I’ve written about a countdown for the kids and their test quite a bit in the past. Since my current countdown is at “56 days to the test” I wanted to write on it again. It may be valuable to you in your major goals.
If you haven’t seen Morgan Freeman in “Lean on Me” you need to rush out today and rent it or click on Netflix. It has a countdown in it to a Standards test for a low income/low performing high school.
While I am proud to say that our school for some time now is no longer considered “low performing,” the test is still all powerful. For this aside/announcement to my colleagues and friends, I will simply say that I know having a countdown so everyone is on the same page moving toward a goal is an amazing way to produce awareness and results for a task or goal.
How many days to the test?
Do you have something in your life/work/family you should make a countdown for?
4 Comments
Damien, that is the most incredible movie! I hope those that haven’t seen it take your advice.
No countdowns at our house, but we have goals.
Damien,
‘Countdown’, love it . . . can see how it would produce results while making it fun. I count down the days ti=o my Tuesday lesson which I try and learn one song a week.
Eric
Yeah. Those routines are really crucial, especially as we get “wiser’ (nice way of saying we have more years lol.)
Hey Damien,
Just ordered the film – hope its as good as you say:)
We use countdowns at work – it provides real motivation when there is a lot to do and helps plan out peoples roles. Also if motivation slips you can go back and see just how much has been achieved in all of the little steps.
One Trackback
[...] last blog post..Why a Countdown? 4. On January 30th, 2008 at 11:34 pm, Derek Semmler [...]