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Episode 167: If You Only Make 1 New Year's Resolution, Please Make This One
If you watch TV between Christmas day and New Year’s Day, you will see a lot of commercials for gym memberships. In fact, if you watch the New Year’s Eve coverage from Times Square, you will immediately notice that Planet Fitness is the exclusive sponsor of the big ball drop.
Of course, gym memberships are being advertised because the most common New Year’s resolution is to get in better shape. Unfortunately, most studies show that around 80% of New Year’s resolutions never make it to February 1.
I strongly believe that your 2026 can be dramatically different if you make just one change.
On today’s episode of The Private School Leader Podcast, I am going to try to persuade you that, If You Only Make 1 New Year's Resolution, Please Make This One.
I hope that you will listen to the podcast for your weekly dose of motivation, inspiration and PD. I would like to wish you and your family a safe and healthy and happy new year!
Mark Minkus
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Do you ever have “Teacher Drama” at your school? Gossip. A teacher coming to you because they can’t get along with another teacher? Well, I am excited to share with you a resource called 5 Strategies To Reduce Teacher Drama At Your School. This is a 9 page pdf that will give you strategies that will help you to actually reduce teacher drama at your school. Go to www.theprivateschoolleader.com/drama to grab your free guide.
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