Schools, self-help books, blog posts and social media, are full of neatly defined steps to leadership. For example, I was browsing through a popular online business publication yesterday and as I scrolled down, I read, “The Top 10 Qualities that Make a Great Leader” and “Top 100 Inspirational Quotes.” We are drawn to headlines like these because we hope they will help provide parameters that allow us to get from our starting point to our end goal. We know it will be hard but we hope someone can make leadership easy for us- and reframe it as a neat and tidy final destination. Take … [Read more...]
Spring Back into the Year
Three months into the year and we are now transitioning into spring, the season of renewed spirits and fresh beginnings. It's the perfect time to pause and reflect back on our New Year's goals, and perhaps shift our focus from those dark winter days to the sunshine ahead. For some, this time of year feels like a second wind of motivation, while others may need more than a light pick-me-up to hit the ground running again. Regardless of what our winters have looked like, this is a transition everyone can take part in. Spring gives us the opportunity to start fresh and reclaim our awesomeness. … [Read more...]
Tips for the Young Outlier: 7 Steps to College Success
High school students across the country are gearing up for one of the most exciting, important and, for some, scary, days of their lives: graduation day. A high school graduation is a celebration of each student and the incredible friendships, the long hours of hard work, the overwhelming successes and the trying moments experienced over the past four years. But, it is also a rite-of-passage for each young adult, a passage into their next chapter in life. For some, this is the workforce or the armed forces, and for many, college. As cliché as it sounds, college really can be the best four … [Read more...]
Ingredients of Young Outliers by John Shufeldt is almost here!
We have 8+ books in the pipeline right now, the most upcoming release in the Outlier Series is Ingredients of Young Outliers: Achieving Your most Amazing Future, inspired by the many students and educators Dr. John Shufeldt interacts with, as well as some very special fifth graders who took to the original version, Ingredients of Outliers, and of course his own children who have provided limitless inspiration. As we work diligently to finish the book from manuscript and edits, to interior layout, cover design and virtual upload, we are reaching the final stages and as of this week, have a … [Read more...]