Tim Elmore
@TimElmore
Founder of @GrowingLeaders. Author of A New Kind of Diversity book and #Habitudes. Committed to training the next generation of leaders.
A sense of entitlement is an enemy of happiness and healthy thinking.
"Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it." - David Starr Jordan
We must value students' ultimate welfare more than their immediate gratification—or ours.
Not only have we conditioned students to look outward and blame others when something goes wrong—but we assume more rules will solve our problems.
“Children have a much better chance of growing up if their parents have done so first.” - Susan Peters
It is better to work your feeling into an action than to work your action into a feeling. Do what you're passionate about.
"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower." --Steve Jobs
Kids tend to connect when adults communicate using images, conversations, & experiences.
Leading students and young adults requires a careful balance—offering both strength and compassion, the firm and the gentle, like two sides of the same coin.
If I love my students, I want them to respect me now even more than love me.
Every gain worth noting in human history was made by pioneers who sought benefits outside of comfort and safety.
"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires." -William Arthur Ward
This is the most connected generation in history- but perhaps the one that has experienced the least community.
"I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered a training ground for leadership, but raising children isn’t." -Dee Dee Myer
When you lead kids well, the relationship evolves from supervisor to consultant to friend.
If we hope to mentor our kids and foster their leadership gifts-we must understand how they think and the world they live in.