Following Our North Star

Having a clear sense of purpose motivates us and helps us be effective during challenging times. This session (1) provides a simple way to clarify our purpose, (2) identifies conditions that detract from our purpose, and (3) offers practical ways to regain focus on what is truly important.

Paul Bernabei is co-founder and director of Top 20 Training that provides seminars and materials enabling students and adults to develop their potential and create effective and healthy school and workplace cultures. He and his Top 20 team have trained over one million educators throughout the United States. 

Paul has created social-emotional learning curriculum for grades K-12 and has co-authored five books: 

• Top 20 Teachers: The Revolution in American Education

• Top 20 Parents: Raising Happy, Responsible and Emotionally Healthy Children 

• Top 20 Teens: Discovering the Best-kept Thinking, Learning and Communicating Secrets of Successful Teenagers 

• Why Students Disengage in American Schools and What We Can Do about It

• Rebalanced Thinking, Rebalanced Living: Developing Your Inner Life through Social-Emotional Learning