After the recent college football national championship game writer Jon Gordon wrote about lessons he has learned while working with Clemson football. Jon Gordon is someone that I have written about in this blog before. You have read multiple pieces from him. He is the author of the well known book "Energy Bus."
Jon Gordon wrote about 10 lessons he learned from working with Clemson. I am not going to have you read all of them. Click here to see three of them. These are the ones that I think are the most applicable to our setting.
Questions to Consider:
1. The first point is to "Think Big." Check out Dabo Sweeney's response to the board members statement about creating a great program like other great programs. How can you employ a mind set like this of expectations in your classroom? How long will it take for students to buy into it?
2. Success takes time. Anyone that has had success knows that. Success without work is not long lived. What are you working on now? What success are you working towards? What are you frustrated with now? Believe. Trust. Work. Grow. Improve
3. The trophies are great but Dabo Sweeney realizes that it is his duty to do more with his kids. What trophies do our students see? What is it that matters more than the trophies in our classrooms?
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