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Good Morning <<First Name>>!
If you are in the Pennsylvania region, you know that Autumn decided to show up overnight! Here at my house, it was 71 degrees on Thursday morning and 54 degrees in the evening. Something about the weather change brings me a sense of calm, though.

This week I was at a conference with some of our outstanding superintendents from the region. We heard Thomas Murray, Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools, speak about being authentic in our leadership. Tom did a great job, and I know I walked away from his training rejuvenated. I highly recommend him to anyone looking for a speaker.

I hope all of you have a great week!

Tom

How To Make Bad Decisions
 

Have you ever made a decision and soon after making it, realized that it was not such a great decision? Now, I know all of you out there probably have never experienced that, but I certainly have a few times in my career...or a few times within the last month!

So, let's think about ways we can make bad decisions.
10 Ways to make bad decisions
  1. Make a decision for convenience
  2. Make a decision for political expediency
  3. Make a decision to avoid a fierce conversation
  4. Make a decision to please people
  5. Make a decision when you are emotionally charged
  6. Make a decision to "get back" at someone
  7. Make a decision out of fear
  8. Make a decision when you are 100% certain you are correct...(how do you know that?)
  9. Make a fast decision when a slow decision is needed
  10. Make a decision to avoid controversy
This is my top 10 list...what did I miss? Email me back to let me know!

3 Kinds of Focus For Leaders

I came across this visual and thought it might be helpful for you. It would be interesting to be aware of which focus you need during different situations that come up throughout the day. I bet we travel between the need of all three focus areas multiple times a day!

 
What I Am Concentrating On This Week
In our jobs, it is easy to approach every situation with the idea that we have to provide an answer or guidance for someone. I need to break that habit so I am going to think about this mantra this week.

"Listen to understand, not to respond!"
Something To Ponder
"When someone works for less pay than she can live on—when, for example, she goes hungry so that you can eat more cheaply and conveniently—then she has made a great sacrifice for you, she has made you a gift of some part of her abilities, her health, and her life. The “working poor,” as they are approvingly termed, are in fact the major philanthropists of our society. They neglect their own children so that the children of others will be cared for; they live in substandard housing so that other homes will be shiny and perfect; they endure privation so that inflation will be low and stock prices high. To be a member of the working poor is to be an anonymous donor, a nameless benefactor, to everyone else."

--Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed: On how to (not) get along in America
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