Mr. Stephen’s #Top10 for Challenging The Status Quo
While I am still considered “new” in the field of Education by most people, I have built so much in a very short amount of time, and a huge portion of my success has been possible because of my willingness to take risks and to challenge the systems and practices that are currently in place within my field. I get a lot of questions as to how I have been able to accomplish so much in my short career, so I wanted to write something that would be appropriate for any person in any profession who is passionate about creating change! Here are my #TOP10 tips for challenging the Status Quo! Let’s Get it Poppin!
5. Be CREATIVE and ORGANIZED! Any time you’re working to cause any type of change, it is EXTREMELY important to be CREATIVE! But, as mentioned in tip number 2, you also need a plan. Creative people can often lack organization skills. However, if you are using your creativity to cause change, you MUST be organized as well. You can’t just have great ideas, you have to have the ability to bring those ideas to life, and to do so in a way that will be helpful to your cause! 6. Be BRAVE! Doing things in a new can be frowned upon in many situations. But if you believe in what you’re doing and if you are passionately invested, then it is important to be brave as well! You have to take risks and try new things and think outside of the box and, eventually, take a wrecking ball to that damn box! And you have to own your actions! Stand tall. Commit to your cause. Don’t back down! All of the greatest leaders have had to make uncomfortable decisions. You add your name to that list! 7. Be PREPARED for failure! You WILL fail! Oh, how you’ll fail! But, I mean, what do you expect? You’re doing things that have never been done before! For every 100 ideas that you have, maybe 5-10 will actually worth trying. Of every 100 things that you try, maybe 5-10 will be successful. Of every 100 hours that you spend outside of “the box”, there might be 90 hours that you’ll have to count as a loss. It’s what happens anytime you create something new, and it’s definitely something to be prepared for. 8. Be OKAY with failure! While to some it might feel like failure equals wasted time and energy, to the true innovators and visionaries, failure is opportunity for growth. We NEED to be okay with failure in order to achieve greatness! If you are fine with goodness, that’s absolutely okay too! But greatness requires trial and error --emphasis on the error! 9. IGNORE THE HATERS! Take it from me: People will hate you! For no good reason. Even if you do amazing things and cause change and make lives better --they will hate you. They will judge you. They will say that you are a rule-breaker, that you don’t know what you’re doing, that you’re disrespectful, arrogant, mean, unprofessional, etc., etc. And these are just the things that my college professors have said about me! Imagine the rest of the world! You CANNOT let this get to you. You turn the other cheek, power on, stay true to yourself, and do what you think you need to do to make the world a better place! 10. Surround yourself with LOVE! While I definitely have haters, there are SO MANY people who love me and love what I do and believe in my work and my plan and my power. These are the people who I focus on. These are the people who I help and spend time with and invest in. Love is the most powerful force in the entire universe. You should have it. You should share it. You should accept it. You should nurture it, appreciate it, and respect it. Love should not only be what you focus on, but it should also be what drives you.
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