Teacher Answers

This was an anonymous question from a student this year. Remember this podcast is a political opinion free zone. We are going to break this down Swiss Psychologist Carl Jung style and go into the world of archetypes. Have you ever thought that when you think of the Nike brand you think of a hero? You'll see that our past president was such a strong character, an no matter what you thought of him, you couldn't stop listening. This episode, like all shows on this podcast, is designed to make you think not make you mad. So relax and enjoy.

When things don't go according to plan, who or what do you blame? Do you take absolute responsibility for your actions or blame it on the dog, weather, teachers, clock, calendar and politics? Let me prove to you life is better when the needle points more towards an internal locus of control.  If you are liking this the way to say thanks is with a 5 star review at Apple Podcasts.  Reach out to me at [email protected],

Don't ever forget patience is not only a choice, it's your choice.  In this episode we go over how to build patience with people and flex it like a muscle.  Patience is the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble or suffering without getting angry or upset.  I can tell you from experience, being impatient is weakness.

Your passion is not able to be delivered to your door from Amazon. So, how do you find it? If your dream is to start a business and you have no action plan, you have only a dream. This exists only in your imagination, not in reality. Your passion will come from the process of making your dream a project.  

As my students say, "This one hits different."  To achieve a goal, you must develop daily rituals that lead to habits. When you continually do a productive behavior, it will rewrite your brain, and you can become who you want to be once and for all. Thanks for listening to the Teacher Answers Podcast.  If you wanna help me consider leaving  me a 5 star review at Apple Podcasts.  If you have an idea or question for the show email me [email protected]

This approach will rocket you forward.  Once you have a good system in place, results come naturally. Goals can be achieved and remain long term with a proper systematic approach. If you focus on your goals too much you can decrease your chance of achieving them. Systems are what get you to the goal.  

There is no silver bullet or life hack to achieving something difficult, only persistent hard work. If your goal isn't clear enough, you have no chance of gaining ground on it or finishing it. In this episode I share everything I've learned from past failure and research on how to clarify your goal into something you can develop into a system to achieve anything you want.

If you want to better yourself almost overnight, I challenge you to accept this assignment. This will not be easy, but come with me as we explore what happens when you accept the idea that you can achieve anything and what happens when you do nothing. Do not shy away from this exercise, because it will be the most powerful thinking and writing you've experienced. In this podcast exercise you will define your source of motivation, which is key to achieving your most important goals.  If you are liking this and you want to help me out, consider leaving me a five star review on the  apple podcast site and sharing it with like minded people.  Don't hesitate to email me at [email protected] with comments or questions for the show.  Thanks for your support!  

Sam

A dream is a goal without a project.  If you are going after your dream, you need a project and a project manager.  For this I prefer OneNote.  Join me as I share why this will better organize things for you, and exactly how I set my OneNote project manager up.  This is the final installment of the killer apps.  I hope you enjoyed it.  You may need to take notes on this episode.

The reasons I like OneNote[my ramblings]

Portions of this taken from PARA METHOD by Tiago Forte - https://fortelabs.co/blog/para/

The mind is meant to create things not remember things.  Todoist is the best task manager I've ever used, because it allows us to take the pressure off of trying to remember all the birthdates, times, practices, homework assignments, and events, and frees up your mind to make progress on what's important.  In this episode I also explain the Feynman technique and use it to show you why you need Todoist .  If you'd have an idea or feedback for the Teacher Answers podcast or thoughts on apps that you use, contact me at [email protected]