Shifting Fear

Recently I was talking to a LYS Principal, now in his second year.  He asked me a great question, “Does the fear ever go away.”

My answer was “No. It just shifts.”

The first year principal lives with the constant fear of not knowing.   

The second year principal lives with the constant fear of knowing.

After year two, the principal lives with the constant fear of lost opportunity.

I closed with this, “Embrace the fear. It is what makes the principalship so worthwhile. You get to face your fear, beat your fear, and make the World a better place while you do it.  You get to be the Man (Woman) in the Arena. It is an awesome responsibility, afforded to very few. “

Think. Work. Achieve.

Your turn...

• Call Jo at (832) 477-LEAD to order your campus set of “The Fundamental 5: The Formula for Quality Instruction.” Individual copies available on Amazon.com!  http://tinyurl.com/Fundamental5 
• Now at the Apple App Store: Fun 5 Timer (Fundamental 5 Delivery Tool); Fun 5 Plans (Fundamental 5 Lesson Plan Tool) 
• Upcoming Presentations: ASCD Annual Conference; TEPSA Summer Conference 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook

Top LYS Tweets From the Week of October 5, 2014

A number of you in the LYS Nation are now Twitter users.  If you haven’t done so yet, we want you to join us.  To let you see what you are missing, here are the Top 10 LYS Tweets from the week of October 5, 2014.

1. A big “THANK YOU” to the organizers, presenters and participants at The Fundamental 5 National Summit! It was a great day of learning and fellowship! (By @LYSNation)

2. Congratulations to LYS Principal, Jayne Ellspermann!! She was just named as the 2015 NASSP National Principal of the Year!!! (By @LYSNation)

3. Be a broken record:  "Continuous effort over time will bring success." (By @mike_metz)

           

4. A leader wants to know what's happening in the classroom. Choosing to do other things limits your ability to lead your school to success. (By @CabidaCain)

5. "Critical writing is the most natural and AUTHENTIC way to increase rigor." (By @mike_metz)

6. Today's Quote:  "It’s simple – education is the key to pretty much everything – prosperity, economics, stability - and peace." (By DrRichAllen)

7. Truth – The Fundamental 5 has the potential to be a GAME CHANGER. (By @leslmeek)

8. America: a nation that invests more $$ in its inmates & prisons than it does in its students and schools. (By @NicholasFerroni)

9. It is now a fact that one half of the students who graduate from college never read another book. (By @tgrierhisd)

10. Hanlon's Razor: ""Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." (By @DanielPink)

Think. Work. Achieve.

Your turn...

• Call Jo at (832) 477-LEAD to order your campus set of “The Fundamental 5: The Formula for Quality Instruction.” Individual copies available on Amazon.com!  http://tinyurl.com/Fundamental5 
• Now at the Apple App Store: Fun 5 Timer (Fundamental 5 Delivery Tool); Fun 5 Plans (Fundamental 5 Lesson Plan Tool) 
• Upcoming Presentations: ASCD Annual Conference; TEPSA Summer Conference 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook