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Aggressive Patience and the Journey of Education Technology

Mike Paul
2 min readJul 26, 2021

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Education technology is a field for those who consider themselves patient optimists.

Justin Reich

I’m willing to bet that you have a favorite recipe, specifically, a favorite dessert. And any time you get to have it, you’re excited.

So excited that you can’t wait until you get to put every scrumptious morsel in your mouth.

Go ahead, take a second and think about that cake you get for your birthday every year. You can picture it in your head, can’t you?

You know the outcome you want but you’re not there yet.

You can see every detail, every crumb, every swirl in the icing. You know EXACTLY how it’s going to taste as soon as it hits your tongue.

The same is true for many things we try to achieve in life. Personally, I’m working hard to get into the best health of my life.

I can see the end goal but MAN is it taking a long time to get there.

But with every workout, every meal, every good decision, I get a little closer to my goal.

We have a vision in our heads that we can’t get out.

This is exactly how it is in educational technology. We know what we want to happen. We can see it.

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Mike Paul
Mike Paul

Written by Mike Paul

I dad, I tech, I teach, I write. Not always in that order. INTJ. Ravenclaw. 1w9. Wannabe academic and author. https://mikepaul.com

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