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Learning to prioritize and work diligently is so important! Pretty much everyone reading this blog post is an accomplished leader or an up-and-coming powerhouse leader, which makes it important for everyone to both teach AND learn about balancing your schedule and life. Everyone has their own way of "keeping on top of things," and it is very important to share it or discover it.

In my life, I have daily appointments, meetings, service projects, and homework, all to be completed, along with maintaining my social life. There are definitely times where I am far too overwhelmed to do anything. At those points in time, I reassess my situation; I figure out which parts are most important to me, and I go from there.

The following information was presented by Dr. Bryan Shelley, Department of Political Science, Wake Forest University at the National Conference on Student Activities, December 2008.

What to tell principals, school boards, parents, and other skeptics about 

THE POWER OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

The biggest mistake an honor society adviser makes is assuming that the adviser before was doing it all the right way. While unfortunate, when an honor society chapter is "passed on" from one adviser to the next, the new adviser picks up and continues along, never questioning how or why things are done the way they are done. It is imperative that an honor society adviser understands the NHS/NJHS Constitution and how it must be carried out. The adviser needs to know that the chapter they are running is legit and meaningful.