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Introduction
Mathematics has increasingly become more important in this technological era. The Deleted: is more and more
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U.S. Department of Education argues that a workforce who gains a highly technical Deleted: (2008)
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education bolsters national leadership and calls for the needs of sustaining a skilled, technical
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workforce with adequate scale and quality (2008). The Congressional Research Service Comment [2]: Was this from a
website or a journal? If it was from
anything but online it will need the rest
predicts that the science and engineering workforce will grow by 14.3% between 2012 and of the citation here.
2022, which is higher than the growth rate of all occupations (10.8%) during the same period.
Among science and engineering occupational groups, Mathematical occupations will grow by
26.2% between 2012 and 2022, which is the fastest employment growth rate among Deleted:
Success in mathematics education is also beneficial for the individual, because it Deleted: t
allows them many college and career options (U.S. Department of Education, 2008). The Deleted: ,
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mean annual wage for all scientists and engineers was almost twice as much for all Deleted: that
Nominal mean wages of the science and engineering occupational groups grew between 1.4 Deleted: and
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percent CAGR 1 (life science) and 2.2 percent CAGR (physical scientists, science and Deleted: %
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engineer managers, mathematicians), and tough normal wage growth for all occupants in the
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have to acquire skills that are needed in Algebra and other high school mathematics during
middle school (Kim-O, 2011). For example, Mathematics I, which is the high school pathway,
is to formalize and extend the mathematics that students learned in the middle grades
(Common Core State Standards Initiative, n.d., p. 51) and Mathematics II is linear and
1 A compound annual growth rate (CAGR): A calculated growth rate which, if applied year
after year to a beginning amount reaches a specified final amount (Sargent, 2014, p. 12).
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Middle School Mathematics Education
Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) integrates Algebra, Geometry, and Comment [3]: Is this the Common
Core acronym? I think this should be
spelled out on first instance and then
other high school mathematics into Mathematics I, Mathematics II, and Mathematics III. abbreviated afterwards.
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These integrated curricula expect mathematics to be in each year of high school to prepare for
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college and career (Common Core State Standards Initiative, n.d.). The Common Core State Deleted: o
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Standards Initiative (n.d.) mention that a lack of necessary support causes students who Deleted: readiness
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pursue postsecondary institutions to take remedial courses that are supposed to be completed Deleted: peruse
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at the high school level. This situation can cause students to not meet their postsecondary
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goal, and as a result, workplaces might refuse them. In addition, as the U.S. Department of Deleted: graduation
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Education (2008) puts it, Algebra is a gateway to later achievement and the completion of Deleted: be
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Algebra II correlates with success in college and future employment.
The (CCSSM), along with previous National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Deleted: Common Core State Standards for
Mathematics
(NCTM) curriculum, has a strong influence on mathematics education in the U.S. (S. R.
Powell, Fuchs, & Fuchs, 2013). In addition, both standards propose the principle that all Deleted: equity
students have to meet the same high standards. However, a mathematics classroom easily
falls into a broad range of mixed ability learners because of several reasons, including that Deleted: ome
the cognitively and emotionally developing nature of middle school students and the Deleted:
hierarchical nature of mathematics that causes students who lack prerequisite knowledge to
easily struggle to acquire new skills (LeMire, Melby, Haskins, & Williams, 2012; Wu, 1999).
Therefore, teachers are required to make sure that all students, including low achievers and Deleted: efforts
mathematics disability students, meet the standards within a mixed ability and in a
rather than teaching to a mass audience with the same curriculum, same instruction, and same
amount of time could benefit low achievement students. In this way, students can receive Deleted: for
individualized instruction or materials that are appropriate for their ability and learning style.
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Middle School Mathematics Education
This customized instruction for individual learners is still labor intensive for teachers since
they will need to create course materials at different levels, develop assessment, and give
which can create a flexible environment that helps learners with a range of abilities, interests,
and other characteristics (Shute & Zapata-Rivera, 2008). This approach is also available
technology-mediated instruction (Graham & Dziuban, 2008, p. 270). Deleted: when this approach is used in a
classroom,
In this paper, I will address the challenges of instructional strategies that effectively
support middle school students who struggle with mathematics and how technology supports Deleted: ies
strategies to support middle school students who are struggling with math by using blended
learning methods.
I aim to focus on middle school students who are struggling with mathematics in
the U.S. Middle school students are typically 11 14 years old, entering adolescence, which Deleted: 1
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is a notable developmental period. For some adolescents, changes during this period can
contribute positive growth. However, for other adolescents, this developmental period can Deleted: ;
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cause negative effects (Gutman & Eccles, 2007). Research shows that this early adolescence Deleted: change
period marks the beginning of the spiral of academic failure and school drop out (Eccles et al.,
1993). Eccles & Midgley (1990) wrote, Although the junior high school transition effects
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Middle School Mathematics Education
are not so extreme for most adolescents, there is sufficient evidence of gradual decline in
various indicators of academic motivation and self-perception over the early adolescent years
(p. 135). Social and emotional decline in this age group is also well documented. For Deleted: Eccles & Midgley, 1990,
example, motivation related factors such as general self-esteem and self-concept of ability in
both mathematics and English (Midgley & Edelin, 1998) decline after students transition
from elementary school to middle school. Shifts in the learning environment also have been
plausible explanations that affect academic failure. If the school environment does not fit the Deleted: for
early adolescents needs, the poor fit can cause decline in motivation. These shifts cause a Deleted: s
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negative effect for students motivations and achievement-related beliefs.
In this section of the literature review I focus on the nature of middle school
students to understand how this developmental stage of middle school students affects
1. How does the transition from elementary school to middle school affect middle
2. How does social and emotional development affect middle school students
academic achievement?
Transition from elementary school to middle school can sometimes be intimidating Deleted: causes intimidating burden
for middle school students. During a span of only a few years, middle school students
experience so many changes in different levels: cognitive and emotional development, social
role, school transition, and the emergence of sexuality (Eccles et al., 1993). Though some
research show that the changes lead to positive growth, other research illustrates that the
7
Slave
to
the
clock
I
am
a
horrible
hourly
employee.
Not
because
my
employers
were
bad
people,
its
just
that
I
dont
like
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working
hourlyto
be
trapped
to
making
money
for
each
hour
absolutely
kills
me.
I
was
salary
for
a
long
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time.
It
was
better
than
hourly,
but
it
didnt
take
long
to
figure
out
the
hours
I
was
working
and
what
I
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was
paid
that
I
was
back
to
an
hourly
worker.
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Now
Im
going
to
toot
my
own
horn
for
a
few
minutes,
so
just
go
with
the
flow
for
a
minute
so
you
get
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the
idea.
I
am
pretty
smart
(at
least
thats
what
some
people
say)
so
I
work
very
hard
to
solve
problems
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in
smart
ways,
and
those
ways
save
time.
So
the
more
time
I
save,
the
less
money
I
make.
Even
if
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youre
salary,
youre
still
expected
to
work
60
hours
a
week,
so
being
smart
and
saving
time
doesnt
Deleted: ,
really
help
the
situationit
actually
makes
it
worse.
Because
the
more
time
you
save,
the
more
time
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you
are
expected
to
save,
but
the
rate
isnt
commensurate
with
what
you
get
paid.
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Back in the day when I was a computer guy, I was tasked with switching 500 PCs from one email Deleted:
program to another. This was back before automated push systems do it automatically, so this had to Formatted: Font:Italic
be done manually, or at least thats what corporate and the software vendor decided. I didnt like that Deleted: that
plan, so a friend and I figured out how to automate the push. It took us three days to figure it out and Deleted: ,
two
days
to
pusha
total
of
five
days.
Five
hundred
PCs
were
converted,
and
it
went
smoothly.
Deleted: myself
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If
we
were
to
do
it
manually
as
it
was
recommended
by
corporate
and
the
vendor,
the
best
that
could
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be
expected
was
eight
per
day/per
person
or
16
a
day
(or
31
days
for
the
entire
project)
if
we
were
very
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diligent.
Factor
in
disruption
costs,
lost
productivity,
and
the
usual
headaches
that
go
along
with
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projects
of
this
magnitude,
the
cost
is
fairly
significant.
It
could
be
that
we
saved
at
least
$100k
on
this
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alone.
I
didnt
get
any
of
that
money
and
neither
did
my
friend.
I
did
get
asked
to
document
how
we
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did
it
and
give
it
to
the
other
company
locations,
which
is
about
another
10,000
PCs.
Which
could
save
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and
500
the
company
millions,
and
we
didnt
get
any
of
that
money
either.
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was
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After
that
project
was
complete,
my
boss,
Alan,
often
liked
to
use
the
word
impossible
when
taking
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with
us,
because
it
spurred
us
to
do
the
impossible
on
a
regular
basis.
We
were
a
money-making
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machine.
We
did
work
for
problems
that
were
at
other
corporate
locations,
we
never
saw
a
dime,
and
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we
still
continued
to
work
60
hours
a
week.
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My
friend
and
I
werent
any
better
off
for
being
smarter
than
the
average
bear.
We
got
a
plaque
sent
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through
corporate
mail,
but
there
was
no
ceremony,
and
definitely
no
bonus.
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Deleted: Neither
my
friend
nor
I
was
Even
though
I
went
from
hourly
to
salary
I
was
still
selling
my
time
and
no
matter
how
smart
I
claim
to
be,
I
can
never
make
more
time.
Progressing
forward,
through
the
years,
I
have
done
quite
a
bit
of
things
that
automate,
streamline,
and
save
substantial
amounts
of
time,
but
I
found
that
unless
I
was
working
for
myself
I
never
really
saved
any
time,
and
I
just
freed
it
up
to
do
more
stuff.
From
a
previous
post
I
mentioned
the
value
of
time
is
the
value
of
the
next
best
thing
I
could
be
doing,
since
even
as
a
salaried
employee
I
was
expected
to
be
available
60
hours
a
week
and
the
value
of
my
time
was
fixed
at
my
rate.
I
could
never
increase
my
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value.
I
was
trapped.
I
now
work
for
myself,
which
has
changed
the
way
I
look
at
time
and
now
I
never
sell
my
time
or
any
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c
derivative
of
it.
You
will
never
hire
me
hourly.
I
dont
disclose
how
much
time
something
takes
me
to
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complete
on
my
side.
I
sell
a
product
or
a
service,
which
is
indivisible.
How
it
gets
to
the
customer,
how
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many
hours
it
takes
is
simply
not
discussed.
I
have
never
asked
McDonalds
how
long
a
Big
Mac
took
to
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complete,
and
then
balk
about
the
hourly
rate.
It
is
my
trade
secret
and
I
guard
it
with
vigor.
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I mention this because its common in the service industrywhite or blue collarto charge by the hour, Deleted: ,
and after which you now become a slave to the clock. The maximum amount of money you make can Deleted: r
never
be
greater
than
the
hours
you
work
at
your
hourly
rate.
You
can
never
outsmart
time.
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Were
going
to
use
Sue
as
an
example.
Sue
is
an
accountant.
She
charges
$30
per
hour
and
works
out
of
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her
house.
She
doesnt
want
to
own
a
company,
she
doesnt
want
to
get
rich,
and
she
simply
wants
to
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s
make
the
same
money
she
did
before
she
quit
her
job
to
stay
home
with
her
kids.
The
maximum
she
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can
work
is
30
hours
a
week
and
$900
a
week
is
the
maximum
income
she
can
attain
or
about
$45k
per
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year
(the
salary
she
used
to
make).
Market
forces
determine
the
$30
per
hour;
its
the
going
rate
and
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$30
per
hour
is
determined
by
its
almost
impossible
to
exceed
the
market
rate
for
long.
Sue
finds
three
small
business
customers
and
market
forces
divides
her
time
evenly
among
them,
at
first
while
she
is
first
setting
up
the
books
that
works
well.
sShe
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is
billing
the
full
30
hours
a
week
and
making
the
maximum
income.
Sue
is
a
great
accountant,
and
it
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doesnt
take
long
to
maintain
these
customers
at
just
three
hours
per
week
each.
Because
she
is
smarter
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than
most,
she
has
now
worked
herself
out
of
$630
a
week
(21hrs
*
$30).
She
now
makes
about
$13.5k
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per
year
(50
weeks)
and
has
a
serious
problem
as
she
now
has
some
choices
to
make:
become
a
real
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company
and
get
some
employees,
lie
about
the
time
and
pad
the
bill,
or
talk
to
her
clients
who
are
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very
happily
now
paying
$90
a
week
for
her
services
and
break
the
bad
news.
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Where
did
Sues
plan
go
amiss?
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First
of
all,
she
ignored
Parkinson's
Law,
which
is
that
work
expands
so
as
to
fill
the
time
available
for
its
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completion."
When
she
was
working
for
someone
else
she
had
to
be
there
40
hours
a
week,
and
you
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would
be
astounded
the
amount
of
wasted
time
that
happens
when
you
are
smart
and
trying
to
fill
the
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day.
I
can
personally
look
busy
for
days
as
a
salaried
employee;
she
was
doing
the
same
thing,
but
never
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realized
it.
BTW:
Market
forces
automatically
include
Parkinson's
Law
in
the
going
rate,
so
they
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automatically
compensate
for
the
slack
in
the
average
workplace.
Working
alone
at
home
without
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distraction
is
not
average,
so
the
rate
doesnt
correctly
correlate.
However,
its
hard
to
sell
it
to
customers
that
way.
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but
Second,
she
didnt
figure
out
how
smart
she
really
is.
Necessity
is
the
mother
of
invention,
and
Sue
did
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what
she
does,
and
invented
numerous
ways
to
save
just
a
pinch
of
workjust
ever-so-small
amounts
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of
time.
The
cumulative
time
she
saves
each
day
adds
up
and
starts
compounding
time.
Thats
how
she
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saved
all
the
time.
Some
would
call
it
entrepreneurial
spirit
or
whatnot.
Either
way,
she
worked
herself
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out
of
a
job.
This
is
also
a
function
of
the
learning
curve,
as
production
doubles,
time
halves.
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What
could
she
have
done?
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She
could
have
sold
her
accounting
as
a
packaged
or
bundled
service.
When
she
marketed
to
her
three
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customers
she
could
have
sold
it
as
a
single
service
at
$300
per
week,
or
$15k
per
year
per
customer.
The
customer
is
happy,
because
they
believed
the
cost
was
going
to
be
$300
per
week
anyway,
fixed
or
hourly
makes
no
difference
to
them.
She
is
happy,
because
she
is
now
paid
for
her
innovation
and
her
experience
as
a
top
notch
professional,
plus
the
flexibility
she
wanted
in
the
first
place.
Finally,
it
provides
an
incentive
to
innovate
and
gives
her
an
opportunity
to
increase
the
value
of
the
services
to
the
customers
she
serves
while
adding
no
true
burden
to
her
side
other
than
what
she
originally
agreed
to
in
the
first
place.
In
turn,
this
makes
her
more
valuable
to
the
customers
and
further
cements
the
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relationship
with
them
which
she
is
trying
to
protect.
(The
term
here
is
sticky.)
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Sticky
is
the
term
used
to
describe
business
relationships
that
are
hard
to
break
because
of
the
value
you
provide.
In
our
example,
Sue
is
a
really
good
accountant,
and
now
because
she
sells
her
services
as
a
complete
indivisible
package,
she
no
longer
worries
about
hours
billed
and
she
focuses
on
delivering
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s
the
best
product
with
the
smallest
time
investment.
She
gets
better
and
faster!
She
knows
accounting
competition
is
tough.
So,
she
expands
her
services
to
handle
the
customers
personal
accounting
as
well
and
she
partners
with
a
tax
guy
and
negotiates
a
package
on
the
customers
behalf,
so
everything
is
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handled
in
one
step.
She
also
partners
with
a
para-legal
and
negotiates
a
package
on
the
customers
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behalf
to
handle
all
the
business
paperwork
to
keep
the
business
running.
In
the
latter
two
cases
Sue
does
not
do
the
work,
she
just
makes
sure
the
accounting
is
done
in
a
way
the
tax
guy
wants
so
that
its
smooth
for
him,
he
bills
less
that
way,
plus
she
maximizes
tax
advantages.
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She
does
the
same
with
the
para-legal;
she
just
keeps
track
of
the
required
business
time
tables
and
makes
sure
the
para-legal
files
everything
on
time.
Yes,
this
will
take
Sue
additional
time,
but
its
not
as
much
as
you
think.
These
things
are
usually
just
an
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annoyance
to
the
small
business
owner,
and
since
Sue
handles
the
money
and
interacts
with
the
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customer
regularly
anyway,
it
really
not
that
big
of
a
deal
for
her.
She
handles
the
accounting
of
three
small
business
customers
and
handles
the
personal
accounting
of
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the
owners
of
the
three
small
businesses.
She
also
interfaces
directly
with
the
tax
guy
and
makes
sure
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the
three
customers
have
nothing
to
worry
about
from
the
IRS
and
they
are
getting
the
maximum
tax
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advantage
possible
under
the
law.
Lastly,
the
three
small
business
owners
know
Sue
who
handles
their
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money
also
makes
sure
the
business
licenses
and
fees
are
up
to
date
and
paid
properly,
but
doesnt
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have
to
do
it
directly.
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Sue
has
secured
a
position
within
these
three
small
businesses
where
she
is
very
difficult
to
replace,
she
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offers
a
great
value
that
is
very
hard
for
a
competitor
to
come
in
and
threaten,
not
to
mention
the
trust
and
reliability
she
has
established
over
time.
She
has
become
sticky
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the-day
type
of
place.
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of
seats
along
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closed
gates
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vacant,
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patiently
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next
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or
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play
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them,
and
it
ended
in
an
argument
with
my
wife.
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was
burned
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hard,
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began
to
realize
that
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was
stagnant.
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biggest
fear
was
happeningstanding
still.
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realized
I
had
spent
the
last
four
years
of
trying
to
climb
the
tricky
corporate
ladder
in
an
overly
political,
too-many-chiefs
type
of
organization.
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seemed
the
people
who
got
ahead
there
werent
the
folks
who
worked
hard,
but
those
who
told
the
boss
he
was
always
right.
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was
fed
up,
I
still
had
a
small
glimmer
of
hope
hope
that
if
I
kept
working
hard
enough,
maybe
the
tide
would
change.
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there
in
that
cold
airport
with
nothing
else
to
do,
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anywhere
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signs
that
I
was
burned
out,
stressed
out,
and
in
need
of
change,
and
not
just
a
small
change,
either.
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had
spent
the
past
15
years
working
hard
for
large
high
technology
multinationals,
with
11
of
those
years
in
sales
leadership
roles.
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for
sales
and
performance
and
leadership
never
once
relented
over
a
total
of
60
quarters.
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I
had
loved
it
in
the
beginning.
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had
been
my
passion.
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was
business
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keeping
this
next
few
paragraphs
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mixed
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of
exceptional
people
talking
about
how
you
liked
it
in
the
past
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the
ones
I
didnt
like).
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high-performance
companies,
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this
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past
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now
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this
new
section
of
text
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the
back
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mind,
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dreamed
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companies.
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the
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somethinganythingto
change
my
situation.
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you've
felt
the
of
that
night
in
the
airport
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to
today.
same
at
some
point.
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feel
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of
accountability,
of
one
rule
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another
rule
for
the
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of
cliques,
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ourselves
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the
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Apple
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worked
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worked
with.
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tough
work,
but
it
was
the
best
place
Ive
ever
worked.
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learned
so
much
from
people
who
worked
for
me,
from
my
peers,
and
from
the
execs
and
leaders.
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were
heady
times,
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we
were
never
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forward
to
2015,
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left
the
corporate
world
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my
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training,
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and
speaking
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back
to
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the
first
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a
professional
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myself
in
those
few
months
at
University
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lucky
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share
the
experience
with
a
great
class
of
future
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who
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be
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grateful
and
humbled
for
their
support,
compassion,
care,
and
help
over
that
roller
coaster
year.
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all
the
setbacks,
it
was
my
internal
drive
that
eventually
won
through.
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long
hard
lessons
I
learned
during
that
time
are
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shared
in
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following
pages.
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I
believe
in
people
and
their
unlimited
potential.
I
believe
everyone
has
success
ahead.
Not
everyone
can
see
it,
nor
does
everyone
want
it,
but
for
those
of
you
who
have
dreams
and
hopes
and
drivethis
book
is
for
you.
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you
can
do
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want
to
do,
but
the
first
step
is
the
need
to
recognize
the
need
for
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change.
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is
what
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and
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listen
to
understand
motives,
baggage,
and
when
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coach
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tapping
into
the
persons
potential.
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want
to
believe
in
them
instantly
when
I
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meet
them.
After
all,
if
we
have
cheerleaders
in
our
lives
that
believe
in
us,
the
road
seems
less
difficult.
I
harnessed
my
own
drive
to
make
that
change,
and
today
I
am
my
own
boss
and
master
of
my
own
destiny.
The
first
thing
I
wanted
to
do
was
to
tell
people
that
it
happenschange,
that
is.
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happens.
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can
embrace
it,
recognize
it,
drive
it,
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shun
it,
or
ignore
it,
but
like
the
tide
and
timechange
happens.
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its
okay
if
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you
feel
muddled
now
about
where
you
are
in
life.
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will
work
outthey
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always
do.
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horizons
wait
for
you.
Thats
why
I
called
my
coaching
and
consulting
company
High
Potential
International,
as
I
believe
everyone
has
it.
High
Potential.
Thanks
to
the
changes
I
implemented
in
my
own
life,
I
know
my
kids
better
than
ever
and
now
know
their
personalities
so
well.
My
wife
and
I
have
gotten
to
know
each
other
again
and
it
feels
amazing!
Thats
the
reason
I
wrote
this
book.
If
it
can
help
you
rediscover
your
drive
to
get
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you
going
again,
then
the
endeavor
has
been
more
than
worth
it.
If
it
resonates
with
you
and
helps
you
ignite
the
change
you
want
to
see,
then
that
motivates
me.
I
want
to
see
you
live
up
to
your
full
potential.
I
want
that
ambition
that
you
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know
is
within
you
to
be
unleashed.
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want
to
celebrate
your
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whether
its
running
a
marathon
for
the
first
time,
climbing
Mount
Everest,
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that
promotion,
completing
a
goal,
or
winning
that
golf
tournamentIm
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they
the
guy
at
the
finish
line
cheering
you
on!
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drive
guy!
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book
is
going
to
help
you
realize
your
true
potential,
and
harness
your
drive
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to
help
you
reach
it.
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the
lessons
here
resonate
with
you,
hopefully
that
will
be
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the
catalyst
to
inspire
change.
Of
course
its
not
just
people
in
the
corporate
world
who
lose
sight
of
their
potential.
It
happened
that
way
for
me
and
there
are
millions
out
there
who
go
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through
the
same
phases
and
emotions.
Mothers,
fathers,
students,
sports
stars,
and
celebrities
all
experience
self-doubt
and
low
confidence
from
time
to
time.
This
book
is
for
everyone
that
has
ever
experienced
what
I
have
just
described.
Spinning
on
the
wheel
and
not
moving
forward.
I
hope
you
enjoy
the
read.
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do
your
best
and
reach
your
own
potential
Ryan.
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comment
here
is
theres
still
a
lot
of
jumping
around
in
time
Maybe
use
subheads
to
give
people
a
clue:
11:50
pm
airport.
Apple
.
Dell
.
The
future