Frank Rodriguez

Inspirations & Beliefs

"Losers quit when they fail. Winners fail until they succeed." -Robert Kyosaki

“It's not about the cards you're dealt, but how you play the hand.” -Randy Pausch

Ted Talks that shape my views:

The danger of a single storyOur lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.

Bryce Dallas Howard: How to preserve your private life in the age of social mediaGrowing up in the public eye, multi-hyphenate creator Bryce Dallas Howard experienced the familiar pressure to share her life with the world on social media. But with her mother's steadfast guidance, Howard learned to set personal boundaries and savor the beauty of private moments. In this personal talk, she draws on three generations of family wisdom to remind us that "a private life makes a public life worth living."

The surprising habits of original thinkersHow do creative people come up with great ideas? Organizational psychologist Adam Grant studies "originals": thinkers who dream up new ideas and take action to put them into the world. In this talk, learn three unexpected habits of originals -- including embracing failure. "The greatest originals are the ones who fail the most, because they're the ones who try the most," Grant says. "You need a lot of bad ideas in order to get a few good ones."

How great leaders inspire actionSimon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership -- starting with a golden circle and the question "Why?" His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King, and the Wright brothers ...

There's more to life than being happy - Emily Esfahani Smith Our culture is obsessed with happiness, but what if there's a more fulfilling path? Happiness comes and goes, says writer Emily Esfahani Smith, but having meaning in life -- serving something beyond yourself and developing the best within you -- gives you something to hold onto. Learn more about the difference between being happy and having meaning as Smith offers 4 pillars of a meaningful life.

Frank's book nook

""This book will give tangible tools for the teacher toolbox while keeping the eye on the rigor prize for students. "

- Antonetti & Stice

“The consequence of a single story is that it robs people of dignity. It makes our recognition of our equal humanity difficult and it emphasized that we are different rather than similar.”

-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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