The Happy Teacher Habits Quotes

“Clutter also deeply affects the teacher and their ability to focus on their job and their students. Overflowing cabinets, boxes piled in corners, art projects yellowing on the walls, papers and materials stacked on tables, and backpacks lying on the floor all compete for the teacher's attention.”
― Michael Linsin, The Happy Teacher Habits: 11 Habits of the Happiest, Most Effective Teachers on Earth

“When you love your work, you're naturally going to be more effective. Your students are going to like you a lot more. Your lessons will be more dynamic and you'll have more energy. It becomes a virtuous cycle. In”
― Michael Linsin, The Happy Teacher Habits: 11 Habits of the Happiest, Most Effective Teachers on Earth

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― Michael Linsin, The Happy Teacher Habits: 11 Habits of the Happiest, Most Effective Teachers on Earth

“Teachers, too, can use the 80/20 rule to lower their stress and improve their job satisfaction, as well as the results they're getting in the classroom.”
― Michael Linsin, The Happy Teacher Habits: 11 Habits of the Happiest, Most Effective Teachers on Earth

“The 80/20 rule was the brainchild of economist and mathematician Vilfredo Pareto, who in 1906 observed that 80 percent of the land wealth in Italy was owned by just 20 percent of the population. This distribution has often been described as a universal law that is as predictable and provable as the law of gravity. The rule states that 20 percent of inputs tend to produce 80 percent of the outputs.”
― Michael Linsin, The Happy Teacher Habits: 11 Habits of the Happiest, Most Effective Teachers on Earth

“Saying no puts you in position to be the greatest benefit to your students, your family, and those you care most about.”
― Michael Linsin, The Happy Teacher Habits: 11 Habits of the Happiest, Most Effective Teachers on Earth

“Stories stimulate connections in the listener and have been shown to improve empathy and social skills, deepen understanding, and prompt predictions all the way up to a resolution.”
― Michael Linsin, The Happy Teacher Habits: 11 Habits of the Happiest, Most Effective Teachers on Earth

“The second you open your eyes after visualizing your day, you can forget about the future. You can forget about the past. You're free to inspire your students, to laugh and love, and to enjoy the journey.”
― Michael Linsin, The Happy Teacher Habits: 11 Habits of the Happiest, Most Effective Teachers on Earth

“To be good at anything, whether professionally or personally, takes a willingness, even eagerness, to say no.”
― Michael Linsin, The Happy Teacher Habits: 11 Habits of the Happiest, Most Effective Teachers on Earth

“As teachers, our primary job is to provide context, to bring depth and meaning and vivacity to our lessons. It's to point out what is interesting, lovely, tragic, beautiful, heartbreaking, and otherwise noteworthy about our topic and then to fill in the backstory, the history, and the details that make it worth learning.”
― Michael Linsin, The Happy Teacher Habits: 11 Habits of the Happiest, Most Effective Teachers on Earth

“In teaching, the point where working harder becomes a detriment comes quickly. It comes fast and furious because, perhaps more than any other profession, teaching requires you to be at your best. It requires you to be fresh and rested. It requires you to be mentally sharp and patient and passionate about your work. It requires you to be relaxed, calm, and acutely aware of your surroundings.”
― Michael Linsin, The Happy Teacher Habits: 11 Habits of the Happiest, Most Effective Teachers on Earth

“By offering students points or prizes for good behavior or attentiveness, you're communicating to them that being conscientious, respectful, and kind is work deserving of payment. You're putting a price tag on what is inherently rewarding, effectively snuffing out the intrinsic value of doing the right thing. The”
― Michael Linsin, The Happy Teacher Habits: 11 Habits of the Happiest, Most Effective Teachers on Earth