Finally, I decided to just dive in and chose The Innovator's Mindset as my pool. Looking back at what I highlighted, I had four points that resonated with me even before I got to Chapter 1! No wonder it wasn't difficult after that to keep swimming. As I read, what resonated the MOST with me and the situation in which I found myself was this:

None of that means that I suddenly embraced change in a way never done before. But I am trying to learn more about how to be the type of leader that I want to follow: one who embraces change, who encourages innovation, and who makes it safe to fail. Since I've always seen myself as a right-hand woman, the #2 to whoever is my #1, that's a hard change to make. But I'm working on it.
What good is doing something in a new way unless it also produces better results?
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So let's do something new and BETTER together! Let's learn together, from and with each other, in an effort to change the world...because aren't we all trying to make the world a better place, even if for only one student?