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This episode is the whole story behind my 2022 journey to feel better and be healthier. Every episode this year includes a brief reflection on my adventures in feeling better. This episode is the whole story. Or at least the first chapter of what hope is many years of feeling better and not eating crap.

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These are 5 ways you can communicate to your staff and why it's important. What is your favorite communication tool with your staff. If you say texting....I'll block you:):):) Listen to find out what I think of texting.

This episode is audio pulled from a video on my Youtube channel about retirement. I just announced my retirement and these are the thoughts and feelings I have gone through when planning this. These are the mental and financial considerations I made when deciding this was the year.

"The Great Resignation" is real. While I didn't actually resign from my position as a school principal, I did temporarily quit The Principal Blog. Maybe you can help me find my way back or plan for life AFTER being a principal.  This is a vulnerable look inside the break I took for a few months.

What does it mean to be a productive principal? Are any principals productive? There are a few things that principals can take control of to master their productivity for most days. I am not sure productivity can be achieved on a daily basis for us but we can get close.

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Work/life balance is achievable even as a mom and a principal. Here are few lessons I have learned along the way. For other resources for you journey as a mom and principal, check out the links below.

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Here is the process I go through for planning the month of March. My planning is the same for most months however each month has a different set of circumstances. Lots of ideas for appreciation/fun days included.

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How do you know if something is urgent and important? We had training in the Eisenhower matrix last week and reviewed how to stay out of the land of overwhelm? There are 4 quadrants urgent, not urgent, important, and not important. Here is how I determine which is which and lessons learned along the way.

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As a leader, one of your primary responsibilities is to clearly communicate what you expect others to do. Today, this is often done through email. However, how you use or don't use email can hurt your leadership. In this episode, I give examples of how email can model leadership. I also give an example of what it means to not email your people at all.

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