Principalship school-building leadership words of wisdom that I found showed up every 74 years of my life. You will find that during the course of your life, being able to select the ‘most good,’ best, and perfect option in any scenario is so rare and few in number that I can almost remember every one of those (single digit) incidents I encountered as a principal or superintendent. The vast, overwhelming majority of daily decision-making situations required me to select the best, not hurting kids, staff, or parents’ selection from a group of less-than-perfect options. And if you are fortunate in this life, you’ll be able to live through all of those imperfect decision-making moments and remain sane when, through some amazing, enlightening, spiritually gifted miracle, you come to humbly realize that you yourself were never and never will be that ‘perfect’ choice.
