Lady Blues
Basketball- Congrats on the Bi-District victory over Sweetwater! The Lady Blues
will be in Jacksboro at 6:30 pm this evening vs Decatur. GOOD LUCK LADY BLUES!
Graham Steer
Basketball- The Steers will play Midland Greenwood in the Bi-District round at
7:45 pm on Tuesday, February 25 at Merkel High School. GO STEERS!
Lady Blues
Volleyball- Congratulations to Coach Faulk on being selected as an Oil Bowl
Volleyball Coach!
Mr. & Miss
GHS- Congratulation to Bryce Bozeman and Claire Jones for being selected
as Mr. & Miss GHS!
Lady Blues Golf- Congrats to the
Lady Blues on their 2nd place finish this week at Hidden Creek in Burleson. Zoe
Carmichael finished 3rd individually.
GHS FFA- Swine Success in San
Antonio! Creed Jordan 1st, Jade Jordan 7th, Levi May 7th, Becca Burgess 7th,
Alyssa Nevarez top 15, Cade Anderson top 15
Know Your Why…
Part 1
“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any
how.” - Friedrich Nietzsche
This week while attending a meeting at ESC 9, the embedded video was
shared with the group. It caused me to recall an article I have read by
Naphtali Hoff who is a former school administrator and who now serves as an
executive coach and consultant. Below is an excerpt from that article.
In the video, comedian Michael
Jr. describes the power of knowing your “why.” In it, he showed an audience a
clip from a different event, in which he asked a member of that audience to
sing the opening stanzas from “Amazing Grace.” The gentleman, a music teacher,
began in a deep baritone and sang the refrain flawlessly.
After praising his performance, the comedian asked the teacher to do
it again, but this time painted a scenario of true appreciation, such as a
family member being released from prison. Not surprisingly, the second
performance far outshone the first. This time, the song was performed with
added feeling and emotion. The words were more animated and the tone was deeper
and richer. Michael Jr. concluded that “When you know your ‘why’ then your
‘what’ has more impact because you’re working towards your purpose.”
Leadership expert Simon Sinek calls this “the golden
circle.” He says that
it’s not enough to know what you do and how you do it. At our essence, we are
most motivated by knowing why we do things. And it’s through that awareness
that we can best connect with and sell to others.
Selling, he says, is a human experience. “People don’t buy what you
do; they buy why you do it.” The key examples that he offers, including the
Wright Brothers, Apple Computers and the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., made
their mark, not because of the uniqueness of their product or ideas. Nor was it
that they were better supported or funded.
Instead, they were able to identify their “whys” early on and
communicate them effectively to others and achieve unbelievable success.
It’s the why behind things that drives engagement performance, not the
technical know-how. How can we better identify and express our why and motivate those
around us to believe in what we believe and perform to their potential? Begin
by answering these basic questions:
- What do we do?
- How do we do
it?
- For whom do
we do it?
- Why do we do it? What value are we bringing?
CORNY
JOKE OF THE DAY:
What do you call a chicken who her own eggs?
A real mathamachicken!
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