The 11 habits to focus on are:
1. Narrow- Focus on the 20% that makes the biggest difference in your happiness and teaching success.
2. Decline - Say no to anything that pulls you away or distracts you from the 20 percent that really matters.
3. Tidy - Remove all clutter from your classroom. Organize and tidy until it reflects your expectations of excellence.
4. Inspire - Rid your classroom of external rewards. Instead, created an environment that encourages intrinsic motivation
5. Improvise - Be an expert in your content area and lean on your natural ability to improvise.
6. Bridge - Use the three-step planning process to bridge the gap between your curriculum and the hearts and minds of your students.
7. Envision - Visualize your lessons, your responses to misbehavior, and the sequence of each day.
8. Shift - Teach great lessons and then shift responsibility in total to your students.
9. Sway - Build trust and influence by being consistently pleasant and relying on your classroom management plan.
10. Listen - Be a better, stronger leader and colleague by talking less and listening more.
11. Seize - True happiness in teaching isn't going to fall into your lap. You must take it for yourself.
1. Narrow- Focus on the 20% that makes the biggest difference in your happiness and teaching success.
2. Decline - Say no to anything that pulls you away or distracts you from the 20 percent that really matters.
3. Tidy - Remove all clutter from your classroom. Organize and tidy until it reflects your expectations of excellence.
4. Inspire - Rid your classroom of external rewards. Instead, created an environment that encourages intrinsic motivation
5. Improvise - Be an expert in your content area and lean on your natural ability to improvise.
6. Bridge - Use the three-step planning process to bridge the gap between your curriculum and the hearts and minds of your students.
7. Envision - Visualize your lessons, your responses to misbehavior, and the sequence of each day.
8. Shift - Teach great lessons and then shift responsibility in total to your students.
9. Sway - Build trust and influence by being consistently pleasant and relying on your classroom management plan.
10. Listen - Be a better, stronger leader and colleague by talking less and listening more.
11. Seize - True happiness in teaching isn't going to fall into your lap. You must take it for yourself.