Contents
- My Theme Stack
- Challenges
- Stability
- Lifestyle
- Conversations
- Vision
- First Steps
- Directions
- Trust
- Reflect
- Moments
- Habits
- Investment
- Safety
- Showing Up
- Building It
- The One Thing
- Clearings
- Plan It
- Grow
- Skills
- Knowledge
- Interpretation
- The Grind
- Metrics
- Excellance
- Top of Mind
- Playing Offense
- Yields
- Worth
- Overcome
- Putting Out Fires
- Predatory Thinking
- Night and Day
- Creative Control
- Seasons
- The Mapped Path
- The Unknown
- Possibility
- What’s Next?
- Brace For Impact
- The Right Tools
- Pause
My Theme Stack
To Be Me with Me and the people I am with

Challenges
- To be A to Z with others (family, friends, students, people )
- To work on health
- To express and reflect my thoughts
- To curate, learn and apply interesting talks
- To follow interesting people
- Formulate a well-defined homeschool
- Be R.E.A.D.Y for 2024
These are my biased thoughts with some variance through different roles.
Stability
- Career Stability
- Slow and Steady
- Start a Hagwon or Not
- My Cutting Edge
Lifestyle
- 9 Years in My Study Room
- I am Here
- The Dad, Creative Kid +
- Principles
Conversations
- A Report Card
- Breaking Points
- What Happens When the Lights Go Out?
- Motivation and Point of Need
Vision
- Road Map
- Child-like Vision
- Doing One Thing Together
- Sensing and Reacting
First Steps
- First Steps First
- First Steps into My Personality
- We Connected a Few Dots
- First and Last Known Steps
Directions
- Seven Blind Mice
- 9 pieces to my Puzzle
- Circling Around
- Flexible and Adaptable Paths
Trust
- The Keys to the Truck
- Adapt to What You Trust
- Do I Trust Myself to Navigate the Dark
- Trust The Knowns
Reflect
- Back to the Future
- Go Reflect Yourself
- 10 Years of Doing the Work
- Back To the Old Ways
Moments
- Our Bag Full Of Moments
- Anchoring Moments (Grandma)
- Best and Worst of Times
- Magical Moments
Habits
- What Are You Doing Today?
- Being Alert
- The Good, Bad and Ugly
- Am I?
Investment
- Low Risk and High Returns
- Creative Investments
- Theme Stacks
- Operating System
Safety
- What Keeps You Safe
- Fishing What’s The Worst That Can Happen?
- Common Ground
- Emerging Order
Showing Up
- Showing Up With Emotions
- Kids and Adults Showing Up Together
- Showing Up For 10 years
- With a Memory Game
Building It
- Building It
- Is This Another Great Idea?
- HSU – Burton School V1 to V2
- TESOL – Our Language in Use
The One Thing
- Me – Water is Wonderful
- Me – Rock Scissors Paper
- Old and New
- Task Actualization
Skills
- Play Ball
- The Talent Pool
- Knowing the Level
Knowledge
- ahha Moments
- Known For
- Knowledge Of
Interpretation
- Observations and Content
- Hello and People Work
The Grind
- Grind It Up
- Taking Things Down
- Built It to My Level
- My Shitty Heuristics
Metrics
- Which Metrics Matter To You?
- Golf – What’s Your Score?
- Cost, Reach, Revenue, More
- Cynefin at Burton’s School
Excellance
- Excellence or Not
- A Sip of Chaos
- My Students are Good At
Top of Mind
- Climbing to the Peak
- Climbing Up and Down
- Being Known For
- The Year Book
Playing Offense
- Taking the Offense
- Hammering it Down
- Migrant Birds
- Manufacturing Expression
Yields
- A Series of Content
- Connecting Dots
- Yields So Far
- The Graveyard Book 2nd Pass
Worth
- Is it Worth It?
- Was it Worth It?
- How is is Worth It?
- Images are Priceless
Overcome
- If I Could Just Climb Down
- Quest For Glory
- Getting Signatures
- Characters Overcoming Challenges
Putting Out Fires
- Playing With Fire
- Explosions in the Bathroom
- Our First Real Conversations
- What’s Relevant?
Predatory Thinking
- What TIME is it Mr. Wolf
- There Was a Hand in the Darkness
- Enticing and Predicting
- Risk and Predictive Processing
Night and Day
- Night and Day at School
- 10 years of Night and Day
- Day 1
Creative Control
- Creative Control Isn’t Easy
- Never Fart at the Table
- Own the Page
- Retool and Reenvison Pathways
Seasons
- Seasons in my Life
- Season in my School
- Winter is Coming
The Mapped Path
- Mapping the City
- Different Path Through
- Moving Beyond
The Unknown
- The Future
- Johari’s Window
- Goes Around Comes Around
Possibility
- I’m Possible
- Organize Myself
- Goosebumps
What’s Next?
- Me Stack
- Home School Stack
- Teaching Theme Stack
- Langauge Stack
- Can I Be Wise?
- Biased Opportunities
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