The importance of scheduling the parade...

I live in St. Louis.  We are not afraid to host a parade, we've done it a lot lately in honor of the St. Louis Cardinals.  Here's an image from the 2011 World series parade:

Image from Fox Sports

I was listening to the latest edition of the EntreLeadership podcast when Dave Ramsey said something that made perfect sense.

Here's the episode link: https://www.entreleadership.com/podcasts/les-parrotthow-conflict-can-help-you-wi, Dave's interview starts 24 minutes into the podcast.

If you aren't planning to win, you're planning to fail.  If you're not planning the celebration, will you set yourself up for a win?

Dave's exact quote:
"You don't schedule a loss, you schedule a win"

I'm working on our school's Comprehensive School Improvement Plan and couldn't help but think about that statement.

Sure we have a goal, a scale for measurement, and action steps to accomplish the goal, but do we have a date for the celebration?  How will we celebrate?

Whenever you start a task, a goal, an assignment, a unit, a season, a game, think about this and plan for it: How will we celebrate?

How's Your Balance?

I love Podcasts.  I'm addicted.  There is no better way for me to stay current, stay thinking, stay connected in the time I have.

One of my favorites is the Entre Leadership Podcast.  Subscriber here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-entreleadership-podcast/id435836905

Recently one of the podcasts, hosted by Chris Locurto, mentioned Zig Ziglar's Wheel of life:

This prompted me to challenge myself with a New Year's resolution to seek greater balance.  

I started the year by printing the wheel and coloring in where I spent the majority of my time this past year.  I basically came clean to myself about where I placed my priorities.

I posted this on the wall of my office and set myself a reoccurring task that simple asks the question, How's Your Balance?

I'll come back to this post at the end of the year and answer the question with a new graph, being completely honest and hoping to see I may not have reach total balance but I've made progress.

So I challenge you to print the wheel, ask yourself (BE HONEST), and seek greater balance.

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