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Coffee And Great Conversation With An Awesome Teacher & Coach!

8/6/2018

What a fantastic morning. Got my 7-11 dark roast coffee - I'm a morning person through and through - and this morning I got to start off my day in a very positive way visiting with Coach Will Puvalowski for sit down conversation. Coach Will shared so much valuable knowledge - so much that we all can use in our lives no matter if we are a teacher, a coach, or any other profession. I count Will as a good friend of mine and I told him that he has taught me some valuable stuff for life. I love this story of Will being a former student at Lake Shore and now he's a valuable co-worker teaching, coaching and helping so many kids - talk about a HUGE difference maker.

His openness and honesty as to how he didn't like school at all as a student - if asked if a career in education was on his radar - he would have told you no way, not a chance! It's amazing to see the twists and turns that his life took and ours can too. Our talk reveals a lot of great advice. We all need to have a Coach Will in our lives - you can contact him through FB, Twitter ( @coachwill79) and through email: wpuvalowski@lsps.org

Please, check out my show with this interview - find it HERE. Thanks for listening. Please take a few moments to subscribe & share this with someone, also leave a 5 Star rating on ITunes or other services where you find this show. Find me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coachtoexpectsuccess/ on Twitter: @coachtosuccess and on Instagram at: @coachjohndaly

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Students Teaching This Teacher Continues...

7/30/2018

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Another fun and fantastic interview with a former student of mine. You can listen to this podcast interview HERE. Joe has so much going for himself - chasing his dreams & passions in music, sports broadcasting and sports memorabilia too. He's a hard worker in going after his chosen career and he's got some amazing lessons & passion to share in this conversation. His lessons on not letting setbacks or life's curve-balls being thrown at him - those are lessons we all need to learn from for sure. His focus on things that he wants to accomplish and go after in life are very admirable to watch and learn from.

He has done a great job speaking to my Leadership classes, sharing his story and lessons. This term especially was special with the messages he shared with my students and the lessons that they learned from Joe will stick with them as they finished high school - or at least I hope those lessons stay with them. I know he's got plenty of lessons that he has taught this teacher! You can connect with Joe here on Twitter: @Joe_Ferguson98

Thanks for listening. Please take a few moments to subscribe & share this with someone, also leave a 5 Star rating on ITunes or other services where you find this show. Find me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coachtoexpectsuccess/ on Twitter: @coachtosuccess and on Instagram at: @coachjohndaly

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Having A Purpose In Life - We All Have One, We Just Have To Find It

10/30/2016

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"When you are bigger than your purpose you have a career. When your purpose is bigger than you, you have a calling." — John Maxwell

I got back to a John Maxwell quote because I heard him say something this morning in my car ride into work. I listen to his podcast “Minute with Maxwell” and I know there is probably not a more valuable 60 seconds around.

Something he said got me thinking about success and purpose. He mentions that most people have different ideas of what success is. There are so many definitions and ideas for all of us. The thing he said that out of all the successful people he knows is that each one of them has purpose in their lives. That has been on my radar for awhile now in my life. The purposes that I have are many, but they all come down to making a difference with people.

Obviously it’s one of the main reasons why I became a teacher. People who get into teaching and at the top of their list of reasons why, is for summers?? That is one thing that I quickly tell people to remember that summers don’t last! It certainly isn’t for the money, although is not horrible. People last and relationships last (at least some of them do), that’s the reason to get into teaching. It’s all about making a difference and the younger the people we can do that with, the better they and others will be. If you think of all the people that will come into contact with our students throughout their lifetimes, and the difference they will make with them because of something you did in the time you worked with them, that’s powerful stuff!

We need more people figuring out what their purpose is. We also need more people to do things and live life with passion! That has become one of my main messages over the years to my students and now I’m getting braver to make sure it’s my message to adults too. It’s never too late to find your purpose and passion and to make changes to go after those. The only time when it’s too late is when you take your last breath. Which remember, we all are going to do at sometime. That’s a driving force in my life now not to leave with “any of my music inside of me” that still has to be played.

Have you figured out what your purpose is? What are you passionate about? The bigger question is if you don’t know, what are you doing to find out what they are?

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Find Things In Life To Be Passionate About - And Stay Connected To Them!

7/21/2015

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"Find something you're passionate about and stay tremendously interested in it." – Julia Child

This has always been one of my many messages to my students throughout the years and for them to combine those things that they are passionate about into a career if they can. I have reminded myself and others about this thought, as it’s also good for us adults too. If it can work out to be our career too, that’s a bonus for sure.

There have been plenty of examples, heck everyday there are plenty of reminders about how short life really is. In fact today I found out about two example from a friend who has a family member battling a serious medical condition and another friend telling me about someone that we both know being in a horrible car accident. This is just another example on how we need to spend our time here on earth doing things that mean something to us and to others. To remember to do those things that has a positive impact on us and others. We need to follow our heart and has Scott Smith says, we need to do what makes our heart sing!

Now for adults who are working in a career that maybe they don’t hate but they would be the first to say it certainly doesn’t make their heart sing, they need to remember whatever you are passionate about doesn’t necessarily have to be connected to your career. It can be a hobby for sure, but anything that you are passionate about should be a little bit of a priority to spend some time with. Many times it can be done here and there and it doesn’t have to have a set schedule to do either. One of my few things that I have a lot of passion about is coaching basketball. Heck, just being around the game has been important to me since 1977 when I was 11 years old. Started playing the game and then my dad got me into coaching around 1982 helping him with his CYO girl’s team.

This conversation came up with my good friend Don, who I’m blessed to be coaching with now again as we are both assistants on our local high school’s girls varsity team. He told me just the other day on how much coaching means to him and how his heart is connected with it and how it helps him focus and have energy for other areas of his life. This can happen in many ways other than basketball and the key is it can happen with anyone who looks to make that connection with things they are passionate about.

So what is it for you? What are some things that make your heart sing? Have you been thinking about trying to do more of those things? Maybe you are trying to find a little bit of time to do some of those things? Or maybe it’s something that you want to make a bigger change with as it might affect or even change your current career?? I was just talking with my sister-in-law today and my wife and I have spoken about this too – how difficult it is to get out of our comfort zones. I need to do that even more now. Is this idea or thing that you have a passion for involve getting out of your comfort zone?? Try it. I know I need to do just that.

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Quote of the Week - July 15, 2013

7/17/2013

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"You build a successful career, regardless of your field or endeavor, by the dozens of little things you do on and off the job."- Zig Ziglar

Zig always had a way of connecting important parts of life to everyone's life so they could understand it. He had a way of really making connections with people. He's totally right about successful careers (really successful lives) being created by the little things we do, day in and day out.

So many little things add up to very big things. Those little things are so important and I think so many people, including myself many times, don't view them as making a big impact. But we all know they do. The little things - showing up on time, helping others, do what we say we are going to do, having a good attitude, etc., all lead to our future either being more positive with lot's of opportunities or maybe not so positive and the opportunities we have are not really the ones we wanted.

I also think the older we get the more we can see this quote as being very true. The key is for people to not wait until they get a little more life experience to see the truth, but to catch is early and make the adjustments necessary for it to become total truth in their lives. I know I am trying very hard to focus on the little things that I do... I'm not always successful, but I know I'm better off now than I was a few years ago. Tomorrow, I will be better than I was today. What about you? What little things are you doing now that you know will pay dividends in your future? Are there a few little things you need to change? I know I have to do just that. I'm always interested in finding out from others so maybe I can pick up a few points to not only help myself but others too.

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Coffee And Great Conversation With An Awesome Teacher & Coach!

Students Teaching This Teacher Continues...

Having A Purpose In Life - We All Have One, We Just Have To Find It

Find Things In Life To Be Passionate About - And Stay Connected To Them!

Quote of the Week - July 15, 2013

Coach John Daly

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