Measurement is fabulous. Unless you’re busy measuring what’s easy to measure as opposed to what’s important.  - Seth Godin  The challenge of education today is how to help students care less about grades…and more about learning. When the artificial construct of grading was first adopted by U.S. schools around 1911, it was immediately obvious that

To all my friends and loved ones who are getting jobs, completing degrees, losing the weight, flying the helicopter, making the sale, running a marathon and finding true love this spring: YOU DID IT! A million little moments. A million little decisions to focus rather than fade, to knock it out rather than nap, to dare

You’re invited! We’re celebrating the opening of our New 8 to Great Conference Center at 5200 W. 94th Terrace, Prairie Village, KS 66207. This Sunday, April 7th, 2013, we’ll open our doors from noon to 4:00 p.m. to share refreshments…door prizes…two 30-minute workshops by award-winning author MK Mueller at 1:00 and 2:00 p.m….and best of

Now that he’s not the subject of every front page story, we can all take a deep breath and ask ourselves what there is to learn from our dance with Lance Armstrong. Time to pull out an 8 to Great concept… “We’re all half jerk-half jewel.” This quote from “Taking Care of Me” reminds us

Nothing. The answer to the question is, we’ve got nothing to lose. Hey, we “lost it all” in 2012 didn’t we? I know I lost it two or three times last year. But this is a New Year. A New story! This is the year we’ve all got nothing to lose. Because loss is an

ONE person. That’s what I’ve found. It just takes ONE person to keep a group’s 3 daily gratitudes going. Every group that lasts past 21 days has ONE. Some have two. They start their day on the computer and get everyone in a grateful mood. Like Abby Goodlaxson from Okoboji, IA. She felt so good

Researchers tell us that we have over 80,000 thoughts a day, and that 78,000 are thoughts we’ve had before. The thing is, many of those thoughts don’t serve us. “I’m not very good at…” or “I can’t ever seem to…” are not just problematic because they don’t feel good, but because they shape our tomorrows

Today I am grateful that during this hard time we, as a nation, are giving ourselves and those around us permission to feel sad, angry, and scared. I am grateful for the outpouring of love and prayers that the families and friends of the Sandy Hook Elementary victims are receiving, and that this great country

I hope you’ve noticed. Things are getting better. These days we have a choice about the news we read and watch each day. Good News is an option. About a year ago I signed up for a free short weekly video at KarmaTube, and a short bi-weekly article from Daily Good - News that Inspires.” (Warning:

I hope you’ve noticed. Things are getting better. For example, in the past decade, there’s been a right-brained revolution. You remember the left brain – Reading wRiting and aRithmetic? The other half of the brain is right, and it’s all about the arts, creativity, taking risks and touch. “A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will