With Full Attention
A reflection on Marcus Aurelius’s aphorism: “Give full attention and devotion to each act.”
Attention on a Hazzy Whiteboard
Switching attention leaves residue. Sometimes I feel like I’m swimming through that residue. The schemas I’m holding need focused and sustained attention, and the cludgy remnants of previous mental states and distractions makes the thinking I enjoy turn into thinking that is exhausting (and poorly done).
What Was Done. The 2023 Edition.
A reflection on where I spent time in 2023.
Thinking Wrongly
Understanding complexity sometimes requires you to think wrongly. A curious story about complex professional development processes.
Step Over the Pebble
A reflection on leadership and the tension between dreaming and doing.
How to look at Problems
Every organization I’ve worked for encountered problems and challenges. I am a problem solver. I like to fix things (sometimes to a fault – I
Make Something Beautiful
A reflection on creating a garden and a company – with aphorisms.
Thinking is Hard. Because Thinking is Hard.
In which copilot goes down a cognitive / philosophical rabbit hole and I find myself reflecting on teaching. Thinking is hard. Finding the right question is harder.
Weekly Learnings for May 6th. Teen Brain Edition.
As a young teacher we are always told to post our classroom rules at the start of the school year. Rule number one was always “Practice Common Sense”. The problem was what was common to me was rather uncommon to my students. Halfway through the year, I covered the first rule with a bumper sticker. It said, “There they go. I must follow them as I am their leader.”