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Burning Out? Focus on the Important, Not the Urgent

It's so easy for the daily chaos of suddenly urgent tasks to overwhelm what really matters. How can we better focus on those long-term, important tasks?

Let Your Brain Breathe!

I was breathing in too much. I needed to exhale. I didn't need more ideas. I needed to do less!

Reflecting and Planning With Four Lists

Four lists I update every time I sit down to reflect and plan.

Other Don’t Burn Out Articles

Why a Measurement Must Never Be the Goal

When we focus on a simple measurement to guide a complex goal, that measurement becomes the goal, and the measurement starts to work against the real goal.

How Will You Know If It Worked?

Before you try that next classroom idea, pause to consider the end by asking: how will I know if it worked?

Knowing Our Own Mindsets

I continue reading my friends’ dissertations and stumble across how very “fixed” a teacher’s mindset can become. What do we do?

Raising Our Levels of Moral Development

Kohlberg’s levels of moral development are a fantastic tool for helping our gifted kids understand their advanced awareness of moral issues. But it also challenges us, as adults, to step up and push our own moral development higher.

Important vs Urgent: The Daily Checklist

A daily checklist is a powerful tool (for teachers and students) to remember those important, but not urgent, tasks.

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