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50: Extra Credit Strategies for Spring Cleaning

As an extra credit to our strategies for spring cleaning series, I wanted to celebrating 50 episodes with some brain nuggets, tips and modifications to clean counters, teaching tactics, and more! Extra Credit Strategies for Spring Cleaning your Counters Transcript Welcome to the extra credit episode or episode number 50 of the Simple Systems With […]

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End of School Year Reset; The #75Simple Challenge

Let’s create simple steps towards our goals in the midst of all the end-of-year craziness! The #75Simple challenge was created from messages of people overtired and overworked from the school day and behaviors and needing a way to still feel in control of ourselves and take effective steps towards our goals. Here we are. End […]

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Essentialism Book Summary, Part 4 – Execution

In the final part of the book summary of Essentialism by Greg McKeown, we break down the execution section. This section is all about systems, routines, and all of the things you need to think about when you are trying to plan a day. But with as little friction as possible. Essentialism Book Summary, Part […]

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Standard Operating Procedure

If you want something done right, then do it yourself…I mean writing the SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) so that you can pass it off to someone else! Let’s chat about simple ways to create a way to always feel confident in passing on the work that doesn’t have to be ours. The 5 Whys of […]

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Decide Once and Done

Decision fatigue is such a literally exhausting problem for moms and teachers, but if we can spend more time to “decidie once” then we can free up our own mental stress and time. Decide Once and Done Transcript I’m sure you’ve heard it by now, but teachers make more minute by minute decisions than a […]

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Essentialism Book Summary, Part 3 – Eliminating

We continue with part three of the book Essentialism by Greg McKeown. This section of the book discusses how we need to be eliminating the things in our lives that are not bringing us joy. What things are not making the cut with the values and interest we decided make us happiest? Essentialism Book Summary, […]

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Essentialism Book Summary, Part 2- Explore your Options

We continue the discussion of Essentialism by Greg McKeown today in a jam-packed episode of ways we stop our own exploration short of what will truly help us to decide what is valuable to our own happiness and contributions! Essentialism Book Summary, Part 2- Explore your Options Transcript Today, we’re talking about part two of […]

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Simplify it all with Value Added Tasks

When it comes to feeling overwhelmed, the simplest productivity tip is to think about what value is added to your tasks. Companies and factories use these ideas to regularly cut the excess. They save time, money, and up production… so, let’s get into the value-added mindset too! Simplify it all with Value Added Tasks Transcript […]

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