Table of Contents
About the Author vii
Preface: Why I Wrote HEART! ix
Introduction 1
Part 1 Developing Heart-H Is for Happiness 5
Chapter 1 The Happiness Dilemma 7
Chapter 2 The Happiness-Passion Connection 13
Chapter 3 What's Love Cot to Do With it? 19
Chapter 4 Got Compassion? Check! 25
Chapter 5 Wanted: Persons of Positive Character and Hope 33
Chapter 6 The Joy-Gratitude-Stability Connection 39
Chapter 7 Why Should We Weep? 43
Final Thoughts: The World Happiness Report 49
Part 2 Developing Heart-E is for Engagements 53
Chapter 8 Full Engagement Not Ahead 57
Chapter 9 Gating Engaged! 63
Chapter 10 It's Energy, Not Time 69
Chapter 11 Name That Energy Quadrant 75
Chapter 12 Avoiding the Quadrant III Drift 79
Chapter 13 Quadrant II Time Required 87
Chapter 14 Grit: Deliberate Daily Practice 93
Final Thoughts: The MTXE Perspective 97
Part 3 Developing Heart-A Is for Alliances 101
Chapter 15 The Primary Purposes of Collaboration 105
Chapter 16 PLCs: Serving the Greater Good. 109
Chapter 17 Oh, the Inequity Places We'll Go! 115
Chapter 18 Reduce Our Professional Noise 123
Chapter 19 Relational Intelligence Required 129
Chapter 20 What Are Those Black Boxes? 137
Chapter 21 Celebration: Making Above and Beyond the Norm the Norm 141
Final Thoughts: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success 147
Part 4 Developing Heart-R Is for Risk 151
Chapter 22 What's in a Goal? 155
Chapter 23 Shared Purpose: Each and Every Child Can Learn 163
Chapter 24 Results or Persons? 167
Chapter 25 The Risk-Vision Dependency 173
Chapter 26 Build Trust the Millennial Way 179
Chapter 27 Fixed or Growth Mindset? 185
Chapter 28 Warning: Entropy Ahead! 191
Final Thoughts: A Sense of Urgency 197
Part 5 Developing Heart-T Is for Thought 201
Chapter 29 Your Great Adventure! 205
Chapter 30 Your Voice of Wisdom 211
Chapter 31 Clean Up the Climate 217
Chapter 32 Become a Feedback Fanatic 221
Chapter 33 Yours, Mine, and Ours 227
Final Thoughts: Hold the Mayo! 231
Epilogue 235
Acknowledgments 239
Notes 241