Jim Rohn inspires me! Tips from Jim Rohn that could help any teacher.

 I love listening to Jim Rohn.  Jim Rohn was an American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker and yet when I listen to him I can easily link his advice to my teaching.  Here are a few examples that have helped me:

• Time management: Get in charge! Reasonable time is enough time to reach all your goals.  Time management is essential.  Set goals and then set priorities within your goals.  Review your goals.   What is your progress?  Time yourself and see what you have achieved in that time.   Reflect on what you have achieved.  What distracted you? Did you remain on the task? 
• Be Healthy - look after your own health.  No school wants you to be off or always ill/ depressed.  
• Important conversations on the phone - jot down an agenda.  This saves any issues.  After the call - write down the main information and date it!  Date it so you can refer to it at a later time.  Great if a parent turns up on your doorstep unexpected.  
• Learn to say, "No." or "I don't think so, as I am so busy this week/ month, but if that changes I will let you know."   -Don't let your mouth overload your back.
• Keep work and home life separate.  At the beach be at the beach, at the gym be at the gym, at work be at work.  
• Be serious about your work and career.  Not grim or unhappy.  All work is good; appreciate your job.  You worked hard to be a teacher - now enjoy working hard to be the best teacher that you can be.  
• Be alert of the things that are stealing your time.  
• Solve problems by jotting them down on paper.  Take the ideas out of your head and put it on paper.  Work out the way that suits you to record - mind-mapping, quick to-do lists, a quick sketch.
• Keep a journal.  Collecting good ideas.  There is no way that all the ideas from other teachers, the internet and all the courses that you go on, will remain in your head.  My advice - check out bullet journalling on youtube or read my write up on planners.  
• Use photographs for evidence:  link that to the seesaw app. 
• Finally enjoy your life - create a great home/ work balance that works for you.

Check out Jim Rohn on youtube - you will not regret it.   Enjoy!