to be successful leaders… a.k.a. …
A Unique Teen Leadership Blog! Watch this video on Metacognition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7hadX9UZ5E Our amazing brains are connected to a vast network called our nervous system. This system carries millions of impulses or neurons that are firing off all at once, and are capable of making an infinite amount of connections. The quality of circuitry in our brain …
A Teen Leadership Blog! *Watch a video of me in my classroom talking about the teamwork method to teaching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYkqO-m01io&t=1s For years my inner city students have entered my classroom and have seen (RADW) Read, Analyze, Discuss, and Write on the white board in the front of the classroom as they have walked by to get …
A Teen Leadership Blog! Listen to Dan’s podcast on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbcdgHJEeNE Those who have been following my Granddaddy’s Secrets are probably already aware of the progression of growth that the subtitles of my Granddaddy’s Secrets book series suggests. The first book’s subtitle of “Feeling Lucky?” means that the teen is still hoping to be successful someday. …
A Teen Leadership Blog! Our forefathers understood the importance of choice. Choice really is the underlying theme in our country’s revered Declaration of Independence. Its author, Thomas Jefferson, boldly proclaimed in this document to King George III of England that all of us humans have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. …
A Teen Leadership Blog Watch Dan’s Vlog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6krYL_314NA Becoming a successful leader is a balancing act. To become a successful leader, we must believe in ourselves and balance that belief by getting off of our butts and doing the necessary work to be a successful leader. Recently, I read a poll that compared children’s beliefs …
A Teen Leadership Blog! Watch Dan’s Vlog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFq4Uqb2__k It’s the bottom of the 9th. Bases are loaded. Two outs. Up by one, and the pitcher looks worn out. The manager signals the bullpen. The door swings opens and a pitcher trots out towards the mound to the chant of, “Here comes old reliable.” We know exactly …
A Teen Leadership Blog! Watch Dan’s Vlog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i6Cn-UmmDc We don’t have to check our piggy banks to know that we are already wealthy. Sadly, though, many of us have trouble understanding this reality because the numbers in some of our piggy banks don’t seem to add up to the true richness in our lives. Let’s not …
A Teen Leadership Blog! Watch Dan’s blog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWlywritTiU Can we imagine over-heating on a hot summer day, and rushing to the water faucet to fill up our cup with cool, refreshing water? Can we picture the water overflowing the lip of the cup and spilling down the sides onto our hot, sweaty hand and wrist? …
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