Find another room

If you ever find you are the most talented person in the room. You need to find another room."

This explains so much to me. While I ran the preschool, I was the best, I pushed myself but I remained the best. I brought people up but I struggled bringing myself up more. I capped myself because I had no one better than me. My minimum was the best there was. (That's not saying I worked my minimum. God knows I didn't.) But the times the preschool grew were the times I went out to learn more than I already knew. When I reached out to other teachers, when I brought other teachers in, when I explored the internet to figure out what my next steps should be. If I hadn't given it my all, it would have been good. But by giving it my all it was great. 

Also by being the best in the room and constantly upping your expectations, its draining. Go to other rooms to make your job easier. It's so much easier to learn from someone in front of you, someone you can talk to, ask, get advice from. Go to other rooms so that you can work on other things. 

Instead of giving your all to one thing.

The cost of being great at running a preschool was that I lost my writing and my creativity.