The secrets of Isaac Asimov’s success

Byryan

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Isaac Asmiov was a prolific writer, completing almost 500 books in his lifetime. The article points out six things he did to help him complete this amount of work. I’m going to focus on the 1st item listed, Never Stop Learning.

In education, this phrase is mentioned a lot, but practicing it is not as prevalent. There is a lot of lip service, but not implementation. My goal for the upcoming school year is to share at one tip a week with my staff, a tip that can immediately implemented and used. I’m also going to start work on videos directed toward students. These videos are going to be made possible from my work on the Eduk8me YouTube channel.

Remember, 1% improvement a day is 137% improvement over a year!

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