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Each day, give more than you did the day before.

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As you strive to be your best, you bring out the best in your team.

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Do your job. Own the boat. Lead by example. Speak through your actions..

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Love Tough

Love must come first. Love must arrive before truth. Love tough=stronger together.

Solving their problems might be easier than teaching them to solve their own problems.
They will take your criticism once they know and feel your love.

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As you strive to be your best, you bring out the best in others

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Each person must row to the best of their ability but they must also row in unison with their team and make the team better in the process.

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A  team that cares does more than commit to each other, they also commit to getting better for each other. Each day, give more than you did the day before.

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If you love someone, you don't let them settle for less than their best. You help each person reach their full potential.

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“Great teams come together”

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"Everyone on the team owns the boat and is responsible for what happens." It is each member's responsibility to take action to improve the performance of the team.

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When I feel overwhelmed or distressed, this scripture helps me to remember that I am loved by God and that he is the source of my strength and where my help comes from.

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"Well done is better than well said"

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Must show love to your team members, and be accountable.- Own the boat

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When I think about the word cheerful , I think about what Ms. Laura shared about the type of energy we create in our work place. When a cheerful and optimistic environment is in our classroom I find myself in that moment in time rediscovering my passion and drive for educating children. And as of now I hope to continue making more cheerful impactful moments with the students I’ve grown to care for each and every day.

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I will be adaptable with my team members at Beach by navigating what is needed of me, I will be flexible and respond effectively to changes at my center. I know things do not always go as planned and things are always changing. I will look for positive ways to make changes work rather than identifying why change will not work.

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I will create culture with care and make a personal connection with children and their families as well as the people I work with. I will implement culture by taking care of them, because I believe people feel valued when they feel they are being respected, listened and cared.

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At heart, I am an introvert but living as an extrovert. And most of the time I take things personally. Then l find myself responding negatively especially when people come at me with negativity. It is a struggle but part of the battle is acknowledging when I am responding negatively and to make it a habit to change my response to a positive one.
This book along with the Energy Bus has helped me to realize that and to work towards a more positive attitude. That is why my focus and goal is to become more amicable.

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I have the power to create a positive culture helping children, families, and coworkers helping by being there when help is need it, with a clear communication, relationship and connections, commitment and encouragement, to build a great team. After helping others I feel good and proud of myself.

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I will create culture with believe by being understanding and building trust with the people around me.

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The more connected we are, the more efficient our workplace will be. I believe that working in a collaborative and connected environment will help us to contribute new ideas that lead to better results.

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I am going to be Helpful by pitching in where I see help is needed and to be encouraging to my coworkers during stressful times.

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Always love sharing because "Great satisfaction comes from SHARING with others". After sharing I feel good and proud.

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Always love sharing because "Great satisfaction comes from SHARING with others". After sharing I feel good and proud.

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Transformative equals growth, and change. In order to live this word I have to be adaptable and open to change, and look for the opportunities in change by being the example and encouragement to everyone on my team.

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Always being there when I'm needed . Striving to be better and taking others with me. Never leaving anyone behind.

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My word is POSITIVE. As a team leader I feel being positive can take your team far. As the author said It comes from the inside. There will be many things that you will not be able to control, but you can always control you. Keeping that positivity alive can and will become infectious.

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I will create my best team culture by being JOYful no matter what is going on in my personal or professional life.  At times I may dislike certain situations but "You can't steal my JOY."  I will remain grateful

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I will create my best team culture by being JOYful no matter what is going on in my personal or professional life.  At times I may dislike certain situations but "You can't steal my JOY."  I will remain grateful

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I am going to commit to my team by creating a positive culture that energizes and encourages each other to be the best that we can.

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Keep in mind that although we are all here for the same thing (children & families)  we are all different in our ways, thoughts, emotions etc.

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Providing help when in need. Assist others when possible in the classroom or in the school.

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I chose Praise because everyone deserves to be acknowledged. When you give out good vibes you receive good vibes. Its hard not to accept a good compliment or gesture. So when you start your day with pray or something that brings happiness to you then you end on a good note. A simple word or gesture goes a long way.

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Todays guess speaker was amazing. Hearing Jon Gordan was a great way to get my day going. Being reminded how important it was to be grateful and when you focus on this it keeps you stress free. Embracing this daily will keep me focus on the good and not look at all the bad.

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I really enjoyed the meet and greet with Jon Gordon he gave such an amazing vibe. I like the comment he made when he said "you have to feel blessed not to be stressed". I took that as know your worth it starts with what you think of yourself first. Think before you react or comment so it can be handled in a positive way. What I will take away is to make sure I'm giving a positive vibe if I need a minute to breath to take that minute and not to take situations at work personal.

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Unfortunately due to technology issues I didn't get to hear Jon Gordon. I did hear that he was George in the book. I think I need to start the book from the beginning again because lately I feel like George. The George at the beginning of the book. The webinar was a bit long but I did like the idea of making something for a friend but it should be what the friend likes. Great idea on getting children to think about others>

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Fair isn't everybody getting the same thing. Fair is everybody getting what they need in order to be successful. - Rick Riordan
All my life I have tried to be fair in how I treat others. Yet, the world doesn't and shouldn't operate on equality in fairness. For we are all different.
What I like about the Energy Bus is that it lets you know that it is okay to let people know that I don't have to be what you consider fair. And that I don't have to waste my time thinking about how you are going to react and let it bring negativity into my life.
What's fair is that if you don't like where I am going or what I am doing in life then you are free to leave and that's okay.
It took me a long time to figure that out but it works.  Either ride the bus with positivity as you ride or drive your bus and let those off who want to try to detour you with their visions of negativity.
But what I liked most about the time spent with Jon Gordon is how he was able to speak freely about his belief in God and how he didn't give up and learned from his mistakes and made his walk with God, his family and writing a positive experience and that positivity is a daily thing and not a one time deal.

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Today's Professional Development Day was very enjoyable. I really liked meeting the author of the book "The Energy Bus". It was a great experience having Jon Gordon talk to all of us about being positive at all times.

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Today's Professional Development Day was very enjoyable. I really liked meeting the author of the book "The Energy Bus". It was a great experience having Jon Gordon talk to all of us about being positive at all times.

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During today's activities, I was able to nurture my mind, body, and spirit. 

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During today's activities, I was able to nurture my mind, body, and spirit. 

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I nurtured my mind by allowing myself to better understand how to connect the ELOF tool, Creative Curriculum, and the Early Childhood curriculum planning tool.
Furthermore, I nurtured my body by attending the low impact Zumba class with Diana. By participating in this activity, I realized that exercise can really impact the way I feel and think.
Finally, I nurtured my spirit by understanding how important it is to get rid of the vampires in my life. It is also important to focus on how I can feed the positive dog. Listening to Jon Gordon was very inspirational because he taught me that I have to stay away from the five D's, and with dedication I am able to change who I am as employee and most importantly who I am as an individual.

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My reflection for today is the chat with Jon Gordon, I like the way he keep encouraging people to continue with positive thought and how to encourage ourselves first before we encourage others.

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It was very motivating listening to Jon Gordon believing that everything is possible when you set your mind. Dreams can come true if you believe in yourself. ;)

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I enjoyed having our guest speaker this morning, Jon Gordon. His book has helped me as person and a teacher. It was exciting to hear all the positivity, encouragement he shares and brings to others. One of the quotes I value "The goal is not to be better than anyone else but rather be better than you were yesterday." This quote is inspirational and motivates me as individual to challenge and value

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I enjoyed "meeting" the author from "The Energy Bus". I loved hearing how he got his inspiration and how he over came obstacles in his life to be the person that he is today. I also enjoyed knowing that he was George in the book as well as knowing who his inspiration for the character of Joy was- Very inspirational and I am looking forward to seeing how the book ends.

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Listening to Jon and how he choose to be positive and not let circumstances dictate his outcome was refreshin. I will always keep in mind and practice self talk, talk to yourself instea of listen to your self.

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Reflection for today
This morning it was refreshing to hear from Jon Gordon. One of the quotes that stuck with me was to "Talk to yourself instead of listening" because when you listen to yourself you will possibly have negativity, fear, doubt etc. coming in but when you talk to yourself you will more than likely speak positive& encouraging vibes to yourself. Another quote from today was self-explanatory, "Fair isn't everybody getting the same thing. Fair is everybody getting what they need in order to be successful. ELOF presentation was a reminder of how to connect and prepare lessons for and according to each child's developmental stage. Last, the self-care session was good I could have used another 20 minutes.