The Chief Morale Officer And You
johndabell M is for Morale. Morale matters. It drives the fight and shapes your story. But summoning up morale is far from easy because it drops, dips and sometimes disappears. The…
Psychology
Cancer – What Do You See?
On the last lesson of the day, a teacher announced a surprise test to his class. They all replied with a chorus of groans as this wasn’t the sort of…
Tapleyism, Extreme Optimism And Cancer
Extreme sports are all about the rush and the buzz. Extreme optimism is no different. There is something about being optimistic that gives me a thrill. It’s exciting, it’s enjoyable…
You Are The Chief Morale Officer
Keeping your morale in an upright position is your responsibility, no one else’s. You can look to others for a mood boost and to help fine tune your mindset but…
Agathism Is A Good Call
You might not be an optimist. You might not be a pessimist. You might therefore occupy the middle ground between the two. If that’s you, then you’ll be an agathist.…
Tragic Optimism And Cancer
Overcoming the poverty of hope looks impossible in the midst of toxic news and life events, but we still have tragic optimism to draw on as articulated by Holocaust survivor…
Be A Catalyst Of Can-Do
If you think you can’t then you probably won’t. Can’t is a contraction of cannot. It’s also a contraction of you. It makes you smaller. Can’t gets in your head…
The League Of Panglossians
If you want to get on in education then you’ve got to be a Panglossian pedagogue. This means to be extremely optimistic regardless of the circumstances (especially in the face…
The Sit Spot
There is something we can all do that is really very simple and very powerful.