Word: Connection Sentence: Connection begins when we look past what is different and stay long enough to discover what is shared. Passage: Connection often comes easiest…

Word: Momentum Sentence: Momentum starts when the vision becomes shared and belief starts to spread. Passage: By year five, I could feel something changing at the…

Word: Forward Sentence: Sometimes the thing that moves us forward is not success, but what failure shows us. Passage: In my third year as principal, Mayor…

Word: Values Sentence: Values are what people carry with them after being with us. Passage: Recently, I ran into three former students, and each time I…

Word: Enough Sentence: Enough is learning to trust your worth, honor your effort, and recognize when no more is required. Passage: I spent years asking if…

Word: Ownership Sentence: Ownership is the courage to say, “This part is mine.” Passage: Ownership sounds simple. In practice, it rarely is. It is hard to…

Word: Progress Sentence: What used to knock you down can become the very place where progress takes root. Passage: Progress is hard to see in ourselves.…

Word: Rhythm Sentence: Rhythm is knowing when to push, when to pause, and when to let time do its work. Passage: After leaving the principal role…

Word: Humor Sentence: Humor keeps connection alive when the work gets heavy. Passage: When schools, organizations or companies are under pressure, humor is usually the first…

Word: Agency Sentence: Agency is when people feel the power to shape what happens next. Passage: When I became a principal for the first time, I…