Wednesday, October 12 -- Week 7 TRADITIONAL CALENDAR

Shout out to Markayla for using what she learned in our course to encourage her friend to pursue his dreams!

 

Week 7 began yesterday.  

Thank you for reaching out to me to let me know you are safe!  Many of you continue to be out of school and there are still several who do not have power.  Do not worry about late work -- Weeks 6-7 work will not be counted late due to Hurricane Matthew. 

Be sure you read my feedback in the gradebook for your assignments.  Feedback is designed to do the following:

• make connections to your ideas
• offer tips for improvement
• share resources to extend your learning
• help your leadership journey
• encourage dialogue with your teacher and your classmates

Ready, learn, lead!

 

This week you will be learning about "eating frogs."  The video you will watch is based on a book by Brian Tracy.  Here are a few of the principles from his book that inspire the things you will see in the video:

1. The ability to concentrate single-mindedly on your most important task, to do it well and to finish it completely, is the key to great success, achievement, respect, status and happiness in life.
2. You need three key qualities to develop the habits of focus and concentration. They are all learnable. They are decision, discipline
   and determination.
3. One of the very worst uses of time is to do something very well that need not be done at all.
4. Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
5. Your weakest key result area sets the height at which you can use all your other skills and abilities.
6. Continuous learning is the minimum requirement for success in any field.
7. By the yard it's hard; but inch by inch, anything is a cinch!
8. Difficulties come not to obstruct, but to instruct.
9. You can only get your time and your life under control to the degree to which you discontinue lower value activities.

  

Message me in the course (use the inbox or send me a message from the gradebook), text/call me outside of Canvas at 9196-435-2008, email me at melissa.dettman@ncpublicschools.gov, or message me using Remind.  If I do not answer right away, I will answer as soon as I can and definitely within 24 hours.  You can also get help using the Peer Tutoring Center -- click on the PTC quick link on our homepage.