Biggest Takeaways You Don't Want to Miss:

• When you start a meeting with problems, you train your team to expect more problems.
• We are so trained to only look for problems that we often overlook the wins we are building every single day. 
• When people can articulate wins regularly, they stop clinging to the myth that improvement is out of reach. They start seeing themselves as capable of creating the school they want.
• Building your team’s confidence changes the quality of decision-making. It makes teams more willing to innovate, more willing to take responsibility, and more willing to move past old stories about “what our kids can’t do.”
• Small wins layered over time helps your team see that 100% success isn’t a fantasy. It’s a direction in which you’re already moving
• When you’re inside the work all day, progress hides in plain sight: a teacher who tried a new strategy, a student who participated for the first time, a smoother hallway transition. None of it feels big enough to count, so it goes unspoken. The muscle for noticing gets weak.

The most effective principals don’t start meetings with data, problems, or updates. They start with a simple two-minute ritual that immediately reshapes the entire conversation.

It cuts through the usual tension, sharpens the team’s focus, and turns even the most routine meeting into a place where people think more clearly and collaborate with more purpose. 

In this episode, you’ll learn why this tiny habit is harder than it looks, why Builders rely on it, and how it can make your team meetings more grounded, more productive, and far more effective #LikeABuilder.

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