If we let fear of failing and ego get in the way, we will stop trying and stop moving forward, says this high-profile education leader.
One of the things that you develop early is the realisation that you cannot make everyone happy, says Briony Scott. Louise Kennerley
If Briony Scott, the principal of Wenona School, an independent girls’ school in Sydney, had time to learn a new skill, she would study Italian.
For a few reasons. First, as Scott says, “as we get older, our ability to learn diminishes if we don’t actively stretch it”.
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