EP205 When doing your best just isn't good enough...
Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers
Angela Watson
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🗓️ 6 September 2020
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Sometimes what you're able to give is not sufficient.
It's frustrating when you know what you're capable of under optimal circumstances, but also know you're not working with optimal circumstances or anything close to it. So the only options are to try to single-handedly compensate for all the adverse circumstances and perform at a superhuman level every day, or adjust our expectations.
In this episode, I'll share about choosing kinder, gentler self-talk, and showing ourselves grace so we can extend that grace to others.
I'll also share a guiding question that I've been thinking about since March: Who do I want to be on the other side of this pandemic? What kind of person do I want this experience to be shaping me into?
This episode will help you let go of the "shoulds" and regrets about 2020, and celebrate the small wins instead of focusing on all the things we haven't been able to do. There is a great peace that comes with focusing on who you are becoming instead of what you are able to do.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 205 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers. I'm your |
| 0:07.1 | host Angela Watson and I'm here to speak life, encouragement, and truth into the minds and hearts of educators and get you energized |
| 0:15.6 | for the week ahead. Today I'm going to share what to do when doing your best |
| 0:19.9 | just doesn't feel like it's good enough. |
| 0:23.0 | Visit truth for teachers.com to get the transcript |
| 0:26.0 | or find our truth for teachers podcast community on Facebook. |
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| 1:15.3 | educators to learn from each other internationally. On your trip you receive 20-plus |
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| 1:44.0 | So this episode is about what to do when your best |
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