Are you fed up with just surviving? Me too. Here’s my top tips and insights to Thriving. It’s an A to Z Thrive-Fest.
A for Activism: Because Education, our Passions, Our students are worth battling and striving for.
B for bravery: Gotta front up and take risks – Be Brave.
- B for Brevity: Less can be more.
- B for Brain: Keep that brain igniting.
C for Choice: We make choices everyday about what’s important and what’s not important.
- C for Creativity: Nurture and nourish the creative within you. And LET IT OUT, run with it.
D for Dare: Dare to Shake it Up. Dare to Take Chances. Dare to be Truly You.
E for Energy: Look after you. Keep fuelling yourself.
- E for Edge: Keep pushing towards it. Jump it – Exceed it. Live outside that box more often.
F for fear: Tune in and Notice your self-talk. Challenge it – Flip it.
- F for failure: Re-conceptualise it. Here’s where big time learning can take place – if you’re willing.
G for Gender and Gay: School should be safe for all students regardless of their gender identity or sexuality.
H for Hiding: Dare to reach out and find your Tribe. You are not alone.
I for Intuition: Trust it and Run with it.
J for journey: It’s a full on journey: Tune in and enjoy the little moments. And do go off on side-tracks.
K for kick: If you don’t get a kick out of it….change course.
L for Laugh: Laugh often, Laugh hard, Laugh till it hurts.
- L for Let Go: When you let go, that’s when you can soar.
M for Meaningful: Make time for what’s meaningful for you.
- M for Mindset: YEP Mindset’s key on so many levels.
N for No: It’s okay to say No.
O for OMG: Yes that’s what I’m aiming for.
P for positivity: Tune into it. Give space to it. Embrace it.
- P for persistence: Keep going, step by step…
- P for Pop: Cut through. Pop IT big time.
- P for Push past that Edge – Keep Pushing The Edge (MY PODCAST)
Q for Question: Question the ‘business as usual’
R for Remember: Remember those who’ve come before – who helped make possible what we take for granted today.
S for SPACE: Create space for You. Let your students create space for themselves.
- S for Strengths: Run with your strengths baby!!
- S for Stop: Stop, take a moment, and tune into the awesomeness around you.
T for Thrive: Cos it sure beats Surviving.
U for Up: Turn up your volume. Turn up your True Colors. Give more Time to them.
V for variety: Cos they say it’s the spice of life. And I aint arguing.
W for Weird: You just gotta weird-out. Embrace and run with your weirdness.
- Check out #weirded Twitter Chat.
X for X: X marks the spot. Or DOES it?
Y for You: Make time for You. Put yourself first more often.
Z for zig zag: Cos it’s fun.
