One of the things that college faculty become well-acquainted with are excuses. After teaching for a few years you recognize that the same old excuses come up again and again. I don't pay too much mind to excuses. My students know there are limits to my flexibility and my patience. They know that I will [...]
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Crashed computers and Grandma Lil – perhaps it is half true.
My NDSU laptop froze up unceremoniously yesterday. When I had to shut it off and restart it, I was a bit put-out and irritated. Then I learned - after about a dozen attempts to restart it that ended in what my friend calls the "blue screen of death" - that my computer would not be restarting for me at [...]
My accountability partner
Today a gentleman named Dan Seidman spoke at the conference about eliminating excuses regarding the things you do or do not do in your life. Dan suggested that you have an accountability partner that could help keep it real and call you out on excuses. He said it should not be a life partner or spouse. I sometimes [...]
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