Mid Week Pick Me Up: The One Thing You Need to Become World Class At

What's going on everybody, I hope this finds you striving and thriving and doing absolutely amazing. My name is Brian Martin, I'm a second grade teacher and host of the teaching champions podcast. There's one thing that you need to become world class that one thing that you need to master in order to have a better day. And if you can master this is going to change your professional life. It's going to change your personal life. And I'm going to share that with you shortly. I was listening to an interview with Marshall Goldsmith. And if you don't know who Marshall Goldsmith is, he's a New York Times best selling author who has sold millions of books. He's one of the top executive coaches in the world. And the super elite, seek them out to be their executive coach. And he's one of those individuals that when he speaks, we should stop and listen to what he has to say. And in this interview, he was talking about success, and happiness, and achievement. And he says that the one thing that you need to become world class at is forgiving yourself. become world class, at forgiving yourself. And this is from one of the very best executive coaches in the world. Think about how many times recently have you spent time regretting something you sad? Or you hear that voice in your head? And it's just beating yourself up? Because something that you did? Or those times that you run yourself down? For how a lesson went in class? Maybe it's the disappointment you have in yourself when you're looking at test scores, or you question what you said to a colleague or a student. And when you wish you could go back and change it. We hold on to those. And it's like 100 pound weight just holding you down. So be like Marshall Goldsmith. Be like the man who has sold millions of books, who is sought after by people all around the world. become world class at forgiving yourself. Learn from the mistake, grow from the mistake and let it go. You're human. And you work in a profession that can be very emotionally draining at times, where you're forced to make split second decisions on a daily basis. And it's easy to get in a downward spiral of blame, anguish, negative self talk, and have that joy drained right out from you. So take that breath, let it go. Embrace being human and not being perfect. And take that opportunity to learn and grow from those mistakes. Because if you can become world class at forgiving yourself, you're going to open up a brand new world for yourself today. We've been blessed with another sunrise, my friends. Have an awesome day.