July 31, 2009

Success and Failure

I've been sorting through 18 years of teaching stuff and came across this quote from an administrator's conference:

"I don't fear failure as much as being wildly successful at things that don't matter!"

Pretty well sums up my thoughts these days.

Jul 31, 2009 1:01:18 PM

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