Imagine that you're the testing coordinator at your school. It's the day before exams, and you've done everything on your checklist... except order the actual tests.

No imagination needed here. This is real life for me!

What happened next came as a surprise though.

After years of working on being kinder to myself, I finally realized something in my head and my heart.

It wasn't actually my fault.

Yes, I was the one responsible, but it was the way the system was set up that was the problem.

If you've ever beaten yourself up over a mistake of any size in your English language teaching life, then this episode is for you.

Listen in to learn why system failures aren't personal failures and get inspired for making your own system fixes.

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