WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.670 Jethro D. Jones: Welcome to Transformative Principle. 00:00:02.849 --> 00:00:04.530 I am your host, Jethro Jones. 00:00:04.530 --> 00:00:09.750 And boy, I'm so excited for this conversation. 00:00:10.350 --> 00:00:11.309 This is gonna be good. 00:00:11.640 --> 00:00:15.840 So upfront, I have an ask for you today, and if you're listening and 00:00:15.840 --> 00:00:20.369 you listen all the way through, you're probably gonna want to say yes to this. 00:00:20.849 --> 00:00:27.390 So I'm asking for 10 beta testers for my school X book study. 00:00:28.424 --> 00:00:30.555 But I'll get to the rest of that in just a moment. 00:00:31.214 --> 00:00:35.294 First of all, I want to say thank you for listening to this podcast. 00:00:35.324 --> 00:00:37.065 You are amazing. 00:00:37.154 --> 00:00:39.345 I am so grateful to you. 00:00:40.544 --> 00:00:46.394 I started this podcast in 2013 because I was not getting the kind of 00:00:46.785 --> 00:00:52.245 leadership development that I felt like I should be getting, and this has been. 00:00:52.949 --> 00:00:59.309 My journey of learning how to be a Transformative Principal, and seriously, 00:00:59.790 --> 00:01:03.480 it has been amazing according to my feed. 00:01:03.480 --> 00:01:08.850 This is episode 782, and I know the title of this one is not 00:01:08.850 --> 00:01:12.930 technically Episode 782, because I've done some weird numbering 00:01:12.930 --> 00:01:14.670 things over the years, but this is. 00:01:15.014 --> 00:01:21.284 The 782nd episode on my podcast feed, and that's just unreal. 00:01:21.464 --> 00:01:22.454 I can't even believe it. 00:01:23.024 --> 00:01:28.154 This podcast has been downloaded more than just about any other 00:01:28.424 --> 00:01:30.824 podcast for leaders out there? 00:01:31.094 --> 00:01:35.234 Well, for educational leaders, you know, I'm not in the realm of, uh. 00:01:35.639 --> 00:01:40.019 Of other leadership podcasts that get millions of downloads every week. 00:01:40.019 --> 00:01:45.869 But, but I, I did break, I believe 2 million, uh, a few weeks ago. 00:01:46.320 --> 00:01:49.889 I switched host recently, and so I don't know exactly what my actual 00:01:49.889 --> 00:01:54.240 download number is, but lemme tell you, this has been amazing and I thank you 00:01:54.240 --> 00:01:59.159 sincerely, from the bottom of my heart for listening, uh, for all these years. 00:02:00.809 --> 00:02:05.189 Now, I don't know if you remember, uh, what happened in 2020. 00:02:05.640 --> 00:02:11.500 But there was something, uh, momentous in my life, which happened that I 00:02:11.500 --> 00:02:16.780 released a book called School X. Now, you probably don't remember that, or 00:02:16.780 --> 00:02:21.459 didn't notice or weren't paying attention because lemme tell you what the last thing 00:02:21.459 --> 00:02:23.350 on everybody's mind was at that time. 00:02:23.815 --> 00:02:28.975 Redesigning our schools because we were busy dealing with a pandemic. 00:02:29.035 --> 00:02:34.615 I remember I did a lot of reopening workshops that year to help people 00:02:34.645 --> 00:02:39.325 know how to reopen their schools, and that's what everybody was focused on. 00:02:39.895 --> 00:02:44.335 And in the middle of this, I released a really amazing book that I was actually 00:02:44.815 --> 00:02:46.495 looking for something last year. 00:02:46.495 --> 00:02:46.855 And. 00:02:47.380 --> 00:02:51.490 Saw this piece in my book and thought, oh, I should, I should bring that up. 00:02:51.490 --> 00:02:55.690 And I went and read a bunch of things from my book and I was like, wow, 00:02:55.870 --> 00:02:58.510 uh, this is actually really good. 00:02:59.020 --> 00:03:03.790 In fact, I was surprised at how good it was and how valuable it was, and 00:03:03.790 --> 00:03:08.110 I thought, that's kind of a bummer that nobody knows about this because I 00:03:08.110 --> 00:03:10.000 released it during a global pandemic. 00:03:11.380 --> 00:03:16.360 So, uh, at the end of 2024, I created a little book study. 00:03:16.960 --> 00:03:20.019 On this, and I released that in 2024. 00:03:21.220 --> 00:03:27.790 And the feedback so far from people has been phenomenal and people are really 00:03:27.790 --> 00:03:30.100 liking it more than I thought they would. 00:03:30.190 --> 00:03:36.790 And I'm not saying this to brag, I'm saying this because I'm kind of surprised. 00:03:37.180 --> 00:03:43.510 I knew that it would be good, but the feedback has been more positive than 00:03:43.510 --> 00:03:46.269 I thought, and that's pretty awesome. 00:03:46.269 --> 00:03:48.820 I. So that's fun when that happens. 00:03:49.300 --> 00:03:51.400 This is where the beta test part comes in. 00:03:51.910 --> 00:03:54.070 Well, lemme tell you one more thing before I get there. 00:03:55.240 --> 00:04:00.100 There was one session where someone could not make it to the session. 00:04:00.100 --> 00:04:02.950 She forgot she had a community event at her school that night. 00:04:03.580 --> 00:04:07.630 And so she couldn't come to the session and she actually watched 00:04:07.780 --> 00:04:09.520 the two hour recording later. 00:04:10.270 --> 00:04:13.690 And she wrote a thousand word response to it almost. 00:04:14.950 --> 00:04:20.740 Uh, that has never happened to me before where somebody has watched 00:04:20.740 --> 00:04:24.460 a recording of something I've done and then put so much time and energy 00:04:24.700 --> 00:04:28.870 into responding to what I created. 00:04:30.370 --> 00:04:31.990 I mean, that's pretty awesome. 00:04:32.290 --> 00:04:32.620 So. 00:04:33.130 --> 00:04:38.650 It's valuable and she certainly found value in it, and so are the 00:04:38.650 --> 00:04:44.620 people who are attending each week, and I'm having a lot of fun with it. 00:04:45.460 --> 00:04:51.430 One of the things that I have learned is unique about me is that 00:04:51.549 --> 00:04:56.770 my focus is so practical about you actually being able to implement 00:04:56.770 --> 00:04:59.560 the stuff that I'm teaching that. 00:05:00.295 --> 00:05:00.595 It. 00:05:00.595 --> 00:05:04.375 It is unique to people and they don't expect that. 00:05:04.915 --> 00:05:08.515 So here's what I'm looking for for beta testers. 00:05:08.905 --> 00:05:14.965 Now, if you are listening to this show right now and you're like, I listen 00:05:14.965 --> 00:05:19.075 to Jethro's show every week, whenever it comes out, then this is the thing 00:05:19.255 --> 00:05:22.435 that you will want to be a part of. 00:05:23.245 --> 00:05:24.805 Lemme tell you what I'm gonna do. 00:05:25.255 --> 00:05:30.625 I'm going to create an asynchronous version of this book study for people 00:05:30.625 --> 00:05:32.305 to go through at their own pace. 00:05:33.025 --> 00:05:39.505 And what I want beta testers for is to help me transform what I did live and in 00:05:39.505 --> 00:05:46.735 person into something that is meaningful and valuable for them, uh, when they are 00:05:46.735 --> 00:05:51.215 not, uh, in, in that thing with me live. 00:05:51.835 --> 00:05:55.075 Now I'm gonna do something that is, uh, a little. 00:05:55.810 --> 00:05:56.380 Unique. 00:05:56.380 --> 00:06:00.010 Also, when people go through the asynchronous thing, there's 00:06:00.010 --> 00:06:07.150 going to be time for them to get one-on-one connection with me, uh, 00:06:07.180 --> 00:06:09.190 outside of that asynchronous thing. 00:06:09.460 --> 00:06:13.210 So when you get to a certain point, there will be a point in the thing 00:06:13.210 --> 00:06:16.090 where it'll be worthwhile for us to meet and talk through some 00:06:16.090 --> 00:06:17.140 of the stuff that you're doing. 00:06:18.190 --> 00:06:24.940 So it's not exactly like taking a class at, at a university, for example. 00:06:25.390 --> 00:06:32.230 But the idea is kind of similar in that it helps get you some feedback, gets 00:06:32.230 --> 00:06:37.210 you some attention, and makes it so that I can still connect with people, 00:06:37.210 --> 00:06:39.370 because that's what I really like to do. 00:06:40.030 --> 00:06:43.180 There's gonna be some things where you'll submit things online and I'll 00:06:43.180 --> 00:06:44.710 be able to give feedback that way. 00:06:45.160 --> 00:06:49.150 And then there are other places where you'll be able to actually 00:06:49.150 --> 00:06:53.110 meet with me and we can chat about something more in depth now. 00:06:53.650 --> 00:06:57.310 I don't exactly know how to make that work, but I have some ideas and I 00:06:57.310 --> 00:07:02.830 need some people to run it by first to get an idea of what that looks like. 00:07:04.360 --> 00:07:10.240 So one of the other things is I've been teaching a lot about ai, um, all across 00:07:10.240 --> 00:07:11.950 the country for the last couple years. 00:07:11.950 --> 00:07:16.165 I. And I'm going to really lean into using AI to support this 00:07:16.165 --> 00:07:18.685 work, but not do it for me. 00:07:18.925 --> 00:07:23.785 Like I've already done the work to create the course and everything, um, 00:07:23.815 --> 00:07:27.925 but you know, I think I can make it a little bit better and a little tighter, 00:07:28.495 --> 00:07:30.745 and I'm gonna use AI to help with that. 00:07:30.775 --> 00:07:32.035 One of the things. 00:07:32.335 --> 00:07:35.155 For example, and here's, here's a perfect example. 00:07:35.155 --> 00:07:39.445 You can see this if you go to Transformative principle.org and check 00:07:39.445 --> 00:07:43.705 out the before and after that I'm gonna play for you, for you to listen. 00:07:44.395 --> 00:07:49.555 Now, first, uh, I'm just gonna take a small snippet talking about the 00:07:49.555 --> 00:07:55.405 Eisenhower Matrix and I'm gonna play that for you so that you can hear it. 00:07:55.465 --> 00:07:58.165 So let me start with that right here. 00:07:58.165 --> 00:08:02.755 One of the things I talk about in the book is this, Eisenhower matrix of urgent, 00:08:02.995 --> 00:08:05.365 less, urgent, important, less important. 00:08:05.695 --> 00:08:10.765 The saboteurs will tell you that everything is urgent and important. 00:08:11.349 --> 00:08:15.760 In their own way, the avoider will say it is more important and urgent 00:08:15.760 --> 00:08:19.270 for you to not say something than it is for you to say something. 00:08:19.599 --> 00:08:22.150 The avoider will say exactly the opposite. 00:08:22.719 --> 00:08:27.340 I, uh, is what you need to do, uh, and from the pleaser and vice versa. 00:08:27.340 --> 00:08:30.760 And so these, all these saboteurs will work together and say 00:08:31.180 --> 00:08:32.680 everything is important and urgent. 00:08:32.710 --> 00:08:33.970 And that is just not true. 00:08:34.359 --> 00:08:38.049 And so as you are coming up with your vision. 00:08:38.740 --> 00:08:43.299 And your, your vital vision and dealing with the saboteurs, you are 00:08:43.299 --> 00:08:47.710 going to be able to say, oh, this is a saboteur saying to put this off 00:08:47.740 --> 00:08:49.750 or to do this or to focus on this. 00:08:50.050 --> 00:08:55.119 And you can use the sage to help you know which things you need to put in which area 00:08:55.420 --> 00:08:57.760 and what actually goes where it should. 00:08:59.125 --> 00:09:06.445 So these things work together and it's a lot easier to rely on your vital vision 00:09:06.655 --> 00:09:11.185 if you have it clearly stated for yourself and make the right decision whenever 00:09:11.245 --> 00:09:13.375 you are confronted with any issues. 00:09:14.245 --> 00:09:17.365 It's a lot harder if you don't have a clear vision for what you 00:09:17.365 --> 00:09:21.175 should be doing to make those clear decisions every single day. 00:09:23.410 --> 00:09:29.170 So that was the first live recording that typically you just throw 00:09:29.170 --> 00:09:34.300 that in a LMS and then people subscribe and you do your course. 00:09:34.390 --> 00:09:38.439 So my thought though is to take that and. 00:09:39.130 --> 00:09:45.490 Write a little bit better script and do a better recording that 00:09:45.580 --> 00:09:51.490 will give the same information, but make it a little bit tighter, a 00:09:51.490 --> 00:09:54.280 little bit less of my uh, awkward. 00:09:55.074 --> 00:09:58.854 Live presentation that is, you know, kind of endearing. 00:09:58.854 --> 00:10:03.654 Some people say, but not quite as good as as it could be. 00:10:03.774 --> 00:10:07.614 And certainly if you're trying to ingest things on your own, you 00:10:07.614 --> 00:10:10.224 want that presentation to be tight. 00:10:10.254 --> 00:10:12.204 So here is that first one. 00:10:12.519 --> 00:10:14.050 Was a minute 23. 00:10:14.349 --> 00:10:19.959 This one is only 57 seconds long, so it cut out about 23 seconds, but the, 00:10:20.170 --> 00:10:25.719 the text of it and what I'm trying to say, I think comes out a lot better. 00:10:25.719 --> 00:10:27.910 So, and here's the other thing. 00:10:28.269 --> 00:10:33.425 Looking at this and the video that I used, AI to help me create, which you should go 00:10:33.425 --> 00:10:38.979 check out at Transformative principle.org in the show notes for this episode, go. 00:10:39.430 --> 00:10:42.249 Go check it out and look at the difference between the two. 00:10:42.489 --> 00:10:45.699 But right now, just listen to the difference in these scripts. 00:10:45.999 --> 00:10:50.619 One of the key ideas I discuss in the book is The Eisenhower Matrix, a tool for 00:10:50.619 --> 00:10:53.409 sorting tasks by urgency and importance. 00:10:53.919 --> 00:10:55.059 But here's the catch. 00:10:55.269 --> 00:10:59.379 Saboteurs will try to convince you that everything is urgent and important. 00:10:59.769 --> 00:11:03.789 The avoider will tell you it's more urgent to stay silent than to speak up. 00:11:04.329 --> 00:11:06.999 The pleaser will push you in the opposite direction. 00:11:07.359 --> 00:11:10.839 All these saboteurs work together making it seem like everything 00:11:10.839 --> 00:11:14.349 demands your attention right now, but that's just not true. 00:11:14.814 --> 00:11:17.634 When you define your vital vision, you gain clarity. 00:11:18.024 --> 00:11:22.674 You recognize when a saboteur is urging you to delay or focus on the wrong thing. 00:11:23.154 --> 00:11:26.484 Instead, you can rely on your sage mind, your inner wisdom to 00:11:26.484 --> 00:11:28.614 place each task where it belongs. 00:11:29.034 --> 00:11:32.874 With a clear vision, making the right decisions becomes second nature. 00:11:33.384 --> 00:11:37.254 Without one, it's easy to get lost in the noise of daily choices. 00:11:37.614 --> 00:11:40.974 So take control, define your vision, use the matrix, and 00:11:40.974 --> 00:11:42.864 focus on what truly matters. 00:11:45.924 --> 00:11:50.334 Okay, so tighter script, better visuals. 00:11:50.334 --> 00:11:55.524 You'll have to go watch the visuals to really get the full picture, but it's 00:11:55.524 --> 00:11:58.494 definitely an improvement for sure. 00:11:59.544 --> 00:12:03.324 Now, uh, that one, because I was just mocking it up. 00:12:03.414 --> 00:12:09.084 You listened to the AI Jethro reading that one, which is my. 00:12:09.609 --> 00:12:15.819 Voice trained on to, on AI to sound like me, and you probably noticed how 00:12:15.819 --> 00:12:17.289 it does and doesn't sound like me. 00:12:18.309 --> 00:12:24.039 But the idea is that having that with a transcript explaining the key 00:12:24.039 --> 00:12:27.969 pieces there will be more valuable for people who are part of this. 00:12:28.059 --> 00:12:32.349 Now, here's the other thing that you're gonna get as part of the beta tester. 00:12:32.919 --> 00:12:37.809 Um, I'm going to, there are worksheets and frameworks and things as well 00:12:38.139 --> 00:12:40.299 that, uh, I'm gonna share with you. 00:12:40.329 --> 00:12:41.619 Gonna get your feedback on. 00:12:42.684 --> 00:12:46.284 You're gonna tell me how you like it, what you think of it, but I'm also 00:12:46.284 --> 00:12:47.874 not gonna hold anything back from you. 00:12:47.964 --> 00:12:54.834 So if you are curious how things happen, I will demonstrate whatever you want to see. 00:12:55.224 --> 00:13:01.284 Um, I'm also going to be creating ads to run to this, to, uh, to get the word 00:13:01.284 --> 00:13:06.504 out there about it more because the, the quality of it is so good already. 00:13:06.894 --> 00:13:11.274 Um, it would just be a shame for more people to not see it. 00:13:11.769 --> 00:13:16.389 Um, so I'm gonna, I'm gonna be totally open with you about everything. 00:13:16.659 --> 00:13:21.579 You're gonna be able to give feedback up as part of every aspect 00:13:21.579 --> 00:13:25.359 of it and, um, and it'll be great. 00:13:25.419 --> 00:13:30.699 So, uh, if you are interested in this, here's what you need to do. 00:13:31.299 --> 00:13:40.419 Go to Jethro site slash beta to sign up The course will cost. 00:13:41.499 --> 00:13:43.809 Right now it costs, uh, $200. 00:13:44.199 --> 00:13:48.549 Um, I'm going to give beta testers a $50 discount, and I'm going to limit it. 00:13:48.549 --> 00:13:53.559 So only a certain number of people will have a chance to participate. 00:13:53.949 --> 00:13:55.959 Um, ideally 10. 00:13:56.019 --> 00:13:58.059 The max I will take is 20. 00:13:58.629 --> 00:14:02.589 Again, if you are listening to this and you listen to my podcast 00:14:02.589 --> 00:14:06.429 whenever it comes out, you're gonna want to be part of this beta test. 00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:09.789 It will be asynchronous so you don't have to, uh. 00:14:10.314 --> 00:14:15.924 Devote any specific time to meet with me live unless you want to 00:14:16.074 --> 00:14:20.904 join me on a work session and watch how I, how I use AI and other tools 00:14:20.904 --> 00:14:22.649 to create this kind of content. 00:14:24.294 --> 00:14:26.484 Um, you're gonna be able to see everything. 00:14:26.544 --> 00:14:29.124 Uh, I won't hold anything back from you, and I'll share all 00:14:29.124 --> 00:14:30.714 the details about it with you. 00:14:31.194 --> 00:14:37.194 Um, and what I really want are people who are gonna actually do the work 00:14:37.254 --> 00:14:41.094 and give me feedback and say, this worked, this didn't, you missed the 00:14:41.094 --> 00:14:43.584 mark here, and this could be improved. 00:14:43.974 --> 00:14:49.884 And, um, I've never done anything like this before, so I, I wanna work with 00:14:49.884 --> 00:14:52.284 you and, and see how it works out. 00:14:52.629 --> 00:14:58.089 So once again, Jethro site slash beta, and there's a link to that in the show 00:14:58.089 --> 00:14:59.979 notes at Transformative principle.org. 00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:03.339 That's Jethro do site slash beta. 00:15:04.029 --> 00:15:08.229 Now, once that discount is full, then everybody will be able to just get, 00:15:08.349 --> 00:15:12.814 you know, the regular version and be able to not be part of the beta. 00:15:13.429 --> 00:15:18.799 Anybody who is part of the beta, I am also going to invite you into the project 00:15:18.799 --> 00:15:20.689 that I am using to create all of this. 00:15:20.689 --> 00:15:24.919 I use Basecamp for a lot of these things that I do, and so I'm gonna 00:15:24.919 --> 00:15:27.649 share that with you and show you how I. 00:15:28.239 --> 00:15:31.509 Produce, uh, a, an event like this. 00:15:31.569 --> 00:15:37.119 Uh, having started doing events in 2016 with the Transformative 00:15:37.119 --> 00:15:42.669 Leadership Summit, um, that was back when, when I started creating content 00:15:42.669 --> 00:15:44.499 specifically for school leaders. 00:15:44.514 --> 00:15:46.764 Beyond just this podcast. 00:15:47.154 --> 00:15:48.775 So I've been doing this for a long time. 00:15:48.775 --> 00:15:50.394 I've learned a lot of lessons along the way. 00:15:50.394 --> 00:15:53.515 If you are interested in that kind of stuff, which I know a lot of you 00:15:53.515 --> 00:15:57.654 are, um, this will be your chance to pick my brain and get some 00:15:57.654 --> 00:15:59.545 ideas about what it will look like. 00:16:00.174 --> 00:16:05.064 Um, I'm also going to be, like I said, designing some ads and I'd be happy to 00:16:05.064 --> 00:16:10.464 have your feedback on what is, what would hit, what won't hit, things like that. 00:16:10.525 --> 00:16:11.844 And, um. 00:16:12.894 --> 00:16:16.224 This is just gonna be a really fun opportunity to 00:16:16.255 --> 00:16:17.664 dig into something like this. 00:16:18.084 --> 00:16:21.654 I always find that I work better when I have people that 00:16:21.654 --> 00:16:23.244 I can bounce ideas off of. 00:16:24.339 --> 00:16:28.089 And you know, honestly, my wife's getting a little sick of my ideas. 00:16:29.889 --> 00:16:35.319 Uh, I jest a little bit, but seriously, um, it works a lot better when I 00:16:35.319 --> 00:16:37.209 have people to bounce ideas off of. 00:16:37.539 --> 00:16:39.159 So there's the info. 00:16:39.289 --> 00:16:44.479 If you are interested or if you have more questions, feel free to reach out. 00:16:44.509 --> 00:16:47.180 You probably know how to get ahold of me, but if not, at 00:16:47.180 --> 00:16:48.829 Jethro Jones on all the socials. 00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:56.949 So last time, go to Jethro dot site slash beta BETA and I will see you in here. 00:16:56.949 --> 00:16:59.409 We're gonna start in about a week. 00:16:59.499 --> 00:17:00.129 So. 00:17:00.884 --> 00:17:02.714 Let me know if you want to join. 00:17:02.744 --> 00:17:03.644 I would love to have you. 00:17:03.644 --> 00:17:06.374 That's Jethro site slash beta. 00:17:07.034 --> 00:17:08.324 Alright, thanks everybody. 00:17:08.444 --> 00:17:11.054 Thanks for being with me during this solo episode. 00:17:11.324 --> 00:17:12.494 Uh, I just love you. 00:17:12.644 --> 00:17:15.794 Thank you for being amazing and I wish you the best.