Stephanie, what a fantastic post and incredibly motivating. I hope everyone in this discussion thread reads this and gains some insight from your words. We as humans tend to become more like the things we think about so a positive person tends to have positive things happen to them while those with negative thoughts tend to have negative things happen. By being that model of positive behavior, you provide great leadership for your students and become a mentor of sorts. Most people I know can think of someone in their lives that motivated them to great accomplishments and the one behavior that always stands out in these individuals is they were always positive and modeled the behavior others wanted to emulate. Through such coaching and servant style leadership, we can break down the barriers students have and can also transform self-doubt into a "Yes I Can" attitude. Regards, James Jackson