Ep 67 - Difficulties Abound: Overcoming the Challenges to Win

Title: Difficulties Abound:  Overcoming the Challenges to Win Today's conversation concerns educators' challenges and difficulties and how to use them as opportunities for growth and learning. In this podcast, we encourage educators to feed their minds with positive content, surround themselves with positive people, and develop good habits. The conversation concludes with a reminder to embrace difficulties and use them as opportunities for leadership. In this episode, we "flashback" to one of our most popular episodes, Episode 3, where we first brought up the concept of "using your difficulties" for good, instead of allowing them to derail the important work you are trying to do. We close with a discussion of best practices so that you can use those difficulties when they arise.  Things like more rest, surrounding yourself with positivity and positive people, and prioritizing oneself in order to contribute to effective leadership.  Takeaways •   Educators face various challenges and difficulties in their roles. •   Difficulties can be used as opportunities for growth and learning. •   Never pass up a chance to use a difficulty, though we certainly might wish we didn't have them, or might try to avoid them. •   Self-care and rest are crucial for educators to handle difficulties effectively. •   Feeding the mind with positive content and surrounding oneself with positive people is important. •   Developing good habits and prioritizing oneself contributes to effective leadership.   Chapters 00:00 Introduction: Educators Among Us 03:36 Episode #3 "Use the Difficulty" 14:47 Michael Caine (see link to video below) 15:06 Self-Created Difficulties 15:43 Developing Good Habits for Effective Leadership   Helpful links: Michael Caine video clip "Using Difficulties".   _______ Educators Fellowship is a non-profit organization that encourages educators in their calling and in their faith. www.educatorsamonguspodcast.com www.educatorsamongus.com https://www.edfellowship.org/   Sign up for weekly encouragement messages here   Buy the book, Love'em and Lead'em,  here   https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottebarron/ https://www.facebook.com/SchoolGrowth/ https://twitter.com/schoolgrowth https://www.linkedin.com/company/school-growth