"Goals. There's no telling what you can do when you get inspired by them. There's no telling what you can do when you believe in them. There's no telling what will happen when you act upon them.
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"Teachers change the world, one child at a time."
--I don't know who said this, but it's true
This is a crazy year for teachers. I know this first hand from one of my teacher, coaching clients. They have to learn new technology, new student engagement strategies and new ways of...
"Discouragement is not from God ."
--Ignatius of Loyola
One day, the Devil laid out his gleaming, razor-edged tools upon a worn and ancient wooden table. He announced a "fire" sale and carefully marked the price upon each tool: ANGER: $100, RESENTMENT: $400, HATRED: $600, etc.
Each tool sold...
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
--Winston Churchill
My friend Les Brown says "Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears." We may be worried about what other people will say. And it’s true, we may well be...
"An inheritance is what you leave with people. A legacy is what you leave within them."
--Craig D. Lounsbrough
Last week, I wrote about being in funk and how to funk-defy. It's here if you missed it https://jan-mcdonald-llc.
"There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path, don't allow yourself to become one of them."
--Ralph Marston
If it weren't for some workshops and classes that I'm preparing for, I might not even know what day it is. "Oh yeah, it's Blursday," is what I've heard others say. I had a...
"Whenever you set out to journey the Road Less Traveled--there will always be Border Bullies."
--Bruce Wilkinson
In my Chosen workshop, I teach about those scary Border Bullies. In Bruce Wilkinson's book, "The Dream Giver", he urges us to let go of the familiar, the "nay-sayers",...
"I made the decision to make the absolute best of the quarantine...instead of staying in limbo, I chose to move forward."
--Jan McDonald
When I got done with my temper tantrum because of COVID, I decided to make the best of it. Granted, my tantrum took about two weeks to process because I don't...
