Who Are You When You’re Teaching at Your Best? A Fun, Insightful Activity

October 23, 2024 by Inspired Together Teachers Leave a Comment

Who Are You When You’re Teaching at Your Best? A Fun, Insightful Activity

Season 6 Episode 87

Listen to this episode to learn a fun, quick strategy that will give you insight to who you are when you are teaching at your best!

Show Notes:

Episode Summary:

Who are you when you’re teaching at your best?

Today’s episode is an exploration of who we are as teachers, and what this means for our lives in and out of the classroom. Together we will complete an activity that is inspired by an exercise from the book, The Courage to Teach, by one of our favorite educators of all time, Parker Palmer.

We’re sharing a fun and reflective activity what will get you diving deep into who you are as a teacher.

You might laugh, you might cry, but at the very minimum we guarantee that 20 minutes from now, you will see yourself as a teacher and a person in a whole new way… and we will have some fun in the process.

In this episode:

The following show notes are a summary of key points in the episode. To get all of the examples and stories we share, listen to the podcast.

Introduction:

If you have listened to any of our podcast episodes, you know we love talking about teaching. We especially like talking about teaching when we can make connections between who we are as teachers and who we are in our lives outside of school…. because there are definitely connections. Today, we are going to share with you an activity what we love to facilitate because, besides being fun, it is insightful into who we are as teachers and as people.

First, we need to give credit where credit is due. Several years ago, we read about this activity in the book The Courage to Teach by Parker Palmer. Even though this activity was only talked about in 2 and a half pages of the 200 page book, we loved it so much that we took his premise, changed it up a bit, and expanded upon it.

So without further delay, let’s get started.

First, here is what you don’t need- You don’t need a pen or paper. You don’t need self-doubt or judgement. There is no room for any of that in this activity.

You do need- to come into this activity with an open mind and an honest heart. We will both share our examples with you, and we will share the examples of two teachers who completed this activity with us in the past, just to give you context. We will call them Becky and Charlie. Your responses will be different than any of us, they will be unique to you. That is part of what makes this so fun and insightful.

This activity involves a series of questions about who you are as a teacher but as you will see, you will learn about yourself as well.

Question #1- How would you complete this sentence?

Say the first thing that comes to your mind to complete this sentence. Don’t overthink. Just answer.

“When I am teaching at my best, I am like a _____________________.”

Because this idea was inspired by Parker Palmer, we will share his metaphor first and then share our examples. Parker said, “When I am teaching at my best, I am like a sheepdog- not the large, shaggy, lovable kind, but the all-business Border collies one sees working the flocks in sheep country.“ He goes on to say that sheep dogs maintain the space for the sheep to graze, holds them together and brings back strays, protects them and moves them to other places when the grazing ground is depleted. He feels he does that when he is teaching at his best.

Paula: When I am teaching at my best, I am like a great hostess at a gathering of friends. I am the “Hostess with the mostest.” The great hostess weaves through the crowd flowing in and out of conversations, making sure people are getting out of the party what they came for, making sure the environment and conversation are engaging, creating a safe place with all the amenities to make it a charged environment that no one wants to leave when it is over. That is exactly what I feel like when I am teaching at my best.

Michele: When I am teaching at my best I am like an interior designer. I make the environment warm and welcoming and a good place for learning. People will feel comfortable and safe, and know that they are welcomed and that they will be heard. My space could be beautiful, but it also functions well, with room for all kinds of activities. It’s is fun and pleasant but if I’ve done it well, you don’t necessarily notice all the elements in the room but it somehow works well for you. It meets the needs and activities of the people who are there.

Here are some examples of teachers we worked with:

Charles: Charles is one of our favorite teachers on this planet. He said, “When I am teaching at my best, I am like a unicorn, I make the classroom a magical place.” We just want to add that we have seen Charles teach and it really is like watching magic.

Another teacher we worked with is Becky. Becky said, “When I am teaching at my best, I am like a tour guide. I am leading my students on a journey. I am guiding them through an amazing tour of all of their learning”.

So what is your metaphor? When I am teaching at my best I am like a ….

Once you have this question answered you are ready to move on to the next questions. However, if you have not answered this question yet, do not move on yet because the rest of the activity is based on your answer to this.

Question #2- What are the “strengths” you have related to this metaphor?

Now, list the strengths of the metaphor you listed. Don’t be humble here. Be honest. You chose your metaphor for a reason. Let’s say you said, “When I am teaching at my best I am like a rainbow” then start listing your favorite things about a rainbow (colorful, hopeful, awe-inspiring, bright). If they match you, own those verbs, adverbs, or adjectives with pride.

Paula: Because it is easy to Google “the strengths of a good hostess” I did and here is what I got- The strengths of a good hostess that mirror my strengths- friendly, personable, welcoming, outgoing, confident, composed, team spirit, willing to learn, and sets a positive tone. The crazy thing about this is that I have kept a note on my desk for my WHOLE teaching career, and I still have it there that says, “I set the tone” and tone setting is literally one of the top ten things I read about good hostesses when I did an online search. I know I picked a good metaphor.

Michele: Paula, that is amazing. I have seen those sticky notes in various colors in your office through the years. The traits of an interior designer I selected are creating a calm, welcoming, safe, comfortable, space. A good interior designer also knows to understand the people and who will be in the space and what they need to be comfortable.

In the example of our teacher friend who is a Unicorn, he is magical and captivating, full of personality and rare as teachers go, which he is! Our tour guide teacher, Becky, is charismatic, genuine, energetic all words to describe a tour guide.

Now take a second to think of your strengths that align to your metaphor.

Question #3- What are the “Bright Spots” that happen in your classroom related to this metaphor?

Think of specific bright spots that have happened in your classroom in the past related to your metaphor. They may be general feelings or specific events that have brightened your day.

For example, we said Charles is like a unicorn when he is teaching at his best. He does unique activities that other teachers may be too afraid to do. He dresses up. He sings. The students are totally under his spell like a magical power that he has over them. The parents of his students talk about how their elementary students love him, which is a magical thing. Every day he walks into the classroom dressed up as another historical figure, he has created magical learning that will never be forgotten.

That is not for everyone. Not all of us can be magical. We don’t all dress up as characters, that is his gift.

Becky talked about how she, as a tour guide when she was teaching at her best, could expose her students to information they would never have had exposure to. As a world traveler herself, she brought back artifacts from around the world that students could hold in their hands to experience foreign places in ways that could never be replicated with just a book. She animatedly told them about people and places that they then aspired to learn about.

A good teacher does help to open up the world to students, helping them understand other people, places, and experiences they have never had. Both of these teachers are great teachers. They are also different from each other but they are teaching with their gifts.

Paula: When I am like a hostess, I know that students feel comfortable in my classroom. I make sure there is a sense of community, making sure everyone has a chance to talk to different people and hear different perspectives, just like a hostess would make sure people were doing at her party.

I welcome my students with excitement and truly enjoy their presence which students will tell me years later that they appreciated about me and my classroom. They tell me years later, “We always thought you loved teaching our class. ” That is because I did. They also tell me, ” We felt that you loved us as individuals,” and that’s because I do.

Michele: That is who you are as a teacher. This is not a stretch to say these things, it is who are you. In my interior designer magical home or bright spots, I think of the people who will be in the space and the exquisite conversations that will take place there. I love setting up the right chairs, a fire in the fireplace,scented candles, maybe some soft music and in my home, often with a glass of wine.

Everyone is engaged in the conversation, they are listening and sometimes even arguing. They are all wrapped up in the discussion and it goes on and on, until someone says, “oh look at the time, we have to get going!” No one wants it to end.

I love it when that happens in a classroom and you have those exquisite conversations. You are walking towards the hallway after class and everyone is still talking. Those are the golden moments for me.”

Isn’t it amazing how each of our unique teaching and personal characteristic are already clear in just these few questions based off our metaphors?

We could expand upon our bright spots for sure, but we will keep it short for the sake of this podcast. Now think about yourself. Take time to pause this if you need to. List bright spots that happen in your classroom related to your metaphor. You can dive as deep into this as you want. You can keep your list short like we did, or sit and think on it for a long time. The longer you think, the more bright spots you will come up with and you will think of many if you give yourself the time.

You will also get the warm and fuzzy feeling as you bask in these good memories.

Question #4- What are the “Shadows” of your metaphor that may apply to you?

While it is fun to look at the bright spots, we also need to explore the not so wonderful traits. Parker Palmer calls them the “shadows” of your metaphor.

What are the potentially negative parts of your metaphor? Google if you want or just list them from your memory or experiences.

Paula: For example, hostesses can get way to pre-occupied with details and forget the real reason they are there, for the people. I do that for sure. They can become indifferent to the needs of their guest if they decide they need to stick too closely to a predetermined party plan or get to focused on the logistics. I can work on that.

Our unicorn teacher friend worried that other teachers might not take him seriously, that unicorns are often perceived as fun but unrealistic. Unicorns are also seen as a fantasy vs being the real thing and he wanted to be taken seriously as a teacher because he really knew how to teach.

Charles is a really phenomenal teacher. He has serious teaching skills and content knowledge, and he also does things in a playful way. We’ve all know those teachers who are all flash and no substance. He didn’t want that.

Michele: My shadow is that interior design might feel very superficial. I know a lot of people couldn’t care less about how their environment looks. They don’t pay attention to how it feels. Some people think I am obsessed, then they turn around and ask me to help with their house!

I also worry about being thought of as all flash and no substance. If you pay attention though, there is substance and function. There are reasons for why things are the way they are. It is about how the space makes you feel and how it helps you to understand yourself and how you are in the world. It’s actually pretty deep.

Parker Palmer noticed the irony in his “sheepdog” metaphor, that he could potentially just see his students as sheep who follow and not notice them as individuals.

What are the shadows of your metaphor? This isn’t meant to make you feel bad. It is meant to draw awareness.

Question 5#- What are the “Darker Spots” that happen in your classroom related to this metaphor?

Think about how the shadows of the metaphor could play out in your classroom, causing darker spots in the day or the environment. Like the bright spots you may be able to come up with generalizations or specific instances of darker spots in your classroom related to your metaphor.

Michele: For me, it is when someone doesn’t connect to my environment. I have failed to bring them into my world, my environment didn’t work for them.

Paula: Like a good party planner, I like to plan. When I come up with a great plan or activity, I am excited to see how it plays out in the classroom. If it starts to bomb, I go into full “hostess mode” trying to make it all right again, trying to salvage it so everyone is still happy and engaged. Because of this, I can leave a bad lesson feeling worse than other teachers who might be able to shrug it off. For me it can feel like I personally failed to plan and implement the plan right.

Our tour guide friend mentioned tour guides already know the material so they want to move on to the next thing and get bored easily, even when the people on the tour aren’t always ready to move on. She mentioned that she can get impatient when there are one or two students who aren’t ready to move on with her and the class to the next topic. She worried that students could sense her impatience.

What are the darker spots that happen in your classroom related to your metaphor? Again, this is not meant to make you feel bad, but instead to increase your awareness so you can be on the lookout for it in the future.

Question #6- How does this metaphor play out in other areas of your life?

This is an interesting concept. We regularly talk about “Work Life. Home Life. Best Life.” So many of the things that we discover about ourselves as teachers can help us in our home life, and vice versa.

What does your metaphor tell you about who you are outside of work?

What about our tour guide teacher, Becky. No matter the situation she lead those around her on a journey….and people follow. It is her gift and it can work no matter the life situation.

Paula: I love to act as the hostess in a group. I can do well in a crowd of people I don’t know and like to introduce people so no one feels left out. That plays out in my life as I attend my husband’s work events when he is more introverted, it is the reason my children’s friends feel so welcome at my house.

Michele: I have the same example. My house is the one everyone wants to come to. I have the baby showers and graduations. All the kids hung out at my house. People feel comfortable there.

How well does your metaphor align with other areas of your life? We are guessing it does. What examples can you think of?

Question #7- How can your metaphor strengthen you and make you more resilient?

Palmer suggests that the guidance you need in tough times can be found in your metaphor.

For example, when Charles is struggling at school or at work, he could ask himself, “What would a unicorn do in this situation?” Probably spread the magic! And that is a quality that he could use no matter where he is in his life.

What about our tour guide teacher, Becky, no matter the situation she lead those around her on a journey….and people follow. It is her gift and she can call on it to work no matter the life situation.

Paula: My hostess comes in to help me be more resilient. I have a friend who just passed away from cancer and yesterday I sent her college aged daughter a Venmo with a message to get a coffee on me, that I loved her and to have a good day. My only goal was to brighten her day and to make sure she felt noticed and loved. It’s what a hostess does. A few days before her mom passed, I told her mom not to worry, that she would be well looked after. It was the same thing I said when that little girl was dropped off at slumber parties we hosted at our house as an early elementary schooler, and when she got dropped of at our house for the get-ready-for-prom-girl-gatherings, all of which I loved to host at our house. I am glad to still be able to look out for her from afar and set a tone for her day. It helps me to be more resilient and helps with loss.

Michele: When I thought of this one, yes, interior designers can make a room special, but I can also make people feel valued and special. I know I have achieved that when I have very long standing relationships for many, many years. People who have been out of my life, such as students from my early years, have come back into my life. They’ll tell me, ” you always noticed me, you always made me feel special, like I belonged.” That’s the bigger picture I can take away from creating spaces.

There are so many different questions you could ask yourself to expand upon your metaphor. We hope you explore a few.

In his book, Parker Palmer suggests to do this activity with colleagues you feel confident with. He suggests, “…the pay-off in self-understanding can be considerable.” We agree. So grab a friend and a cup of coffee. Sit down and explore your “Teaching at my Best” metaphors together. It will one of your vest conversations!

Recap:

The “Teaching at Your Best” activity helped us to explore who we are as teachers. It is important to remember that our teaching metaphors also have implications for our lives out of the classroom. Even though it started as a fun little game, a simple metaphor, you likely saw yourself as a teacher, and a person, in a whole new way.

If you would like more help in living with intention, check out our book, The Inspired Teachers Journal: A Weekly Guide to Becoming Your Best Self. We set you up with some insight and then give you journal prompts and amazing advice from other teachers who are on a journey to live their inspired lives.

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Don’t Let Boredom Drag You Down Ep. 86

October 16, 2024 by Inspired Together Teachers Leave a Comment

Listen to this episode for ideas of how to eliminate boredom and add a little spice to your life!

Show Notes:

Episode Summary:

Do you ever feel bored?

We often think of boredom as affecting students in the classroom, or our children who complain that there is nothing to do or that everything is boring. Boredom isn’t just for kids, it also affects us!

While a slow day can be relaxing and refreshing, boredom can kill our energy and motivation. It can dullen our senses and take the joy out of life.

Living a bored life is the opposite of living an inspired life. Don’t let boredom drag you down! Stay tuned as we share 4 ways to fight boredom so you can live an inspired life.

In this episode:

Do you ever get bored?

Michele: I get easily bored with routines. Some people can keep the same routines day after day and it helps them thrive. I get very bored with it. The positive side of that is that I can be very flexible, the negative side is that sometimes routines help with focus and consistency, so without routines I have to work harder at being consistent. Paula, you are the queen of routines and consistency and you always use them to your advantage.

Paula: I get easily bored if I am not engaging with something. I do not sit well and don’t do well with being a passive participant in something. I get bored when I’m not engaged and then lose all motivation. I am a horrible television watcher. I can’t do it. I get too bored. I can only watch television if I am doing something else at the same time. The other day I was watching a WNBA game while peeling and canning pears. The same is true for me too for long webinars where there isn’t interaction.

In general, we are both highly motivated. We have a lot of things going on and we’re always doing things. The idea of engagement is important. We both feel the need to be engaged.

Boredom can come to us both in our personal and professional lives.

Classroom boredom can zap the energy out of your lessons and your days. When you are bored, teaching is less fun and seems to require more work. When students are bored, they aren’t engaged and classroom management issues are more likely. Boredom leads to nothing good. Boredom is often contagious and when you see it or feel it, it is time to take some kind of action.

When the boredom comes at home or in your personal life, it can zap all of your energy and enthusiasm. Life becomes day after day of same -old, same -old, mundane and usual things. That is when you get bored. A lot of our more negative habits can show up when we are bored-

Michele: For me that would be scrolling Instagram. Once I start, it is like the path of least resistance. Sometimes I don’t even care about what I am scrolling. I’m just looking at the pictures. I can also eat out of boredom. There’s nothing like a little guacamole for spicing up a boring life. I read something once that said something like if there is nothing interesting in your life you can find something interesting in your refrigerator.

Paula: I also eat out of boredom! One thing I do is to play semi-mindless number or word puzzle games on my phone. I could be reading a book instead but playing those games fills time when I am waiting, usually for my children to start or end an activity.

Boredom is often contagious and when you see it or feel it, it is time to take action. We need some strategies to solve it!

Here are four ways to reduce boredom and bring new and fresh energy to your life:

Shake up your daily routines.

Have you developed a daily classroom schedule that has served you well in the past but has now become stale? You may have been teaching the same thing in the same way for years and it served you well, but now it has become a bit tired. We all get bored with doing the same old thing every day.

Michele: I always have to shake up how I teach something. I sometimes honestly wish that I could teach the same lesson in the same way over and over, because it would be easier and save planning time. I wouldn’t have to think about it. But I usually can’t do that. I need to be thinking about what I’m teaching. I switch things up.

Try a new routine. For example, if you usually start with a review, then introduce new content, then give time for students to practice, switch the order. Introduce the new content, then give students time to practice, then connect it to the old content. Try it for a day or week and see what happens. You don’t have to keep the new routine forever, but often a small switch can bring some new energy.

You can also shift your daily routine when things get boring at home. Try something different for breakfast. Move your walk to before dinner or to after dinner. Listen to a podcast while you make dinner. Thank you to all of you who are listening to our podcast while you make dinner! Do all the laundry on Friday night so you can have Saturday free.

Paula: I switch out my activities regularly on the weekends. I make a plan to do one thing for an hour and then force myself do something else the next hour before I start to get bored. I need to do something fun in between the routine or boring things. I can always come back to it but I can avoid boredom that way.

Add variety to your life.

At school, make sure your lesson plans have a variety of activities in each lesson. Start with a short 5-minute video. Then have a ten-minute discussion. Follow that with a small group activity.

Look for new ways to actively engage your students. Focus on hands-on activities, lively discussions, or group projects. Try mixing things up.

There are many active learning strategies that can get students up and moving and actively engaged. We have a post called 4 Great Active Learning Strategies for All Content Areas for ideas such as a Wall Walk or a learning in a Speed Dating like format.

You can also think about variety at home too.

Paula: Michele, I know you are a decorator and you are going to rearrange the furniture or hang different pictures on the wall for variety. I am not that person. My mind doesn’t go there. Now that the kids are older, my husband and I find different reasons to do things at night so we aren’t just sitting at home. Last night we took the dog for a 30 minute walk. The night before, we drove down to the river to check on our boat. Sometimes we go out for ice cream after dinner. None of these things take long and they don’t happen every night, but they add variety to the evenings. I don’t want to get bored.

Michele: I like to rearrange furniture. I like to see what is possible. The same is true for changing out he décor during the different seasons. I just put out some cozy blankets and candles for fall. They are little things but it adds variety. When I do something like switch out the placements, I notice them again. It adds variety and keeps things interesting.

Paula: That is your gift. I have never rearranged my furniture. Nor have I ever switched out my placements. I can’t do that kind of variety, but I can add variety in other ways. I can make sure we eat more than tacos or meatloaf for dinner every night. I can add in a new recipe. We can go out for ice cream. I can do things that give me variety.

In the evenings or on the weekends, go someplace you’ve never been- a different park, or a local museum or a new coffee shop or restaurant. Try something to add variety to your life.

Use technology in new ways.

This one is not so difficult because there is always new technology and we are all learning new things about how to use technology.

Divide up a textbook chapter and let students share their learning by creating something with technology to show their learning. Curriculum can come alive when students are allowed to make a video, illustrate a cartoon book around the content, script a newscast or write song lyrics to demonstrate their understanding of content material. Students will also come up with their own ideas about how to show and share their learning.

Feeling adventurous? Let students experiment with AI technology such as CHATGPT. AI is here, whether we like it or not. Ultimately, teachers will have to understand it, incorporate it, and teach students to curate the content in responsible and effective ways. One fifth grade teacher in Kentucky instructed his students to try to outwit the bot by figuring out which articles were written by the bot.

Paula: I actually sat in on a great AI session the other day and have lots of new ideas. For the classroom, have AI explain a concept the way a 5^th grader would. Then have a 5^th grader in your class explain it. See how close they were or have the class guess which answer was the 5^th grader and which was AI. They are getting multiple exposures of the content with this one activity.

Michele: I’m still thinking about possible ways to use technology in new ways at home. I’ve been exploring apps on my apple watch. You can now run your whole life from your watch. I’m setting up Apple pay- I know I am very late to the game, but I didn’t trust it for a long time. Now it seems like the most secure way to pay- especially on a trip or away from home- you don’t have to get cards out of your wallet. I am also learning Italian with Duolingo. I really like it and am having success with it.

Paula: I have a co-worker who is using AI to plan their weekly meal and create the grocery list. AI will spit out all the meal plans, the directions for cooking and the grocery list and then you can adapt them. I love that idea. Other friends are having AI create a fun trivia nights for their groups of friends when they get together. When I was with college friends this summer, one had an AI type app that generated song snippets and we all played Name that Song. AI created everything!

There are so many ways to keep yourself from getting bored with technology!

Do something that is engaging to eliminate boredom.

When we are bored, we are less engaged. That means we’re less motivated to do something.

What we need is something that is more engaging.

When writing lesson plans, put on the perspective of students and see if you can answer questions such as, “so what?”, “who cares?”, and “what does this have to do with me?”. That will put a little spin on it and make you think about how you can become more engaging.

Bring in real world examples and have students connect the material the material to their lives. Then give them tasks which allow them to apply the material in meaningful ways.

Relevance will help to increase motivation, encourage students to think critically about the material, and can help create a more engaging learning environment. You have all experienced sitting through PD that wasn’t relevant to you. You know how bored you become. If you find that your teaching is not relevant, try ways to make it more relevant. That will instantly make it more engaging and less boring.

Doing something engaging in your personal life also helps with boredom.

Michele: If I am bored, usually I need to engage in one of two things. Sometimes I need to read, because reading engages me and gives me ideas and inspiration. It is difficult for me to be bored when I am reading something I am interested in.

The other thing that I often need is to spend time with a friend. Even just having coffee will get me out of the house and into an interaction with someone. Or on the weekends we will meet up with friends and it always gives me something new to think about, it’s a new environment and a new place and usually involves laughing. If you are laughing, you are not likely feeling bored.

Paula: I need to connect with people too. My book club engages my mind. I have dinner or coffee with different groups of friends. In some discussions we lightly talk about fun things, others are more serious and intellectual. I love them all. They have to be positive or I find myself disengaging. However, intellectual, caring, positive conversations with friends and family I love eliminates boredom for me.

Conclusion:

When you are feeling bored consider it an opportunity to rethink your plans. An inspiring life means never having to live with boredom. Even making small shifts can have big payoffs in your enjoyment and happiness.

Recap:

Boredom can zap the fun and enjoyment out of life. Shaking up your routine, adding some variety, using technology in new ways and doing something that engages you are all things that get you out of boredom and back into enjoying your life.

Do you need to shake things up in your life?

Would you like to take back your life from overwork and too much time spent on other people’s agendas?

We have a free resource to help you, The Inspired Teacher’s Guide to Taking Back Your Life. You can get your free copy by filling out the box below. We will be sure to send it right to your email.

Related Episodes/Blog Posts:

4 Great Active Learning Strategies for All Content Areas

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Be Brilliant, Gorgeous, Talented, and Fabulous Ep. 85

October 9, 2024 by Inspired Together Teachers Leave a Comment

Listen to this episode to be inspired and learn how you can use your unique gifts and talents to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous!

Show Notes:

Episode Summary:

Today we are diving into positive territory with a topic that we think will grab your attention- How to Be Brilliant, Gorgeous, Talented and Fabulous!

We didn’t make up that description, it comes from author, teacher and political activist Marianne Williamson. If it seems like a tall order, or an impossible achievement- stick around as we share how you can not only be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous, but how you can help others to shine their own light brightly.

In this episode:

This following is a summary of the key points in the podcast. In the podcast we often add stories or personal examples. For the full experience, please listen to the podcast.

Introduction:

Be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous- we’ll have some of that- how about you?

Who wouldn’t want to be described as brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?

Let’s start by sharing the source of this phrase. It’s one you might have heard or read before, a poem made famous by Marianne Williamson in her best- selling book A Return to Love which is at its essence, a book about living from love not fear.

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.

We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?

Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.

Your playing small doesn’t serve the world.

There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.

We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.

It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

As we’re liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

Wow. There is a lot of power to unpack there. This is more than just being brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous. It also speaks to us as role models and how when we step into our own light, we allow others to step into their light as well.

This poem offers a lot of promise and a positive message for all of us, and educators specifically.

An Example for Educators

Michele: I first remember hearing this poem in the movie Akeela and The Bee, which came out in 2006. It stars a very young Keke Palmer with Laurence Fishburne as Dr. Larabee, her coach.

Akeelah is a gifted eleven-year-old in inner-city Los Angeles. She doesn’t understand her talents, or believe that she can learn or that she has any control in her future. She is headed down a troubled path, she’s failing and truant which requires her to attend summer school.

The school district wants to improve their status by winning the National Spelling Bee. They bribe Akeelah into trying to win the spelling bee by getting her out of summer school. They engage Dr. Larabee to coach her.

Akeelah is very resistant, she thought she could just show up and get out of summer school without doing anything. In a moment of frustration, Dr. Larabee asks her to read the poem out loud. Then he quizzes her.

Dr. Larabee: Does that mean anything to you?

Akeelah: I don’t know.

Dr. Larabee: It’s written in plain English. What does it mean?

Akeelah: That I’m not supposed to be afraid?

Dr. Larabee: Afraid of what?

Akeelah: (she hesitates, then speaks softly) Afraid of… me?

At that moment, she begins to understand that she has something to share and that she could be powerful. It is a turning point in her life.

Akeelah starts to take her learning seriously and becomes surprised at what she doesn’t know, but aware that she can learn it.

That is not unlike all of us-we might be afraid of putting ourselves out there and achieving something big. Once we believe we can accomplish something, we are far more likely to go after it.

How can you believe that you can be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?

You might be someone who already believes in yourself. You have a lot of confidence and are not afraid to go after what you want and what you believe that you can have, and that you believe you deserve.

For some of us, this requires more understanding and some practice. We’ve got a couple of tips that can help.

Understand how your thoughts work.

The science and understanding of our thoughts and how they work has grown in the past few years.

Our thoughts are essentially patterns of neural activity in the brain. When we think about performing an action, specific neural pathways are activated, which can then lead us to take that action.
Our thoughts, which are how we interpret a situation, determine the emotions we experience, which also influence our actions. So, our thoughts and the emotions behind them become our actions.
Repeated thoughts and actions can create neural pathways that become ingrained as habits, turning certain behaviors into automatic responses.
Actions can also influence our thoughts; for example, performing a positive action can shift our mindset to a more positive outlook. The more we act in positive ways, the more we will continue to act in positive ways.

In short, what we think, then act on, becomes our habits which in turn create our reality.

So, how we take this knowledge and apply it?

How can we apply positive thoughts in real life?

Change your thoughts and your feelings and actions will change.

For example, at the beginning of a yoga class, laying on a mat on the hard floor is not very comfortable. But by the end, it can feel like the most comfortable mat ever. It is in the difference of perspective of your mind and body from the beginning of the class to the end.

Let’s look at the be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous language and translate that into thoughts.

Be brilliant.

What do you think about your intelligence? What do you say to yourself?

Do you say things like:

I’m not smart enough to do that, or

I don’t have a good enough education,or

I don’t know how to do that,

you are telling yourself that you can’t know or learn or do something. You are stopping your brilliance from coming through.

Look at the opposite:

I am smart, I have figured out lots of things so I can figure this out as well.

Which kind of statement is likely to result in your taking action towards something that could end up showing your brilliance?

It is an example of the Henry Ford quote, “whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.”

Are you allowing negative thoughts about your intelligence to prevent you from speaking out, learning something new, or being open to growth?

Be gorgeous.

Here is an example we have all experienced. You’re late, and don’t have time to get ready for the day. The outfit you wanted to wear is dirty. You start out the day feeling unready and frumpy.

How is your day going to go? Are you going to speak up in a meeting and share your idea or solution? Probably not. When you don’t look your best, you usually don’t act like your best either.

We’re not talking about being a supermodel here. You can look at feel gorgeous any day – confidence in yourself makes you gorgeous.

Consider what makes you look and feel gorgeous- then make an attempt to feel that way every day.

This is the old “act as if” idea. Act as if something is true and it often becomes true.

Be Talented.

Akeelah didn’t understand that she was talented. Therefore, she never did anything that showed her talents. She could have been an A+ student, but she was failing. She needed others to help her see her talents.

You might already understand your talents. Then next question is, how are you using them?

Are you hiding your light to make others feel better about themselves or to keep from seeming like you are special? Or are you trying to fit in by acting like everyone else?

If you aren’t using your talents, where could you use them in your life?

Paula: We have all had those students who did not do well in school, because the structure of school did not work well for them. However, once they were beyond the confines of the K-12 system they became great welders, mechanics, dancers, parents and the list goes on and on. Their talents did not lie in sitting in a desk and completing standardized tests but when they got into fields where they could express their talents, they became successful in a way that many of their more academic-minded peers could not.

Michele: I have worked with some talented educators who are great leaders in their schools. When I suggest that they would be a great principal, they are often shocked. They say things like, “But, I don’t know how to be a leader”. I can instantly tell them multiple things that they are already doing that show me they are a leader. It is often eye-opening to them. If you aren’t seeing your talents, ask people who know you well what your talents are. You’ll be surprised at what others see in you.

Be Fabulous.

The word fabulous is a great word. It can pretty much mean anything you believe it means. What is fabulousness? It can mean good, or exceptional, or remarkable, or memorable. It can mean that you are fun or lively. It can mean that you admire someone or appreciate their gifts.

Being fabulous is a compliment. It shows that you are putting yourself out there and doing something good.

Being fabulous is also a state of mind. You are constantly putting signals out into the universe. What kind of signal are you sending?

I’m poor, downtrodden, and pitiful? Nothing ever turns out for me. I can’t do anything right.

You are announcing that you are angry and bitter. Life sucks. It is unfair.

We’ve know people who act like that and they are difficult to be around.

Think of the opposite. What do you think when you hear positive things?

Michele: One of my husband’s regular comments when something isn’t going well or it’s not going the way we hoped is, “things have a way of working out.” What does that statement lead you to believe about him and how he might handle a frustration?

Paula: I think of the quote I heard once by Coco Chanel. I couldn’t remember the exact quote but knew it had the word fabulous in it so I looked it up to share. Here it is, “A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.” Those nine little words, describe how she lived her life. It is no wonder, with a life motto like that, that she was named to Time Magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people of the 20^th century. She believed she should be fabulous and she made it happen, she lived it.

What would it look like if you felt fabulous and put out those kinds of signals?

Acting on your thoughts in a positive way can send out positive and consistent messages. Keep doing this every day and your thoughts become your reality. Change your thoughts and you can change your life.

Conclusion:

Even better, when you are sending out positive thoughts and actions into the world, you are opening the doors for others.

In the words of Marianne Williamson,

“And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

As we’re liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

Recap:

Our thoughts are very powerful. We can live from fear, hiding our light. We can ask, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Or we can recognize our gifts and our worth and use them in the betterment of ourselves and others.

Quote:

“Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.”

Henry Ford

“A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.”

Coco Chanel

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My Three Words: A Strategy for Living With Intention Ep. 84

October 2, 2024 by Inspired Together Teachers Leave a Comment

My Three Words: A Strategy for Living With Intention Season 6 Episode 84

Listen to this episode to learn how choosing three simple words can help you to be the version of yourself you like best and guide you in living with intention.

Show Notes:

Episode Summary:

We know teachers love strategies. Today we’ve got a strategy that will help you in all areas of your life, so that you are living with intention and finding fulfillment and success in ways that matter to you. Stick around and learn how three words have the power to help you be the best version of the person you want to be and live the life you want to live.

In this episode:

As always, the following is a summary of the show notes. We always give more examples and stories. For the best experience, listen to the podcast.

Introduction:

At Inspired Together Teachers, we have a personal goal to lead inspired lives and a mission in supporting you to lead your own inspired lives.

Today we are going to share something we have personally used for years and that we have shared with many teachers in our workshops and classes. If you have done this activity in one of our classes, we suggest that you revisit it to see if the words you choose still resonate and having meaning for you today. You loved this activity when we did it with you and you will love revisiting it again today.

Last week we talked about personal measures of success and we realized that we have never dedicated a podcast episode to the activity that we love and that teachers have loved in our workshops, My Three Words.

The story behind My Three Words:

We learned about My Three Words while attending a training with personal development trainer Brendon Burchard in Phoenix, Arizona. We’ve mentioned this before, but as we sat and listened to Brendon and participated in the activities, we realized that people in the business world were spending thousands and even hundreds of thousands of dollars for this kind of content. And more importantly, we realized that no one in the education world was being given this kind of training.

We decided right then and there, that we could be the ones to bring this kind of life-changing content to teachers. You deserve it as much or more than others! That was the start of Inspired Together Teachers and our focus on personal development for teachers.

**What is “My Three Words”?**

My Three Words is a strategy that allows you to focus on living your life with intention by creating three key words that you can use to remind yourself daily of how you want to live in the world.

Once you choose your three words you can post it where you will see it daily. We often talk about the importance of visual reminders, this is one of the visual reminders you will want to see.

Paula: I keep mine listed on a note in my phone. It’s in the notes app. Sometimes i just look at them during the day when I need a little reminder.

Michele: I have mine written on a small framed chalkboard that is hanging in my home office. They are also written in the cover of my planner.

You could post them on the bathroom mirror or make your words your computer screen saver or your phone cover. The possibilities for where you could write your three words is endless.

It doesn’t matter where you keep them, the idea is to keep the three words in front of you where you will see them often. They are a daily reminder for you to live your life in the way that you want to be.

How to choose your three words:

Living with intention involves knowing who you are and who you want to be. This exercise helps you think through both of these things. Grab some paper and a pen to jot down your ideas. If you are in the car or going for a run, you can go to the show notes on our website to follow these steps at any time. If you do this with a friend, it is even better!

Consider the following:

Think about yourself as your best version of yourself or the version you like best. What words would you use to describe yourself at your best? Make a list. You can have as many words as you want.
What words would you like inscribed on your tombstone? Make a list.
How would you like to interact with others? Make a list of these words.

Go through your words list. Circle the ones that most speak to you. When you see all of those words, which ones are you really drawn to?

Then, narrow the list by half. Keep narrowing until you have three words. Try them out. Speak them out loud. Rearrange the order of the words so they sound pleasant when you say them. Do they speak to you deeply? Do they make you happy?

If not, keep playing around with the words. If your three words excite you or make you feel content and happy, you’ve got them.

Examples: Peaceful, Joyful, Caring or Present, Wise, Leader, or Resilient, Fierce, Mama

Michele: Inspired, Gracious, Centered

Paula: Loving, Present, Positive

Our company: Inspired, Together, Learning

Using Your three words for inspiration:

Declaring your three words doesn’t do any good unless you do something with them and use them.

Be able to describe your three words and why they are important to you. Think of it as a one minute elevator speech.

What would you change or do if you lived these three words?

What might you go after if you followed your words?

What prevents you from doing or living your three words? How could you change that?

Most importantly, keep your words where you can see them regularly, better yet, daily. Put them in your journal or planner. Give yourself a regular check-in. Think about your words when you brush your teeth, do some simple everyday chore, or before you fall asleep.

If you have chosen the right three words, You will be regularly reminded of them and start to integrate them into your everyday life. If you do that, you will find yourself living your highest intentions.

We close with a quote from Brendon Burchard:

“Deciding how you want to be in your life is one of the most important things you can do to live an extraordinary life.”

Recap:

The My Three Words strategy is a simple yet profound way to create intention in your life and then focus on that intention every day. It can help you be the person you want to be and live the life you want to live.

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If you would like more help in living with intention, check out our book, The Inspired Teachers Journal: A Weekly Guide to Becoming Your Best Self. We set you up with some insight and then give you journal prompts and amazing advice from other teachers who are on a journey to live their inspired lives. You can find our book on Amazon and it is linked above.

Quote:

“Deciding how you want to be in your life is one of the most important things you can do to live an extraordinary life.”

Brendon Burchard

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Define Your Own Measures of Success Ep.83

September 25, 2024 by Inspired Together Teachers Leave a Comment

Define Your Own Measures of Success

Season 6 Episode 83

Have you ever wondered how successful you really are? Listen to this episode to learn an easy and effective tool you can use to define your own measures of success.

Show notes:

Episode Summary:

What does it look like to be successful? How do others see success? How do you view success?

In education, you know and use data to help you measure achievement. In this episode we explore a different kind of data as we look at what it means to be successful. How do YOU measure success in your life and work?

Join us today as we share an easy and effective tool to help you discover your measures of success. You might just be more successful than you think!

Introduction:

This week’s episode is a great follow up to last week’s discussion of validation. We talked about the importance of validation, both from others and from ourselves.

Validation is one of the things people use to measure their success.

In episode 42 of this podcast we discussed 7 different measures of success, including building connections, being flexible, holding high standards, and others. We’ll link to that episode in the show notes.

Today we are going to look at the definition of success from a different perspective. It is not what others may recognize as success, but in how you have designed your life to be a success in the measures that align with your values. We’re going to share an activity that can bring clarity to you about what success really is.

You get to define your success.

The premise of our discussion today is that you, not others, get to define your success. It’s not connected to other people’s definitions of success or the superficial ways that we see success defined in social media or the general population.

You may have thought of success as making a lot of money, or being attractive, or being well educated or having many friends. The world will also tell you that you are successful if you wear the right clothes or drive the right car or even drink the right coffee or carry the cool handbag!

Looking at these definitions of success often causes a loss in confidence. Teachers often tell us that they don’t feel confident. We are always surprised by that. We discussed confidence in episode 4 How to Grwo in Confidence. We’ll link to that below.

We’re not here to tell you that you need to be an influencer with hundreds of thousands of followers or make a million dollars to be successful.

Let’s talk about a strategy that can help you define success for yourself.

Define your measures of success with the Wheel of Life tool.

The wheel of life is a coaching activity. We’ve both had coaches and we’ve both coached others. We’ve found this activity very useful.

Here’s how it works:

You might want to pause this for a minute while you follow the following prompts. If you are driving or walking the dog, don’t worry, you can go to the show notes on our website and complete the activity later.

This is a good activity to do with another person, a friend or a partner.

Draw a large circle on a sheet of paper. Divide the circle four times so that you have eight pie shaped pieces- like a pizza.

Label each piece with one of the following areas: Money/Finance, Health/Wellness, Friends and Family, Significant Other/Love, Personal Growth, Fun and Leisure, Physical Environment /Home, and Career/Work.

Now look at each piece of the pie and give it a rating of your personal satisfaction with this category. Right now, today, how personally satisfied to you feel with this area? 1 is low and 10 is high. For example, if you have good, supportive relationships with friends and family, you might label it a ten, where as if you have no friends or family, or if all of your relationships are extremely challenging, you might rate it a 1. Complete this with each category.

Once you’re finished, examine your answers and reflect. Where did you score on the high side? These are areas where you find success in your life. Where did you rate yourself very low? These are areas for growth and goal setting. Be honest, this is your own work and no one else has to see it. It is a measure of one moment in time.

Get the big picture of your measures of success.

Completing this activity gives you a balcony view of your life. You can easily see the good things in your life and feel fulfillment and success. Those things will bring you joy. Those are success measures.

You can also see areas that might be future growth opportunities. Ask yourself, what would it take for this number to be a ten? That question will get at your values and what would give you a personally feeling of success.

This activity shouldn’t make you feel bad- it is just one snapshot in time. It is a key to what is important to you and how you spend your time. Feel free to add categories that are important to you. For example, you might a spirituality category, or a community category.

Michele: I add an impact category, since how I impact others is import to me. Two of my three words, which we will talk about in next week’s podcast are inspired and gracious.

Paula: That is a sneak peak for next week’s episode. I don’t think we’ve ever done that before! Come back next week as we describe how three words can change your interactions and help your live your best and most inspired life.

With your wheel of life, you will no doubt feel very successful in some areas and less successful in other areas. That is normal and typical. If you score low in an area but decide it isn’t important to you- you can let it go. If it is causing you angst, that is a sign that you would find fulfillment if you grew in this area.

Michele: The first time I did this exercise, I scored myself a 3 in health. Then it was a four, and then a five. Now I score it a solid 8. That step-by-step improvement, even though it took a long time, is a measure of success.

Paula: I have the 4 that I scored the lowest in, in my daily journal. After doing the activity I was able to really latch on to the idea of writing down each of them in my journal each day as a reminder to do something in each of the areas. At the end of the day, when I remember, I go back into my journal and give myself a + , – , or straight line to rate how I did. This is a way of reflecting on what is important to me.

Michele: Paula, I didn’t know you did that. I do the same thing, but I used my habit tracker. I used to grade myself with an A,C, C or D, but that was teacher overkill! Now I just use a plus if I mostly get it right or a minus if I don’t.

Paula: Maybe you can adopt my squiggly line!

Conclusion:

Clearly this exercise has held meaning in our lives. It wasn’t a “one and done” activity. It was truly life changing and life giving. This has helped us to define the areas in which we define our successes. The key is not to focus on what others may recognize as success, but instead it is how you have designed your life to be a success in the measures that align with your values. We hope this activity brought clarity to you about what success really means for you. And that is the only measure of success that matters at the end of the day.

Recap:

Aligning your values with your success is a good way to make sure that your measures of success actually measure things that mean true success to you. The wheel of life is a simple activity that you can use over and over again to help you see the big picture of your life and make small but important shifts that will allow you to see your success.

Related Episodes/Blog Posts:

Episode 4 How to Grow in Confidence

Episode 42 Are You Successful?

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Who Are You When You’re Teaching at Your Best? A Fun, Insightful Activity

Season 6 Episode 87

Listen to this episode to learn a fun, quick strategy that will give you insight to who you are when you are teaching at your best!

Show Notes:

Episode Summary:

In this episode:

Introduction:

Question #1- How would you complete this sentence?

Here are some examples of teachers we worked with:

Question #2- What are the “strengths” you have related to this metaphor?

Question #3- What are the “Bright Spots” that happen in your classroom related to this metaphor?

Question #4- What are the “Shadows” of your metaphor that may apply to you?

Question 5#- What are the “Darker Spots” that happen in your classroom related to this metaphor?

Question #6- How does this metaphor play out in other areas of your life?

Question #7- How can your metaphor strengthen you and make you more resilient?

Recap:

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Listen to this episode for ideas of how to eliminate boredom and add a little spice to your life!

Show Notes:

Episode Summary:

In this episode:

Boredom can come to us both in our personal and professional lives.

Here are four ways to reduce boredom and bring new and fresh energy to your life:

Shake up your daily routines.

Add variety to your life.

Use technology in new ways.

Do something that is engaging to eliminate boredom.

Conclusion:

Recap:

Related Episodes/Blog Posts:

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Listen to this episode to be inspired and learn how you can use your unique gifts and talents to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous!

Show Notes:

Episode Summary:

In this episode:

Introduction:

An Example for Educators

How can you believe that you can be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?

Understand how your thoughts work.

How can we apply positive thoughts in real life?

Be brilliant.

Be gorgeous.

Be Talented.

Be Fabulous.

Conclusion:

Recap:

Quote:

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My Three Words: A Strategy for Living With Intention Season 6 Episode 84

Listen to this episode to learn how choosing three simple words can help you to be the version of yourself you like best and guide you in living with intention.

Show Notes:

Episode Summary:

In this episode:

Introduction:

The story behind My Three Words:

What is “My Three Words”?

How to choose your three words:

Using Your three words for inspiration:

Recap:

Get our Free Guide!

Quote:

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Define Your Own Measures of Success

Season 6 Episode 83

Have you ever wondered how successful you really are? Listen to this episode to learn an easy and effective tool you can use to define your own measures of success.

Show notes:

Episode Summary:

Introduction:

You get to define your success.

Define your measures of success with the Wheel of Life tool.

Get the big picture of your measures of success.

Related Episodes/Blog Posts:

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**What is “My Three Words”?**