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The magical gift of joy

6/27/2018

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Written By: Hans Appel
For the past 6 months, I’ve been slowly working through a book called “Find Your Why”, by Simon Sinek.  I’d seen Simon’s powerful Ted Talk years ago and like millions of other people, I devoured “Start with Why, Leaders Eat Last, Together is Better”, etc.  At 41 years old, I thought I was pretty in touch with my WHY.  But then a funny little thing entered my life this year….a whole child, school culture program called: Character Strong.  But perhaps I should back up...
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Those that know me well, know that I knew what I wanted to do when I was quite young.  By the age of 5, I had moved past NBA basketball player and settled in on professional magician.  Yes, long before thoughts of education, school counseling and helping young people; I was focused on the art of deception.  I spent hours reading magic books at the public library and more time than I’d care to admit standing in front of a mirror practicing some secret sleight of hand maneuver, that I’d hope you’d never see.  While I had other detours of interest like basketball, video games, and girls….magic was my first real obsession. I spent the next 15+ years studying things like misdirection, inattentional blindness, and emotional conviction. (BTW, a very strange set of skills to have at this point in my life).

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    Award Winning Culture was created by Hans and Jennifer Appel with the sole purpose of creating an educational mindset of Positive INTENTIONALITY and ACTION; with a daily mantra to make our sphere of influence stronger through Character, Excellence, and Community.  Part of AWC's mission is to highlight outstanding educators, companies, and resources that support an Award Winning Culture.  Both Jennifer and Hans work at Enterprise Middle School aka Wildcat Nation.  Wildcat Nation received the 2018 ASCD Whole Child Award in Washington, for its award winning culture and the ​2018 Global "Class Act Award" for Kindness.
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