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    Timeout for Leadership-your one-minute leadership idea 30 second time-out #4 Can you avoid mediocrity? The easy answer is yes.  But…………. Of course, you can avoid mediocrity, but it is hard.  Think about the following two quotes: “Fighting for a higher degree of mediocrity is not a formula for long term success.”  (Cameron White, ESPN) “Gentlemen,…

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    Timeout for Leadership-your one-minute leadership idea 30 second time-out #4 Gratitude-What about it? What does gratitude really look like? I might as well use Teacher Appreciation Week to ask you to think about gratitude. As an educator (former teacher, coach, principal and superintendent), of course I appreciate teachers.  I know and I have lived the…

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    Timeout for Leadership-your one-minute leadership idea 30 second time-out #3 Do you just settle? The minute you start to settle, you start to lose. My regular readers know my proclivity to use sport metaphors in my articles.  Today is not any different.  I tend to place leadership accomplishments in either the win or loss column. …

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