Authentic Leadership

I'm going to try a new experiment. Every Friday, I'm going to tell you about some things that have peaked my interest throughout the week.  Some of the things that I share with you will be education related, some will have absolutely nothing to do with education. The reason I am doing this is that when I find something new that I like, I get so passionate about it it's hard for me to not blab about to everybody I see, every time I open my mouth.  This will provide me that release.  I hope you enjoy! Feel free to comment at the bottom! Friday Finds (yo) ! Article I've enjoyed:   Why It Never Helps to Pass The Buck by Michael Hyatt  Outlines 6 Battle Tested Leadership Lessons from the Navy SEALS   A SEAL he talks about is Jocko Willink who continues to pop up on my twitter feed, podcasts that I listen to and articles that I am reading which seems interesting to me.  Pretty fascinatingly rough and tough dude.  Check him out....

Today, I had a teacher send me an email. The contents of said email were, and I quote...."Are you up for a challenge?"  Followed by this picture... Come to find out, the class is holding a contest.   The Goal:  Pull out (with a rather flimsy fishing pole) all of the fish.   The Winner:  He/She who can do it in the shortest amount of time.   I can't wait to see the extensions she is going to be able to do with her students with the data gathered from this fun contest!   Anyways, being the ultimate competitor (sore loser) that I am, and the fact that I am basically a professional deep water fisherman... I thought, "What the heck, let's fish!"  and walked rather briskly down to the room. I did alright.  Finished in 3 minutes 7 seconds and am sitting pretty comfortably in 2nd place.  No excuses.  It took me a minute to figure it out and besides...it was my first time playing, OK! While walking back to...