Blackboard … As a Parent I know you are changing the mindset

Blackboard …As a Parent I know you are changing the mindset

Blackboard …As a Parent I know you are changing the mindset

Technology is a great thing … and a little scary!

Technology is a great thing … and a little scary!

• Success is a process

• As a parent I need to be better educated about the benefits of Blackboard

• Working with Rachel has been an education

• Success is a process

• As a parent I need to be better educated about the benefits of Blackboard

• Working with Rachel has been an education

Educators need to persevereEducators need to persevere

• I was asked to give you my take on Perseverance

• In today’s world, you are the one’s who persevere more than most

• Meeting the challenges of the day gets harder all the time

• I was asked to give you my take on Perseverance

• In today’s world, you are the one’s who persevere more than most

• Meeting the challenges of the day gets harder all the time

The Value of PerseveranceThe Value of PerseveranceThe traits required to break my record:The traits required to break my record:

1. The right approach

2. Strong will to succeed

3. Passion

4. Love to compete

5. Consistency

6. Conviction

7. Strength

8. Life management

1. The right approach

2. Strong will to succeed

3. Passion

4. Love to compete

5. Consistency

6. Conviction

7. Strength

8. Life management

1. The Right Approach1. The Right Approach

• Honest and pure approach

• Meet the challenges of the day

• Honest and pure approach

• Meet the challenges of the day

2. Strong Will to Succeed2. Strong Will to Succeed

• Genetic or learned?

• Internal drive

• Fire within/desire

• Genetic or learned?

• Internal drive

• Fire within/desire

3. Passion3. Passion

• Love what you do

• Dad’s perspective

• Carries you through…makes it worthwhile

• Love what you do

• Dad’s perspective

• Carries you through…makes it worthwhile

4. Love to Compete4. Love to Compete

• Competitive challenges…internal and external

• Competing fairly and with honor

• Competitive challenges…internal and external

• Competing fairly and with honor

5. Consistency5. Consistency

• Adjust and re-adjust

• Ability to perform everyday

• Solve problems and find solutions quickly

• Makes you irreplaceable

• Adjust and re-adjust

• Ability to perform everyday

• Solve problems and find solutions quickly

• Makes you irreplaceable

6. Conviction 6. Conviction • Thick skin

• Stubborn

• Seeing things throughuntil the end

• Thick skin

• Stubborn

• Seeing things throughuntil the end

7. Strength7. Strength

• Physically

• Mentally

– Focus

– Preparation

• Physically

• Mentally

– Focus

– Preparation

8. Life Management8. Life Management

• Achieving balance

– Personal Family

– Professional Managers

Teammates Media

• Achieving balance

– Personal Family

– Professional Managers

Teammates Media

“Far better it is to dare mighty things,to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”

“Far better it is to dare mighty things,to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”

Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt