your life is the sum of what you repeatedly do, repeatedly watch, repeatedly eat, repeatedly think and repeatedly tolerate. nothing in your life right now is an accident. it is just the output of your inputs running on autopilot. change the inputs deliberately and the output changes automatically.
you must believe you are special and then go so hard, for so long, with such violent refusal to accept any other ending, that reality itself starts running out of ways to tell you no. you must wage a war daily against the ordinary outcome, until the belief you invented out of nothing in a room by yourself has been hammered into the world so many times that it stops being a claim and becomes reality.
RIP Sam Neill. Dr. Alan Grant was my childhood and his role in Jurassic Park shaped my idea of what it means to be a positive male role model. A protector, a teacher, father figure. “Ill stay awake”
My favorite line from Atomic Habits has been living in my head rent-free:
“It doesn’t make sense to continue wanting something if you’re not willing to do what it takes to get it. If you don’t want to live the lifestyle, then release yourself from the desire. To crave the result but not the process is to guarantee disappointment.”
You won’t rise to the occasion because someone is watching unless you’ve done the work when no one was
You fall back on the habits you built when you were alone
Early mornings
Late nights
Work done in silence
Anyone can perform for an audience
Few do it when no one cares
Who you are when no one is watching is who you really are
Officially approved as building Principal. Dream job. So much to overcome to get here. I have been fortunate to have incredible mentorship over the years. I am so excited to give back on a larger scale. Thank you God. #SchoolLeadership#PrincipalClark#RuralLeader