#TuesdayThoughts (X posts) from September & October, 2025

Closed out 2025 "Get Connected" Meetings w/ this image & message:

Be Your Best, knowing our “best” will look different each day (and that's okay).

You Are Not a Machine.https://t.co/kAVo66fZDa#TuesdayThoughts #GrowthMindset #leadership #nced

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— Craig S. Smith (@CSmithGoBlue) September 2, 2025

While you cannot control most circumstances, you CAN control your choice in P-E-A-R:

Preparation
Enthusiasm
Attitude
Response

Continue to Be Your Best.#TuesdayThoughts #leadership #MindsetMatters #GrowthMindset

— Craig S. Smith (@CSmithGoBlue) September 9, 2025

"Pay no attention to toxic words. What people say is often a reflection of themselves, not you" - C. Baloga

Just focus on being the best genuine version of yourself and allow your reputation to speak louder than words.#TuesdayThoughts #GrowthMindset #leadership #nced

— Craig S. Smith (@CSmithGoBlue) September 16, 2025

Great leaders learn to balance toughness with tenderness. They learn to be tough without losing tenderness and they learn to be tender without losing toughness. - Coach Bob McKillop

Continue to Be Your Best.#TuesdayThoughts #Leadership #GrowthMindset https://t.co/dsuAoPoh9I

— Craig S. Smith (@CSmithGoBlue) September 23, 2025

Balance confidence with humility. Confidence without humility is arrogance. - Coach Bob McKillop

Continue to Be Your Best with a genuine awareness of your own strengths and improvement areas for growth.#TuesdayThoughts #Leadership #GrowthMindset

— Craig S. Smith (@CSmithGoBlue) September 30, 2025

If there is something going on in your life that may be impacting your ability to Be Your Best, tell someone.

The impacting issue(s) may be out of your/their control, but the awareness for others to be mindful will only help them better support you.#TuesdayThoughts #Leadership

— Craig S. Smith (@CSmithGoBlue) October 7, 2025

Discipline comes before freedom. Discipline and freedom cannot be divorced. They belong together. My accountability for my responsibility gives me my rights. - Coach Bob McKillop

Continue to Be Your Best. #TuesdayThoughts #Leadership #GrowthMindset

— Craig S. Smith (@CSmithGoBlue) October 14, 2025

"If you're not a leader on the bench, don't call yourself a leader on the field. You're either a leader everywhere or nowhere." - @AbbyWambach #Leadership cannot be dependent on convenience.

Continue to Be Your Best.#TuesdayThoughts #GrowthMindset

— Craig S. Smith (@CSmithGoBlue) October 21, 2025

Our most consequential human problems will be resolved, not through competition, but collaboration...what we need in #education is a learning climate in which students work together. - E. Boyer

Continue to Be Your Best.#TuesdayThoughts #GrowthMindset #Leadership

— Craig S. Smith (@CSmithGoBlue) October 28, 2025

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