Week3: Habit 3 "Put First Things First".Habit 3 is “put first things first.” This is super important to me as a school leader. I’m impressed to see how important to put big rocks in a jar first and then put small sands in. Instead, if you focus too much on small things, the big rock won’t have space in and you will lose the focus as well. I can see that as a principal or program leader, there are too many things everyday to deal with. I will put the most important things on my calendar or arranged first, and then see if I have time to take care of the small routine things. Another strategy is to to put on leadership roles to other teachers and staff, and let them take in charge of the middle or small rocks. Trust your teachers to take care of other middle or small sands.
When I taught those 1st grade girls “put first things first”, we did this experiment of putting rocks and sand in the jar together and each of them made a try about what they should put in the jar first. It’s interesting to see them experience it. One of the girls put two big rocks in and then put some sands, and when she needed to put other big rocks in, she wasn’t able to put them in. But I’m surprised to see she observed what other girls’ doing, and changed her method quickly, finally she did put all the stuff in her jar. At the end, they all did reflection about what they did and they told me they know why we need to put the most important thing first. Since we only have 15 minutes and it’s only enough to do this activity. When I got home the same day, my daughter and I made a list of what she needed to go for her Christmas travel in London. We first went online and found 10 must-go sightseeings at London, then Ashley read all the description and made a shortlist of 3 most important things (big rocks) for the 5 days travel at London, then she picked another 3 (medium rocks), lastly she picked some small sands that are some maybe goes for her to go. I thought it’s very amazing to see that.
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