07.29.2026 IGNITE Where Dr. Tom Webb sparks your curiosity and inspires action! To all my friends in education, it is almost time. Ready or not, here they come. That is usually my response when someone asks how I feel about the beginning of another school year. Are you ready? Well... define ready. My wife is a teacher, and I am a principal, so our house lives at the intersection of teacher reality and administrator optimism. We laugh at the social media reels about surviving welcome-back...
about 6 hours ago • 2 min read
07.22.2026 IGNITE Where Dr. Tom Webb sparks your curiosity and inspires action! Reader, I have fallen in love with kettlebells. They are always there, waiting. No setup, no excuses. You simply pick them up, move them around, and get an amazing workout. And every time I do, I am reminded of something simple. Strength comes from resistance. The weight pushes back. Your muscles struggle. You complete the rep anyway. Over time, your body adapts, and what once felt heavy becomes easier. Skip...
7 days ago • 1 min read
07.15.2026 IGNITE Where Dr. Tom Webb sparks your curiosity and inspires action! Friends, Every week during our morning announcements, more than 500 students look to me for guidance, upcoming events, and the signal that it is time to start the day. Before I finish, I remind them of one simple truth: Show up and give your best. That may be the closest thing we have to a secret for success. First, show up physically. Be present in the place where you are called to be. Students must be present to...
14 days ago • 2 min read
06.17.2026 IGNITE Where Dr. Tom Webb sparks your curiosity and inspires action! Friends, I learned something this week that created a connection for me. The compass was invented nearly 1,500 years before the first mechanical clock. Think about that. For over a thousand years, people could answer the question, "Which way should we go?" long before they could answer, "How long will it take?" There's a lesson in that. Too often, we become obsessed with the clock. How long until I reach my goal?...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
06.10.2026 IGNITE Where Dr. Tom Webb sparks your curiosity and inspires action! Friends, Summer has a sneaky way of speeding up on us. One minute we are kicking off Memorial Day weekend, and the next minute the weekends are packed, the calendar is crowded, and the list of “we should have” starts getting louder. We should have taken that trip. We should have cleaned the garage. We should have finished that project. We should have done more. But here is your simple summer check-in: Don’t let...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
06.03.2026 IGNITE Where Dr. Tom Webb sparks your curiosity and inspires action! Reader, Summer moves fast. The weekends fill up. The evenings get busy. The days disappear faster than a bag of chips at a pool party. So here’s a simple question: This summer, I would like to __________. Read more? Stretch? Pray? Walk? Write? Lift? Call a friend? Sit outside and drink your coffee without checking your phone? Whatever it is, don’t overcomplicate it. Shrink it to less than 5 minutes. Then stack it...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
05.27.2026 IGNITE Where Dr. Tom Webb sparks your curiosity and inspires action! Friends, As we come back to work after Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial kickoff of summer, I want to give you a simple tool to help make this your best summer ever. Whether you work full time, work 10.5 or 11 months as a principal, or have the summer off as a teacher, we all know the truth. Summer moves fast. One minute we are grilling burgers, watching ball games, and saying, “We’ve got all summer.” The...
2 months ago • 3 min read
05.20.2026 IGNITE Where Dr. Tom Webb sparks your curiosity and inspires action! Reader your willpower battery is not unlimited, Every leader knows the feeling. You start the day with a full battery. You are focused, patient, positive, and ready to solve problems. Then the day starts doing what days do. A parent concern pops up. A staff issue needs attention. A schedule falls apart. A student situation escalates. An email arrives with the emotional warmth of a flat tire. By the time you get...
2 months ago • 3 min read
05.13.2026 IGNITE Where Dr. Tom Webb sparks your curiosity and inspires action! Reader here is a tip to find joy in your work, My professional career started 25 years ago. But my daily work started 38 years ago when I delivered newspapers six days per week every afternoon. I was 9 years old, hauling papers around town like a tiny logistics manager with bad handwriting and questionable bike safety. Since then, I’ve had great days when I loved my job. I’ve also had days like yesterday. Wild....
3 months ago • 2 min read
05.06.2026 IGNITE Where Dr. Tom Webb sparks your curiosity and inspires action! Reader, Back in February, I bought a limo. Yes, you read that correctly. A 30-foot DeBryan Stretch Limousine now sits proudly in my back driveway like the official mascot of questionable decisions and unforgettable memories. But I didn’t buy it to impress anyone. I bought it as a tool. A tool to bring family and friends together. A tool to create moments. A tool to make memories that don’t just show up on a...
3 months ago • 5 min read