Transformations - FRANKIE J. JACKSON - Education Technology Leader and Success Advocate

Turn Greed and Need Into An Attitude of Gratitude

4/18/2019

Gratitude is realizing how lucky we are. It’s more than saying thank you or showing appreciation. It turns what we already have into enough. It’s a deep realization that what we already have right now in this moment is a miracle. It is our most basic response to life. The fact that we are breathing, the coffee we are drinking is steaming, the thoughts we are thinking are inspiring – is a true marvel. Being deeply grateful is a motivational force that changes our day and makes us feel like our life has meaning.

Let us turn greed and need into an attitude of gratitude today.

Focus On Priorities Rather Than Chase Distractions and Urgencies

4/17/2019

When our day includes juggling multiple priorities, we must be focused on what we’re doing. It’s estimated that 47% of the time we aren’t focused. We give in to unplanned urgencies and trivial matters that distract us. Or we let different priorities bleed over into one another and it results in neutralizing our focus. It takes focused energy to determine what gives us more transformational capacity. It’s easy to fall into the gap of focusing on unimportant tasks with less priority over important tasks with greater value.

Let us focus on priorities rather than chase distractions and urgencies today.

Seek Advice Through the Right Questions

4/16/2019

When we ask for advice we are seeking encouragement that we are on the right path. We are looking for guidance from those we trust. We are showing respect because it makes the other person feel valued when we ask them for help. We get more useful advice when we take the time to completely describe what we need, THEN seek their advice asking for: lessons they’ve learned, similar situations in their experience, clarification, options, potential challenges, their point of view.

Sometimes we don’t need advice we just need someone to listen. Let us know the wisest advice lies within ourselves.

Use Our Attitude To Steer The Direction of the Day

4/15/2019

Our capacity to shape the day is 40% attitude. The other is based on genetics and circumstances. That means up to 40% of our how day will turn out is totally under our control. We can deliberately look for the good. We can choose to be optimistic. We can use positive statements like, “I am confident we will find a solution” or “I am encouraged by the possibilities,” throughout the day. We may not be able to overcome every challenge that comes our way, but a great attitude makes working through the challenge a whole lot easier. Let us use our attitude to steer our direction today.

Be Determined and Say No To Energy Drainers

4/12/2019

It’s estimated that 3 hours of an 8-hour work day isn’t productive. What if we capture 2 of those hours and use it to work towards our personal goals? We could minimize events, calls or meetings that don’t need our participation. We could stay away from people that are time-wasters. We could set deadlines and walk out of meetings that run over time. We could limit social functions like lunches and non-eventful activities. All it takes is determination and saying no to anything that doesn’t align with our success.

Let us avoid energy drainers and focus on our overarching vision today.

Be The Best When Our Best Is Needed

4/11/2019

We have the power to be our best. Being at our best is an incredible gift that we give to ourselves. This gift brings what others may perceive as luck when it’s merely the preparation to become our best. By being our best, we gain confidence to achieve the impossible. When we are at our best, we can spark change. Let us be at our best when our best is needed today.

Hard Work and Best Effort + Natural Talent = Maximum Results

4/10/2019

When we combine our greatest effort with our greatest strengths, we achieve great things. The equation is hard work and best effort + natural talent = maximum results. Focusing on our strengths and finding more ways to use them is far more effective than wasting time and energy trying to improve our inabilities. No matter how hard we try, we may not be able to improve our weaknesses, so our success is minimal. Our greatest opportunity for success is doing what we are passionate about combined with what we are naturally great at.

Let us not lose sight of what we are great at today.

Be Rare By Exponentially Multiplying the Plus

4/9/2019

We must create more value if we want to be more valuable. The value we create is equal to the benefit of what we contribute plus our unique skills, like influential communication, passionate enthusiasm or the persuasive ability to work with others. We can only expend so much effort, energy and hours. Over and above that is plus value. Let us be rare by exponentially multiplying the plus in creating extraordinary value today.

Focus On Equalizing the Value of All

4/8/2019

A hierarchy of any kind implies those at the top are better than those below. The challenge is that most transformative people do not value a tiered structure. When power is controlled the desire to control the power is increased. Why not share the power so everyone feels empowered? Sure, someone must have the final say but no one has greater value than anyone else. Let us focus less on hierarchical positions and focus more on equalizing the value of all today.

If We Don't Take Care Of Our Body, Where Else Will We Live?

4/5/2019

Our body is our home. “If you don’t take care of your body, where will you live?” Everything is so much easier when we feel great. How our body serves us is our most highly valued function. When we fall into a trap of putting work and other competing priorities before our health, we lose perspective and achieve less.

Why wouldn’t we do everything in our power to keep ourselves in tip-top shape? Let us use our body as a vessel to transform our potential into a reality today.

An Education Technology Leader and Success Advocate
Serving as a Catalyst for Performance Excellence in K-12 Leadership

Frankie J. Jackson

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