I attended my Thursday administrator meeting on this morning. And, as I'm sure you know, meetings can be overwhelming. Meetings often leave us feeling like we have work to do and things that we could do better. When we feel like that it can cause a feeling of anxiety. I'm sure you've been there and I have too. At the end of our admin meeting today, our Superintendent Dave Steward stood up and took a minute to be very vulnerable with all of us. (I love it when leaders are vulnerable!) Dave shared that while he was sitting in our meeting he had a flashback of when he was in the same meetings as a principal in Hilliard. He shared that he would be in awe of the great ideas from the teammates and it would leave him feeling inadequate. What I liked best about what Dave shared was that he also thought back about when he did his best work. He said that he was at his best and did his best work came from the times that he leaned into the anxiety that he felt and used it to drive his work. He said, "when I allowed myself to say 'I do that already." or 'We can't do that in high school.' or 'I don't really need to do that.' are the times I was at my worst." Dave's willingness to stand up in front of his staff as the Superintendent of Hilliard Schools and share times he was at his worst, motivated me to bring that same self-awareness to the work I do. I am reflecting on my mindset and actions when I am at my best and when I am at my worst. Here is what I came up with: I am at my best when I: Take my time Get ideas from my staff Am honest with myself about the task Laugh and enjoy the work Don't take myself too seriously I am at my worst when I: Rush Let my emotions take over Get negative/complain Let myself believe that the work is not important I hope you take some time to reflect on yourself and when you're at your best and worst. If the leader of our district can do it, so can we.
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