Session 5, Week 5 During our 3rd Parent Night this past Thursday, we (parents) practiced being “comfortable with the uncomfortable.” We shared our thoughts about hard questions such as motivation, excellent work, overwhelm, the heroes’ system of self...
Session 5, Week 4 “I forgot.” “I can’t remember.” “Nothing.” As I look around each day and see all the incredible, challenging, meaningful and fun work the heroes are engaged in, I am amused and stunned (and sometimes even...
Session 5, Week 3 I don’t like chocolate. Never have. As I got older, I recognized an intolerance to dairy. And nuts, I like them a lot, but they definitely don’t belong in ice cream! No chocolate? No dairy? No nuts? Most people do not want to share ice...
Session 5, Week 2 On the night my daughter came to me 5 years ago and asked me to start an Acton Academy, I asked her what we should call it? Her immediate reply was “CHOICE, because choice has two meanings and it will mean both of those.” Choice as in:...
