"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily."--Zig Ziglar

How was your week? On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your results from the last 7 days?

Have you spent any time with a school administrator lately? Stressful isn't it? Too often he or she hurries from place to place, talking to lots of people but connecting with few. Living in a constant state of overload and chaos, the goal is more survival than vision.

Sometimes the biggest threat to your leadership and career is you.

• If you lose your love for your personal mission--which hopefully aligns extremely well with your school's mission--your productivity will decline, impacting the entire community.
• If you fail to adapt to new opportunities for growth because of tradition or fear, you will yield leadership to your competitors.

In September we are featuring the strategy of Personal Reinvention. It is based off of research that I have done for the past few years, and I am thrilled to share it! Imagine if school leaders incorporated this kind of personal development in the curriculum, so that schools became not only a place where kids can learn the facts, but a place where they can discover their purpose and dreams. For that to happen, the faculty and administrators first need to go through the process themselves because it’s tough to teach what you don’t know.