How Leaders Can Reduce Stress and Stay Positive

http://jonharper70.wordpress.com/Common Ground 2014

May 1st Jon Harper

Keep a Song In Your Head

• Play it before you start your day

• Sing it to yourself

• Sing it out loud

• It will become infectious

• Happy Pharrell Williams

• CD’s

You're Not As Good As You Think You Should Be

“What did he just say?”

2013-2014 Highlight Reel

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Describe why it was awesome!

Describe why it was awesome!

Describe why it was awesome!

Describe why it was awesome!

Describe why it was awesome!

Focus Wall

• Make it huge• Make it obvious• Make sure it is always in your sight• Make sure that anyone that comes in knows it’s there• Inspire others to do the same

Let Them See What Matters To You

Great Day Organizer

Peace

Simon Sinek

• http://youtu.be/7-fzwk3ScF0?t=9m4s

Accentuate the Positive and Shrink the Negative

I am behind on observations!

Today my daughter and I are going on a Daddy-

Daughter Date

Uplifting Pieces

• Unceasing Joy by Brad Gustafson

• What Determines A Successful School Year by Ben Gilpin

• Ode to Paul by Tony Sinanis

• Make Each Day Count by Pernille Ripp

• The Fine Art Of Eating Crow by Seth Berg

• The Motivation of the Near Win by Terri Eichholz

• How We Respond Is Our Choice by Jimmy Casas

The Power of Twitter, Blogging and Having a PLN

• The Beginner's Guide to Twitter

• How to Launch a Self Hosted WordPress Blog in 20 Minutes or

Less

• Expanding Your Practice and Connecting Purposefully Through

Twitter by Jenna Shaw & Andrew Sharos

Friday @ 2:30 in Room 210

You Need To Be Strong

• You must take care of yourself physically

• You must take care of yourself mentally

• You must take time off (day, ½ day, lunch, etc.)

• Umbrellas

Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”

Maya Angelou

“Be gentle first with yourself if you wish to be gentle with others.”Lama Yeshe

“Love yourself-accept yourself-forgive yourself-and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source

of many wonderful things.”Leo Buscaglia

44 Sunsets

• 44 Sunsets

• Aim for 10 today and increase by one each day

4 Things You Must Do As Soon As You Get Home

• Eat Something Good

• Hug Something

• Turn On Some Happy Music

• Put On Your Jammies

Closing

• What is one thing you think you gained from today’s session?

• What is one thing that you think you might try right away?

• What is one thing that I could improve if I were to give this

presentation again?

• Please email me at harperj@dcpsmd.org with any suggestions

or anything I could ever help you with