Welcome Back, Families!
We hope you had a wonderful summer! We are looking forward to another great year working alongside your family. At iLEAD, we believe consistent development and growth are vital to one’s well-being and to our community as a whole! Over the course of this year, we will be highlighting the ideas developed by Stephen Covey in his widely renowned book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. The concepts explored in this book are useful for people of all ages and from all walks of life! We will continue summarizing each habit in the Monday Message, and we hope it will encourage you to explore the habits at a deeper level by demonstrating and practicing them in your own environment. To start this year off, we are going to introduce you to Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind.
In the second chapter of his book, Covey states that decisions must be made strategically. The author literally begins with the end when he asks the reader to imagine his/her funeral and what others might be saying and thinking. What do you want them to say? What do you want them to think? These are the real core values that you probably care about most and that should, therefore, be the ones on which you focus your life’s work, both personally and professionally. As you lead yourself towards goals from the beginning and plan strategically, you will find that you can anticipate obstacles and distractions.
Today is the first day of school, and your educational facilitators are excited to support your learners along their individual learning paths. We are so grateful for you and the many hours (and years) you are devoting to the growth of your children! You are truly beginning with the end in mind! Have a wonderful first week of school!