{"id":1945,"date":"2010-01-06T16:23:58","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T23:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=1945"},"modified":"2010-01-06T16:23:58","modified_gmt":"2010-01-06T23:23:58","slug":"leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2010\/01\/leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Timothy, showing his hilarious entertainer side<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
\nDwight D. Eisenhower<\/p>\n

My role as a teacher is less about imparting and more about leading.<\/p>\n

And that’s why I have nothing to say this week. I’ve been living the art of leadership. This means I’ve just been too busy studying things I will ask my children to study, organizing, and forming a vision for the upcoming months. My brain has been intensely busy and my hands have lifted many things. None of it shows well on a blog.<\/p>\n

Today I had to halt for a little while and rest my aching side. Sometimes the old scar tissue acts up and I spend the day hugging a heating pad. But it’s a small thing.<\/p>\n

As I have rested, I’ve been able to see things I wouldn’t normally see in my usual hustle and bustle. I’ve watched some seeds that have (figuratively) sprouted in my children: jobs accomplished, attitudes and emotions\u00a0 checked, and skills honed. The true test of the training and education I try to provide will manifest itself in the level of self-discipline and love my children learn. I haven’t been disappointed today. There is a long way to go, but I’ve been given a glimpse of some progress today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. Dwight D. Eisenhower My role as a teacher is less about imparting and more about leading. And that’s why I have nothing to say this week. I’ve been living the art of leadership. This means … Continue reading Leadership<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,20,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homeschooling","category-life-according-to-angela","category-motherhood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1945\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}