Archive for June 2017
Who’s near the top of the “fearless girl” leaderboard? (2 fantastic examples!) – SCN Encourager
Amy Schmittauer and Lindsey Anderson are right up there. They offer great lessons for us all. School communicators or otherwise. They don’t just preach what they believe, however. They live it out. How I do I know? Well, I’ve been benefitting from their mindset and business advice for the last couple of years. Their podcasts,…
Read MoreAre you active in the “fearless girl” revolution? – SCN Encourager
You were probably light years ahead of me. YAY you! BOO me! But in my defense. Remember, I’m an old guy. My “thinking” on a lot of things has a long way to go. My oldest daughter is convinced I’ll get buried someday in a casket constructed entirely out of old 8-track tapes super-glued together.…
Read MoreWhat’s the distance from self-doubt to self-confident? – SCN Encourager
It’s hard to say because most of us walk it alone. The journey to self-confidence may seem short – especially when we’re in our comfort zone doing something familiar. Or the journey may seem nearly impossible – especially when we’re tackling something we’ve never done before and there’s a big deadline looming. Whether the journey…
Read MoreWow! Here’s a group of our kindred spirits from 1912 – SCN Encourager
School communicators were hardly the first folks in history to feel “the overwhelm.” No way. Check out this photo. It shows a bunch of workers standing under the massive propellers of the Titanic. Sometimes when I stare at my pile of projects and deadlines I get…
Read MoreJust once. It’d be nice if Cindy would follow Michelle Obama’s example. – SCN Encourager
I doubt I’d have the nerve to tell her this, though. But I think it’d be wonderful! Michelle Obama totally gets it. She consistently steps up to promote “her man.” Michelle even made the effort to showcase her feelings appropriately within the context of Father’s Day. Perhaps you saw this on Twitter. …
Read MoreFather’s Day 2017 was a-rockin’ on Twitter (No joke!) – SCN Encourager
The wisdom from generations of fathers has been relegated to hashtags! Dang. I spotted these two on Sunday. The first one made me wonder. The second one made me cheer. (Yay!) Like I said, the first hashtag made me to wonder if compiling social shares of “the best advice” of…
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