Remembering My Successes and Helping Others Reach Theirs

     In my last post I wrote that I want to remember my successes in my list of ways to ignore conventional wisdom here. It's a tough list and I felt kinda raw after I wrote it. Sincerely I mean no insult to any person, rather I want to challenge our accepted practices, my accepted practices. As I wrote in my first blog here, this blog is to teach me (even though I use 'you') to be better.
   
     Now to remember my successes. I just watched a TEDx talk that mentioned asking people about the last time their boss commented on their work. The boss gave 30 positive remarks and one 'you could work on' and they remembered the one. It seems I am wired to focus on the negatives, the areas of improvement. I know I've had lots of successes, maybe even little ones every day, but I remember the tough times and the struggles and the feelings of ineptitude. So I choose to remember my successes and the successes of my students.

     I am going a step further. I am going to set up my co-educators for success by giving them the information and tools they need. I can make others be more successful and later help remind them of their own successes. I choose to make my co-educators look good in front of admin, students, parents and anyone else. Of course it's not easy, especially when there may be a long history of friction. But that's all in the past and I'm learning. Just maybe if I make those I work with look good, the culture might change and I want to change the culture.

Thanks for being here.

Chris Scott
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