Last week some of the students in my class were talking about how they were looking forward to 6th grade. Fifthgraditis has apparently set in just 5 weeks into the school year. I kindly reminded them that they may want to focus on getting through 5th grade first. I found it funny yet so many times I find myself doing something similar. I focus on where I want to be and don’t actually think about where I am. Sure it is great to have goals and dreams, and I am really good at that part. But we also need to take a look a where we are at. It is pretty hard to get to the goal if you don’t know where you are starting. [Read more…] about Work Backwards
heather parady
My Fear Of Periscope
You may or may not be aware, but this app called Periscope is taking the world by storm. As I predicted, it crushed Meerkat (an app that is similar to it). Periscope is an app that lets you live stream whatever you are doing. You press go and it turns on your camera and starts broadcasting whatever you are shooting. People can watch and comment live. Knowing I am working on getting into the public speaking world, I immediately created an account and planned on being an early adopter. I downloaded the app while I was in the hospital when Zeke was born. Since then I have done about 3 broadcasts. So much for using it and really jumping in and being an early adopter (although I did have an account and did predict it would blow up so maybe that counts). [Read more…] about My Fear Of Periscope