Because if there's anything that's going to change the behavior of a child,

it's by us changing our behavior as an adult, which is hard to do.

So give yourself grace and give them grace, right?

Everyone deserves grace while they're learning in this journey.

It's not easy, but you don't have to be perfect in it.

Avoid being a perfectionist, be an improvementist.

The goal is going to be perfect every day.

The goal is to improve a little every day.

My guest today, Chaz Lewis, his mission in life is to enjoy the process of becoming the best version of himself and help others do the same.

He goes by Mr. Chaz to his massive online following and to his many students and fellow teachers and leaders and human beings,

having stepped into the classroom in the early days,

largely because he needed a job.

He discovered a passion for inspiring and understanding and igniting curiosity and joy and possibility in kids.

And he realized he'd also kind of have to buck the system and maybe a lot of different systems and do a metric ton of his own learning and reimagining to make that outcome happen.

And along the way, he completed a master's degree in executive leadership at American University,

he spent years using his own classrooms as these living laboratories, developing a more conscious informed, joyful and dignity-driven and inspired approach to learning and leading and elevating others from the earliest days.

In his philosophy, it began to find relevance, far beyond the classroom and has found a home everywhere from,

parenting to education, personal development, and even organizational leadership.

And he shares his ideas in fun and playful and accessible ways, training thousands of teachers with a giant following on TikTok and Instagram.

And he's in the process of writing a book and he goes deeper into his ideas on his own podcast, Mr. Chaz's leadership, parenting and teaching podcast.

So excited to share this really wide-ranging fun and eye-opening and truly inspiring conversation with you.

I'm Jonathan Fields and this is Good Life Project.

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