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Lessons from Backyard Baseball
For our episode today about lessons I learned this past week from backyard baseball with my seven year old son, Miles.
There were three profound moments that I’ll be describing to you today. 1) Try again, 2) One small adjustment creates amazing results, and 3) The point is to just believe in yourself.
Children need adults in their lives who create a safe environment for them to mess up repeatedly while the adult is there, observing, confirming and supporting without judgment.
How can we cut the negative connotation in half from the phrase “these trying times” and actually insert some positivity into it? Namely, with the pandemic we’ve all been living with for the last two years, these could be called “trying times” but we still go on living and we still keep trying.
The next lesson learned from this small moment in time was how one small adjustment created amazing results. This showed up in Miles' hits when I was throwing them to him from the chair. This was such a cool realization for both of us and we didn't let the “waste of time” bother us at all because the results were so awesome. We didn’t even use the term “waste of time” in regards to the time it took us, the number of throws and misses, that it took us to realize I needed to be tossing the ball up just 6” to the outside.
These days the word “change” can have a negative connotation to a lot of people. But “adjust” is compared to seeking comfort, so there can be a positive connotation. In my baseball example, I didn’t totally change what we were doing, I just make a small adjustment.
How can this phrasing help you in your career as a teacher?
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For more, go to www.teachermindsetcoach.com and click the button at the top of the page for your Free PDF to Give Burnout the BOOT and cut your teaching stress in half before going back tomorrow
Don't be caught without a plan. Make your Mental & Emotional Health Strategy Plan with me before going back to school! Click on the link to schedule your time.
https://calendly.com/coachwithwolfe/30-minute-session
Get a hold of my Cards Against Educators game to strengthen your community of fun-loving, supportive educators. Start at CardsAgainstEducators.com
Go to my LinkTree for more resources:
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For our episode today about lessons I learned this past week from backyard baseball with my seven year old son, Miles.
There were three profound moments that I’ll be describing to you today. 1) Try again, 2) One small adjustment creates amazing results, and 3) The point is to just believe in yourself.
Children need adults in their lives who create a safe environment for them to mess up repeatedly while the adult is there, observing, confirming and supporting without judgment.
How can we cut the negative connotation in half from the phrase “these trying times” and actually insert some positivity into it? Namely, with the pandemic we’ve all been living with for the last two years, these could be called “trying times” but we still go on living and we still keep trying.
The next lesson learned from this small moment in time was how one small adjustment created amazing results. This showed up in Miles' hits when I was throwing them to him from the chair. This was such a cool realization for both of us and we didn't let the “waste of time” bother us at all because the results were so awesome. We didn’t even use the term “waste of time” in regards to the time it took us, the number of throws and misses, that it took us to realize I needed to be tossing the ball up just 6” to the outside.
These days the word “change” can have a negative connotation to a lot of people. But “adjust” is compared to seeking comfort, so there can be a positive connotation. In my baseball example, I didn’t totally change what we were doing, I just make a small adjustment.
How can this phrasing help you in your career as a teacher?
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
For more, go to www.teachermindsetcoach.com and click the button at the top of the page for your Free PDF to Give Burnout the BOOT and cut your teaching stress in half before going back tomorrow
Don't be caught without a plan. Make your Mental & Emotional Health Strategy Plan with me before going back to school! Click on the link to schedule your time.
https://calendly.com/coachwithwolfe/30-minute-session
Get a hold of my Cards Against Educators game to strengthen your community of fun-loving, supportive educators. Start at CardsAgainstEducators.com
Go to my LinkTree for more resources:
Copy & Paste: https://linktr.ee/teacherstresssolution