Great Teachers in Film. Unanimous: they break the mold of sitting in rows. Students in their classrooms do more than follow instructions. They create. There is a scene with administrators yelling at them. There is a student who doesn’t get it, and the teacher fights […]
Author: Tony
Hi, I’m Tony. I am an engineering professor, family man, and rock climber living in Las Vegas, NV. I write for students, educators, and early-career professionals about how to live a fulfilling life.
Leadership truths are teaching truths
I’ve been reading Living Forward by Michael Hyatt and Daniel Harkavy, and in the last chapter they share three truths about life and leadership: “Self-leadership always precedes team leadership. Leaders… that make the greatest difference are highly self aware and well rounded…they live lives that are […]
Withdrawal
Today is an odd day for me. I am withdrawing from two “opportunities.” One is a paper for a conference, the other is a job application. The paper represents the typical academic currency, keeps the “publish or perish” ledger in the black. The job represents […]
Make Some Noise: Why You Must Use Social Media to Reach Your Goals
What is it that makes you an excellent candidate for that dream job? Deep inside you are certain that this is the fit for you. But does the interviewer sitting across the table know it too? This situation feels very familiar to me, having been […]
5 Painful Mistakes New Bloggers Make
Blogging can feel like a chore. Writing is heavy mental labor, and we want to see a reward for our efforts. Unfortunately, most new bloggers begin with the same five engagement-limiting mistakes. I’m a long blogger. My friends are long bloggers. My older posts were […]
Success Tactic: Finding Freedom In Routines
In my last post, I commented on a strategy that highly successful people use to free up mental energy for the things that matter. This post continues on that theme, offering up specific tactics that have worked for me. As a full-time academic, my schedule […]
A Key Success Strategy: Establishing a Routine
Have you ever felt out of control? How many small things did you forget yesterday? Do you find yourself slumping into your chair at the start of the workday, already beat from a morning of mayhem? I’ve been there, and it is exhausting! Frantic. I […]
Iterate and Grow
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week. – George S. Patton We iterate and grow, not prepare and then go. We didn’t forbid you from speaking until you knew fluent, Shakespeare-level English. Learning is a continuum. Not […]
Perfection, Failure, and Experimenting
Schools have spent the years teaching you NOT to experiment. Think about it. The system rewards you for getting good grades. But we all have had the experience of torpedoing our grades due to ONE BAD DAY. You can be on it, “perfect” for an […]
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