Winter 2012 – email Doug@DrDougGreen.Com for more archives.

2/16 For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness. Ralph Waldo Emerson @rkiker

2/15 It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows. (Epictetus) @Montberte

2/14 Leadership isn’t a position; it’s a disposition. @DrDougGreen

2/13 There is nothing that will anger him more. @Sexy_Latinos (I was skeptical at first about this Twitter handle, but she has some good stuff.)

2/11 Wasting mistakes makes mistakes worse. @Leadershipfreak

2/10 The most precious thing we have is life. Yet it has absolutely no trade-in value. @Montberte

2/9 When you put your best foot forward to impress a prospect, make sure you are wearing nice shoes. @WilliamSBell

2/8 In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it. -Norman Vincent Peale @motivational

2/7 Where you’re going is more important than where you stand. @Montberte

2/6 If you worry about yesterday’s failures, then today’s successes will be few. -Unknown @motivational

2/5 A pound a fret can’t pay an ounce a debt. – Jamaican Proverb @motivational

2/4 Success is equal parts who you know and who knows you. A good association can help you with both halves of that equation. @WilliamSBell

2/3 It is not enough to work hard; you must clarify the right work, and then work hard. W. Edwards Deming @RushaSams

2/2 The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have. -Norman Vincent Peale @motivational

2/1 Measurable outcomes may be the least important results of learning @AlfieKohn

1/31 We need to teach about warmheartedness in a secular context. @DalaiLama

1/29 The roads we take are more important than the goals we announce. Decisions determine destiny. -Frederick Speakman @motivational

1/29 Schools do a great job of criminalizing non-criminal behaviors. @chrislehmann @mbteach @bhsprincipal

1/27 Changing the way we teach is a lot easier than changing the way students learn. @pseudandry @tgwynn @rkiker

1/26 To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. Elbert Hubbard @motivational

1/25 Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. -Albert Einstein @BrettRelander

1/24 One of the best things about teaching is that it matters. One of the greatest challenges about teaching is that it matters every day. @justintarte @toddwhitaker

1/23 It takes no more time to be courteous than to be rude. – Ann Landers @motivational

1/22 The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change. (Doug: This defines Teachers’ basic job.) Carl Rogers @Montberte

1/21 The difference between a Dream and Reality is just doing it. @jeffpulver

1/20 Success is getting up just one more time than you fall down. @Montberte

1/19 Compassion is a true source of happiness. @DalaiLama

1/18 The difference between a rut and a grave is depth. anon @patrickdixon

1/17 English is a funny language; that explains why we park our car on the driveway and drive our car on the parkway. @Montberte

1/17 There are hundreds of languages in the world, but a smile speaks them all. @Montberte

1/16 If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over? – John Wooden @ArtJonak

1/15 For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.” Vincent Van Gogh @ShiftParadigm

1/14 Show me a classroom where students create, explore, discover & collaborate, & I will show you a class with “real” learning. @justintarte

1/14 Statistics are no substitute for judgment. Henry Clay @Montberte

1/13 When you tweet irrelevant stuff, you’re training people to ignore you. Hint: “I’m getting coffee…” is not relevant! @ArtJonak

1/12 It’s less painful if you learn from the blunders of others @Leadershipfreak

1/11 Leadership Mantra: Take the high road. It always has less traffic. @ArtJonak

1/10 In our quest for happiness and the avoidance of suffering, I believe we are all fundamentally the same, and therefore equal. @DalaiLama

1/9 Nothing is so simple that it cannot be misunderstood. -Pope Boniface VIII @motivational

1/8 Like most things in America, there is a solution to the Bowl Champion Series (BCS) problem, but there are people making money off of the problem. @NYTimes

1/7 The only group without lobbyists are the students. Andrew Cuomo (Governor of New York State) @DrMerylAin

1/6 Your reputation is what you are perceived to be. Your character is what you really are. John Wooden – @ESPN

1/5 Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man. – Ben Franklin @Inga_Ros

1/4 You don’t let the guy with the broom control how many elephants are in the parade. Merlin Mann @thisissethsblog

1/3 Tweets without Links When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them. Rodney Dangerfield @Montberte

1/3 Tweets without Links Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. Winston Churchill @steve_maul

1/2 Norm-referenced tests were never intended to measure quality of learning or teaching. Alfie Kohn @21stprincipal

12/31 Listen to those who have succeeded and those who have failed. Both have incredible wisdom. @Leadershipfreak @ArtieDavis

12/30 I’m a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. Thomas Jefferson @GetHiredInc

12/29 The only lost cause is one we give up on before we enter the struggle. Valclav Havel, 1936-2011 @ArtJonak

12/28 It is one thing to show your child the way, and a harder thing to then stand out of it. @JeoLewis456

12/27 Don’t aim for success. If you want it, just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. -David Frost @steve_maul

12/27 Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. ~ Winston Churchill @azjd

12/26 Santa Tweets his resume on the day after Christmas with 15 characters to spare. Santa Claus: World traveler and toy expert. 300+ years management experience. Looking for position in entertainment industry.

12/24 All kids are gifted, some just open their packages earlier than others – Michael Carr @NMHS_Principal

12/23 When people say “in my next life” does it mean that they have given up on this one? So sad. @Aaron_Eyler

12/22 To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison @Montberte

12/21 To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison @Montberte

12/20 If everyone thinks alike, nobody thinks very much. @pasi_sahlberg in Finnish Lessons

12/18 Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. Vaclav Havel, 1936-2011 @ArtJonak

12/19 People of humor are always in some degree people of genius. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge @motivational

12/18 A child only educated at school is an uneducated child ✍ George Santayana @MiguelEscotet

11/17 We must all hang together, or most assuredly, we shall all hang separately. Ben Franklin

12/16 Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory. -George S. Patton @motivational

12/15 The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious. John Scully @jaykubssek

12/14 I learned most not from those who taught me, but from those who talked with me. St. Augustine

12/13 The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women. Barack Obama @tedcoine

12/12 Put Tim Tebow in charge of the US deficit and put 5:00 minutes on the clock. Problem solved. @ArtJonak

12/11 Nobody goes through life undefeated – Don Imus @Imus

12/10 Catching people being good means overriding our natural instinct to criticize, condem, and complain. @WilliamSBell

12/9 The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains.The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires – William Arthur Ward @NMHS_Principal

12/8 My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person: he believed in me. -Jim Valvano @motivational

12/7 The Road to Success is Always under construction. There is a link with this. Be sure to watch the cool one minute video. Show to students. @azjd

12/6 The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are – Joseph Campbell @ToddWhitaker

12/5 It is a poor teacher whose pupils remain dependent on him. Nietzsche

12/4 Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused. @Montberte

12/3 Your children need your presence more than your presents. Jesse Jackson @Michealpkw

12/2 The real source of happiness involves one’s state of mind, outlook, motivation, and one’s level of warmheartedness towards others. @DalaiLama

12/1 Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things. -Theodore Levitt @motivational

 

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