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🔥 What happens when our doubts, mistakes, and questions start to take over?🔥 What is a quick, simple routine that we can follow to rekindle our fire?🔥 How can music build identity and belonging in a learning community?About This GuestSean Gaillard is a school administrator in North Carolina, author of The Pepper Effect, and host of the Leadership Liner Notes podcast. He blogs about leadership, education, and inspiration for Leadership Liner Notes, and is currently writing a new book for Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc. titled Leadership Riffs.Connect with Seanon LinkedIn,on X @smgaillard,on Instagram @smgaillard,on his blog at https://seangaillard.com/.In This Conversation0:00:00 - Sean Gaillard is a principal and author in Lexington, North Carolina1:59 - The dark times that education leaders face6:37 - Reset Step 1: Take a breath8:49 - Reset Step 2: Anchor in gratitude12:02 - Reset Step 3: Affirm and reframe15:28 - Reset Step 4: Reconnect21:36 - One more thing: your presence matters24:10 - Revisiting our why, passions, dreams, and values27:22 - How can music build identity and belonging?30:00 - What to expect from Leadership Riffs31:36 - How to motivate teams with low morale34:01 - How and where to connect with Sean Gaillard onlineVisit the home of Teachers on Fire at https://teachersonfire.net/.Song Track Credit: Tropic Fuse by French Fuse - retrieved from the YouTube Audio Library at https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/.