Before the Bell:The School’s Life Coach : Recent Episodes
Amy Katschke
Conversations to help decrease anxiety and increase confidence at school. Days filled with energy, abundance, and joy are not only possible—they are Simple to Create. You will learn how to undo patterns that are keeping you stuck and create patterns for success. Join me on your drive to school and learn how to Create Simply the school day you want.
Do you feel you need boundaries in your life?
Listen to today's episode as I share a new way to think about boundaries that will lead you to feeling more joy, peace, and contentment in your life.
When I was coaching one of my clients this week and she told me she averaged 3-4 hours of sleep a night, I knew I had to do another episode on Sleep.
Listen for 2 Simple Steps that I learned in my coaching certification that have changed sleep for me.
I know it is possible for you to create sleep patterns that will help you give your brain and body a much needed reset.
YOU are a Creator and can be empowered to create an intentional life you love.
Listen as I share how my view of Comfort and Growth has shifted and give you a practical strategy that you can use to feel comfort and still grow.
We are back to school across the country and with that comes a change in routine.
Is that change causing overwhelm, stress, and exhaustion for you?
Listen as I give you tips to Create Space in your day and help you to feel peace and thrive in September.
If you want help applying these tips to your personal situation, I would encourage you to "Try Out Coaching!"
You can sign up for a time with me HERE.
The Door to our Empowered Educators Group Program open soon and this is the perfect time to Try out Coaching and
see if the program would be a good fit for you.
I will be letting my listeners know the details for signing up so so watch for more info to come.
If you resonate with the behavior of people pleasing then you need to listen and share this episode where we look at letting go of People Pleasing and embracing Peace Making.
In this episode I give you 10 Tips to Show up for Yourself.
HERE is a PDF of the 10 tips to Have as a Reminder
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Let this be the School year where you embrace being an Empowered Educator.
Leave behind guilt, overwhelm, judgement, and exhaustion and embrace a group where we learn how to feel joy, peace, hope, success, and confidence.
"Do yourself and the world a favor and let this be the year you show up for yourself!"
Today we talk about how to be successful with the new systems you are creating so that you can apply the compound effect and reach your goals.
Today we look at the difference between your goal and your system and how to get clear on both.
In this episode we look at our social wellness. Becoming aware of your own social expectations and what you think the expectations of others are is key to living well socially.
If you want help looking at the expectations you currently have within the social relationships in your life,
Click HERE. I would love to sit down with you and see what your brain is creating for you socially.
Your mind is more powerful than you can even imagine. In this episode we look at our intellectual/mental wellness.
If you want help seeing what is going on for your in your mind and what it is creating for you, I would love to work with you.
Coaching is like a personal trainer for your mind. We all have thoughts that are hard for us to see on our own. I help teachers look at their brains and become aware of what their thoughts are creating for them.
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What makes your soul and spirit happy?
Let's get clear about thoughts, feelings, and actions that will make the spiritual leg of your stool strong.
Want help--set up a free coaching session with me HERE.
What do you want the physical area of your life to look like?
Why??
I would love to help you dig into a plan that will help you reach good health physically.
Let's Chat:)
Having the spiritual, physical, mental, and social legs of your stool balanced will make creating a life you love so much easier.
In this episode we discuss the need for having a balanced stool.
Let's take a look at your 4 legged stool and identify how we can make it balanced.
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Start in the center with what is most important to you and then move out to others in your circles of control.
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Let's set you up for Success Next School Years:
The next 10 episodes are going to give you 10 ways to set you up for success next school year.
10: Big Rocks
What are the Big Rocks you want to make sure happen next school year?
Want help applying these tips to you personally? I would be honored to do a free coaching session with you.
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Choose to Believe it is possible to create a life you love.
Want help: Schedule a free coaching session with me and leave with one strategy to truly transform this coming school year.
Listen as I describe how I have learned that embracing my awesomeness and awfulness has helped me enjoy life more and find peace and calm.
This episode is an action episode. Today I want you to spend some time with yourself and figure out what you like, and then do more of that.
Creating daily joy for yourself is so important. Replenishing your own self will help you show up better for those you teach.
James Orbinski said, “Stories. We all have stories. Nature does not tell stories, we do. We find ourselves in them, make ourselves in them, choose ourselves in them. If we are the stories we tell ourselves, we had better choose them well."
In this episode, we discuss how to examine the stories we are telling ourself in order to choose stories that will help us become who we desire to be.
Please allow every student to enjoy their recess time.
Both teachers and students need these breaks during the day!
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As an educator, I am sure you are multiplying everyday. You are teaching, helping, and serving your students and children.
But do you take time to replenish?
The Hebrew word translated as replenish means "to fill."
You can't pour from an empty cup. Are you taking time to fill your cup everyday??
It isn't enough to push til the weekend or school breaks. You want to be replenishing everyday.
Listen for how to make replenishing a consistent part of your day!
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When my coach asked me, "Well, are you being the bad guy? I had to really stop and think about it."
Listen to my story and the advice in this episode to help us be the hero for our students by influencing them, rather than being
the bad guy by manipulating or trying to coerce them.
Empowered Educators starts in 2 weeks. I'd love to have you join us.
Use this link to learn more about Empowered Educators Group Program for Teachers and THIS LINK for Parents.
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I used to think of negative emotion as bad and wanted to get rid of it or avoid it. However, I have since learned that negative emotion is NOT bad. Rather it is a normal part of the human experience and something we need to allow, process, and then it will move on its way. I hope you enjoy this episode and it helps you, your students, and your children learn to process emotion in a healthy mature way.
If you are a teacher or parent struggling to juggle the demands of life while taking care of yourself too, then our Empowered Educator Group program would be perfect for you.
In this program we learn how to use tools to create confidence, peace, and acceptance so you can have success at school and home.
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Respect is a hot topic among educators today. There seems to be a lack of respect in school and at home.
Anytime I draw your attention to a problem, I want to also bring to our attention a solution.
In order to create greater respect in our schools we need to do 2 things:
1: First we need to give ourselves respect. Show yourself admiration and due regard for your abilities, qualities, and achievements.
2: Speak and Act Respectful to others.
Sounds simple right? Simple yes, but easy no. This approach will take time and patience just like anything we are trying to create.
However, it is the only lasting solution. We must show respect for ourselves and others if we want to see greater respect from those we teach.
This week your challenge is to strive to show yourself and others more respect.
Our Empowered Educator Cohorts are starting in June. For more information and to join a cohort click HERE.
Today we discuss how we can focus on our identity and habits to create the outcome we desire.
Today I share a story of how a sweet girl with special needs was able to learn her letters and sounds despite starting the year without even talking. We discuss 3 powerful lessons we learn from this kindergartener.
As you interact with others, remember one very important tip. Don't make their reactions about you!!
Listen to this episode for some real life examples of how to apply this tip.
Too often we let our interactions with other people mean something about us and our worth. Today we discuss how helpful it is to not make it about us.
In this episode we talk about the Do, Have, Be model that so many of us focus on and discuss why that isn't working.
Happy Friday:).
Each Friday we give a Friday Fundie. This is a fundamental area that when applied we allow us to Create the Life we want.
Today we discuss 4 areas of wellness and how important it is to keep them in balance.
In this episode we dig into why it is so important that you take time for your own wellness!
If you are struggling finding time to focus on fundamental thoughts and habits of good health, click on this link and let's chat.
I know I can help!
In this episode I teach the Floors and Ceilings tip for growth in your thoughts and habits.
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I know your brain will tell you that you need more sleep and you should stay in bed. In this episode, I teach you Mel Robbins 5 Second rule. A proven, research based strategy to get your body to do things when your brain doesn't want to.
Mel Robbins' "Five Second Rule"
"Joy is a decision, a really brave one, about how you are going to choose to respond to life." Wess Stafford
In this episode, I share how I had an experience where I robbed myself of being joyful and how we can prevent that from happening to us by where our focus is.
"The joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our life and everything to do with the focus on our life." Russell M. Nelson
Today we discuss how to get to the Beautiful End we desire by trusting the process and consistently showing up.
Today we talk about how you can trust the teacher to take care of their students but can you trust the teacher to take care of themself.
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Today we talk about how to be patient with our growth and remember it is a marathon not a sprint.
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There is no GROWTH in the comfort zone and no comfort in the GROWTH zone.
Let's dig into why.
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Today I share 2 stories that will help you ponder on the Fundamental of Gratitude.
I have witnessed for myself how Being Grateful can be a powerful way to feel more peace, joy, and love in my life.
Here is a link to the story I share: Thanksgiving Story.
In this episode I give one proven strategy for how to Beat Overwhelm.
And if you are feeling overwhelmed and want to learn more about my Create Simply Coaching Program for teachers, pick a time on my calendar here and let's chat.
Too often we wait for others to say thank you to us and to notice the good things we are doing. But I want you to be your own best friend. See the good you are doing and say kind things to yourself as you would to your Best Friend. Then watch how this small tip changes your reality.
Today we are talking about how to Create Simply. At Create Simply coaching we know you are so busy. We focus on creating joy, energy, and peace simply. This week we will dig into the 5 areas we work with educators to help them create simply.
If you are interested in more information about our 12 week 1:1 Coaching Program, click here for more details.
Deep Breathing is a powerful fundamental and is the Friday Fundie we discuss in today's episode.
In this episode we discuss how breathing will help you and your students to be calm, focus, and be alert.
I reference the article Breath to Focus from the from Administration for children and adolescents.
Here is the link to that article.
To start, begin taking 3 Deep Breaths at regular intervals 3-4 times a day.
You will be amazed at the positive effects that come from adding deep breathing to your day.
Today I share a couple experiences about saying, "I feel bad because." Too often we make a decision and then worry what the person will think about the decision we made and then we feel bad for that choice. Instead of saying, "I feel bad because..." choose to say, "I feel good," and give yourself evidence for why you can feel good for the decision you made.
Let's talk about how you can be Successful by Doing Less!
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A great teacher can be defined in many ways by many different people. In today's episode we look at intentional creating your own definition of what a great teacher is and living in accordance with that definition.
In today's episode we are talking about "What do you want?" Dale Carnegie said, "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get."
Yesterday we talked about choosing for ourselves what we want. In order to choose, you need to get clear on what it is you really want.
So ask yourself, what do I want? Am I choosing to create a life that will get me what I want?
Not Choosing the life you want is in fact a choice.
Don't let others choose for you. Create the life you want!
What is one area in your life you can be more present?
Today we discuss how being present and learning to focus our time and attention will bring more success and joy to our life.
In this episode, I share a story from 15 years ago when I was at the height of being a Non-Essentialist.
I have come a long way, but am still working on becoming an Essentialist.
Are you a Non-Essentialist who wants to learn how to become an Essentialist?
Check at Greg's McKeown's "Essentialism" Book Summary HERE.
Today we discuss what Essentialism is and give you a few questions to ponder.
Have you ever found yourself stretched too thin?
Do you simultaneously feel overworked and underutilized?
Are you often busy but not productive?
Do you feel your time is constantly being hijacked by other people's agenda's?
In his book, Essentialism by Greg McKeown, Greg instructs, "If you answered yes to any of these questions, the way out is the Way of the Essentialist.
Greg McKeown Podcast
I learned a new concept this past week from the book "From Burnout to Purpose" by Gina Calvano.
In the beginning of the book she tells of her own story of burn out. She says, "Measuring with my Faith Spectrum, I was living so far over into fear (believing something bad could happen) versus hope (believing something good could happen) that I thought I could never connect to what mattered to me.
Where are you on your own Faith Spectrum? Does the idea of creating a life you love excite you or scare you? Do you even believe it is possible?
Becoming aware of the fundamentals and how they affect the results in our life is so important.
Is the way you eat habitually everyday bringing you results you want?
Look at how you eat. Decide if it is helping you and if it isn't then make a change.
If you want to create a life you love, the key lies in intentional thinking.
What can you intentional think today that will lead to feelings and actions that will give you a happy life?
My oldest daughter was a very difficult toddler. We determined whether it was a good or bad day by her emotions. To help her, my mom began saying to her, "you determine your own happiness." It was beautiful empowering thought, and yet I look back now and realize that she probably didn't know how to apply that advice.
Do you know how to be happy? Do you even know what happiness looks like for you?
If you don't know how to create a happy life then how can you do it.
Today I want you to ask yourself, what do I want? What will make me happy?
Tomorrow I will show you how to get it.
Are you singing the Burnt Out Blues? What does it mean to be burnt out?
In the Henry Ford Health Blog, we learn
"Burnout is not the same as stress," says Lisa MacLean, M.D., a psychiatrist at Henry Ford Health. "Instead, it's a trifecta of work-related symptoms where you feel a loss of enthusiasm – you don't feel excitement about your work, you feel exhausted by your work, and even more importantly, you feel that the work you're doing doesn't matter."
Does this sound familiar to you?
In her book "From BurnOut to Purpose," Gina Calvano describes being burnt out early in her career. She recognizes fear being a driving force in her experience and not know what she wanted, but knowing she feared, "Losing my job, losing favor with my boss and peers, losing anyone's confidence in me, and not having enough money to support myself."
She says,
"I felt guilty for wanting "more" from life and for not knowing what "more" looked like."
I want you to ask yourself if you are burnt out. AND I want you to give yourself to sit in the emotion of what that feels like to you. Becoming aware that you are in fact burnt out is the first step. Tomorrow we will look at how to begin creating something different in your life.
Teachers who know don't try to do it all. Teachers who know do less.
My advice today is to "Drop a Class". Find one way in your life that you could do less.
When I began my teaching career, I worried over and over again about getting fired. The thought, "I hope they don't fire me today" plagued my thoughts everyday. I wish I had known the principles I teach my clients then. I wish I had been aware of how detrimental this thought was at the time. I was feeling inadequate, scared, lonely, frustrated, and exhausted. Focusing on this thought left me always feeling like an imposter in my position.
The crazy thing is nothing my principal or colleagues did supported this thought. Because of one 2 sentence saying from my superintendent, I began punishing myself over and over with my thought. I never interacted with this Superintendent personally again. And yet, I didn't allow myself to believe all the praise I was getting from my Principal and co teachers because of my own thoughts.
Life Coaching has helped me learn how to be aware of my thoughts, question their validity, choose thoughts that will serve me best, and then practice those thoughts.
If you don't have a life coach and can see patterns of thoughts that aren't serving you, I would be honored to be your life coach. To book a one on one call and learn more about my Patterns of Success 12 week 1-1 coaching program, visit my website at www.createsimplycoaching.com.
The Golden Rule is to "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you." Are you only focusing only on the others part of this rule? Are you forgetting to show yourself love and kindness. Today I want you to Be Your Own Valentine. Show yourself the love you are are sending out to others.
See yourself with love.
Say loving words and thoughts to yourself.
Then you will feel loved and the more love you feel, the more you will have the capacity to share it with others.
Happy Valentine's Day!
When my daughter sheepishly looked at me and rubbed at her cheek, I instantly knew I had been talking to the HS Math teacher with pizza on my face. I was so thankful to her for helping me with something I couldn't see myself. Do you have someone in your life that helps you see your thoughts clearly? A life coach is there to be the Mental Trainer for our brain. There will help us see things clearly that we can't see otherwise on our own.
If you do not already have a life coach, I would be honored to be yours.
Visit my website at www.createsimplycoaching.com to set up a free discovery call today.
In his book "Why We Sleep," Matthew Walker states, ""Scientists have discovered a revolutionary new treatment that makes you live longer. It enhances your memory and makes you more creative. It makes you look more attractive. It keeps you slim and lowers food cravings. It protects you from cancer and dementia. It wards off colds and the flu. It lowers your risk of heart attacks and strokes, not to mention diabetes. You’ll even feel happier, less depressed, and less anxious. Are you interested? While it may sound hyperbolic, nothing about this fictitious advertisement would be inaccurate. If this were a drug, many people will be disbelieving. Those who were convinced would pay large sums of money for even the smallest dose. Should clinical trials back up the claims, share prices of the pharmaceutical company that invented the drug would skyrocket. Of course, the ad is not describing some miracle new tincture or a cure-all wonder drug, but rather the proven benefits of a full night of sleep. The evidence supporting these claims have been documented in more than 17,000 well-scrutinized and scientific reports to date. As for the prescription cost, well, there isn’t one. It’s free. Yet all too often, we shun the nightly invitations to receive our full dose of this all natural remedy–with terrible consequences. Failed by the lack of public education, most of us do not realize how remarkable a panacea sleep truly is.”
In this episode we look at the Fundamental of Sleep and how it can impact our daily success and happiness. I invite you to consider what story you are telling yourself surrounding sleep and become aware of the results it is getting you.
Isn't it interesting how you are speaking to yourself about sleep?
I was constantly telling myself it was "my time" late at night. I would settle in with a bowl of ice cream and a favorite netflix episode after the kids had gone to bed. But I was also exhausted the next day at school! I had to fight to keep my eyes open and even dozed off a couple times while teaching reading groups. When I changed my story and began to seek sleep and looked at it as a necessary part of my wellness, things really changed for me.
So this week, look at the story you are telling yourself about sleep and ask yourself if you like the results you are getting from that story.
If you are interested in working with me on this and other Patterns of Thought and Behavior, I would love to have you join our Patterns of Success 12 week program. Visit our website at www.createsimplycoaching.com for more information.
Melissa Rasmussen is 1st Grade Teacher, Mother of 2 Beautiful Girls, Wife, and Competitive Cross Fit Athlete. She is on the podcast today to share her strategy for success. Melissa loves being a teacher and excels in balancing all the things without feeling overwhelmed or overly stressed.
My clients use Fundies to help them create success in their days. Have you heard of a Fundie? I fundie is a fundamental you use to create the results you want in different areas of your life. Some Fundies for Physical Health are: Eat, Move, Sleep, and Breathe. Some Fundies for Mental, Spiritual, Emotional, and Social Health are: Be Present, Be Grateful, Be Prosperous, and Be Joyful. Once you create Fundies for yourself, then we apply the compound effect to consistently live by them everyday. Each Friday we will have a "Friday Fundie" Episode where we will dig in deeper to these fundamental principles.
Have you heard of the Compound Effect? Darren Hardy's book, "The Compound Effect," is one of the all time favorite books. Applying the compound effect principle has truly changed my life. In this episode we discuss what the compound effect principle is and share a couple examples of how it can apply to your life.
If you are interested in the book, here is a link to purchase it on amazon.
Compound Effect by Darren Hardy
Have you heard the phrase, "You don't have to eat an elephant all at once." This is the image I want you to remember as we discuss today how to beat overwhelm when facing a big goal or project deadline. A few years back I was getting back into running after taking a break for health reasons. I wanted to run an 18 mile trail run, but I had no idea if it was even possible for my physically. I started training and increased my running minutes by just a few seconds each day. I repeated this small simple effort over and over again until I was able to run 23 miles without stopping. This is how we eat an elephant. Little by little, bite by bite. When faced with a large task that feels overwhelming, break it down into small tasks and then repeat the simple steps over and over. You will love how simple it is to create amazing results!
Tip for today is to develop one new thought pattern you want and repeat it over and over again. You will be amazed at how quickly your brain attaches to a pattern.
This week we have learned the difference between facts and thoughts. We have learned that our thoughts create our feelings and we have considered how we want to feel. Today's tip is to "Talk to your brain more than you listen to it." I want you to be intentional about how you speak to yourself. As you do, you brain will see this as relevant and go to work finding evidence to support that thought you just spoke to it.
When looking to change how we feel, it is important to work backwards. Look at how you are seeing the world. Look at how you are speaking to yourself. Your brain is wired to protect you and keep you from harm. It will look bring to your attention things it sees are relevant to your survival. But unlike the cave man days, most of the things are brain thinks it needs to protect us from will not threaten our survival. But they might make us uncomfortable and our brain does not know the difference between being in danger and being uncomfortable. So one way to not feel scared, anxious, or overwhelmed is to answer our brain. Figure out why we are feeling this way, what thoughts are we having and then answer them. Once you have given your brain an answer, it will calm the feelings of worry, fear, anxiety.
Our thoughts create our feelings. What we see and say creates how we feel. So today I invite you to ask yourself, "How do I want to feel?"
Then we can get curious about the thoughts you are having and see if those thoughts are moving you to feel how you desire.
Today we discuss a fact vs. opinion. This is the basis for why I love coaching and have decided to be a school life coach. Did you know that through what you see around you and say to yourself you have the power to create what you feel and do. The Power lies within your thoughts. Marcus Areleis said, "Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective not the truth." While subbing in 3rd grade yesterday, my students were learning about Fact vs. Opinion in writing. When discussing a fact they said, "You are awesome!" to me. Of course that was so nice to hear, but asked them, "Is that a fact?" They said, "YES!! That is a fact". I then told them about my subbing in Jr. High the week prior where I had a hard time controlling the class of 34 gym students. They ended up running laps at the end and they definitely did not think I was awesome! So we were able to see that it is not a fact. A fact has to be able to be proven and agreed upon by everyone. So often we are sure our thoughts, beliefs, and feelings are fact. However, when we get clear about the difference between a fact and an opinion, we can use this to help our brains create the results we want in life.
"Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be." The 4 steps of the Law of Creation--SEE, SAY, FEEL, DO all lead us to the final step BECOME! Who do you want to become? What type of teacher do you want to be? Are you willing to be uncomfortable in order to achieve success? Are you willing to SEE the world differently and Speak differently so you can feel and do things differently? Working with a coach requires money, time, and commitment. But the biggest challenge you have to overcome is your fear of the uncomfortable. Change can be painful at first. Do you have the courage to become what you desire to be?
Once we have worked on SEEing, SAYing, and Feeling; now we have to being the Doing. Nike penned it well, "Just Do It". At the end of the day, if we stop at the saying and feeling and never get to the doing then change won't happen. In his book "The Compound Effect," Darren Hardy reminds us how little daily actions add up to create big results. So what is one small thing you will DO today that will begin to create what you desire?
Is it possible to choose how we feel? Our thoughts truly do create our feelings. Imagine with me that a lion is approaching you, he is getting closer and is starring you down. However, you feel fine. Pretty soon that lion is right in front of you, so close you could reach out and touch him. You remain calm and unaffected. WHY?? You are at the zoo of course and the large heave glass is protecting you. Your brain knows this so your thoughts stay in fascination, calm, and tranquillity. But what if you were in Africa and a lion began to approach you. Would you feel the same? Our Thoughts create the context which determine our feelings. So if you want to feel different, get curious about your thoughts and start thinking different.
"Don't Ever diminish the Power of words. Words move hearts and hearts move limbs." Hamza Yusuf. Pay attention to the words you say, both to others and to yourself. You will be amazed at the Power of What you Say. "Words can inspire. Words can Destroy. Choose yours well." Robin Sharma
Do you like how you are choosing to SEE the world around you? Is it creating the results you desire?
It is possible to choose to see things differently. Today's tip--Choose to SEE something differently.
The Law of Creation is a framework to help explain how we create everything in our life. We create everything around us by what we "SEE, SAY, FEEL, and Do." Those 4 things work together to then create what we will become. Abraham Lincoln said, "The best way to predict the future is to create it." By understanding the law of creation and applying that law intentionally through patterns each day, we can create the success we desire. In coming episodes we will go into each of the areas in the Law of Creation.
Everything you want is possible because you are the CREATOR of your life.
Napolean Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich, said, "You are the Master of your Destiny.
You can influence, direct, and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be."
You truly are the Creator of your life! Try on this thought over the weekend. Say it over and over again,
"I am the Creator of my life!" There is power in knowing that you have the ability to create whatever you desire!!
What do you REALLY want? I have tried to give up sugar completely over a dozen times. After failing over a dozen times, I have finally given into the fact that I don't REALLY want to give up sugar. If I did, I would have done it already. So I have had to get very clear about what it is that I want and tailor patterns of success to match that desire.
Sometimes we beat ourselves up because we can't achieve a specific goal, but is it REALLY what we want?
Odds for success are much higher when we know our why, when we get crystal clear about what it is we want.
What do you REALLY want??
When a student is learning something new, it is important to keep things simple and build upon simple foundations. When teaching 5 year olds to read, we spent months working on letter recognition and sounds. It was simple concepts, but slowly over time we added a little bit more and by the end of the year those amazing 5 year olds were reading!
The same concept applies to all ages. When you are learning something new or creating a new pattern for success, it is imperative to keep it simple. You are a student of this new pattern and keeping it simple will be the quickest path to success.
So Keep it Simple Student.
"It isn't that simple," my brother said to me one day. Oh how my brain knew that statement to be false. I had hundreds of examples as evidence that it truly is that simple to create the results I wanted each day. Success is simply the accumulation of our daily patterns. It is the small simple habits that we repeat over and over that lead to the results we want or don't want in our life.
Today remember, "It IS that SIMPLE!"
Hi, My name is Amy Katschke and I am the Founder of Create Simply Coaching where our mission is to Help Teachers, Students, and Parents decrease anxiety and increase confidence so they can create simply joy and success at school. Before the Bell Podcast are short weekday episodes for those apart of the school triad--educators, students, and parents--to get a quick tip to help them have a successful school day.
Today's Tip get curious by asking yourself the question, "What does success at school look like to you?"