leadership – Susan Norris

How to live a stress free life…

Have you ever played Follow the Leader? Do you prefer to be the leader or the follower? It has been said, “Where there is a void of leadership, Susan will step in.” I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. I don’t have to be in charge, but I like to know that someone is running things. When I lead, I like to have a plan. For example, when I take a short term mission team into the field, I hold multiple training meetings. I like to educate them on where they’re going, how to prepare, [...]

Do you have influence?

My first year teaching kindergarten at Southern Elementary School. Do you think what you do matters? Do you think you have influence and impact lives? So many times, we belittle who we are and what we do in this world. I didn’t go to kindergarten, so my formal education started in first grade. I had two teachers who profoundly impacted my life. The first teacher I ever had, Ms. Lindsey, was about a cuddly as a porcupine and she frightened me a little. Okay, let's be honest, she frightened me a lot. She rarely smiled and always seemed [...]