Maya Angelou once said, “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do and liking how you do it.” The older I get, the more I believe Maya Angelou was pointing toward something far deeper than achievement. Success for many teachers has become tangled up with pressure, performance and survival. Which means success can start to look like coping with impossible …
When Hierarchical Thinking Holds Us Back
The quickest way to sabotage our influence, quickly followed by a loss of confidence, is through hierarchical thinking. This is where we unconsciously rank people by status, money, or power. Like it or not, education runs on hierarchy. Titles, pay scales, leadership structures are all built into the system. Over time, it is easy to internalise these structures and start …


