ing, about where I am
in the university. But
if I’m measuring my
progress with my family, I’m not going to use
the same metrics. With
my family it’s going to
be, again, much more
emotional, much more
intuitive. When I walk
into my home do I feel
a sense of peace or
do I feel conflict? Are
my children settled in
school? Are they doing
well in school? Do my
husband and I have
enough time together
to do the things we
want?
many options they
have. They can work
at five places or they
could work at ten.
Those metrics relate to
yo ur professional life.
For me, as a professor, it’s about research,
it’s about my teach-
The metrics are different, but I need to be
aware of those metrics, even if I don’t
write them down. Now
of course I would say,
you know, you need to
write them down, right?
So that you can look
back and say oh, that’s
where I was a year ago,
28
that’s right, wow, look,
I really have come far.
And that gives me confidence that my plan is
working, I’m measuring things well. Or, I
look and say I haven’t
come as far as I wanted
to - what can I change?
What should I do differently? Otherwise,
it’s just trial and error,
and that doesn’t work
very well.
MM. Encouragement
is a tool?
KJ. Yeah, from childhood. And I think you
start with the people around you. You
start small. If you only
encourage one person
in life to be creative
who wasn’t before,
you’ve made a huge
mark, you really have.
I’ve had students come
to my classes who are
maybe thirty-five years