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Where would you be if you started Making a Ruckus 12 months ago?
Are you going to let another year of "playing it safe" go by?


Have you been thinking about transforming your school—but keep talking yourself out of it?
Have you started making changes on campus—but feel like you're not getting the results you want?
Have you been leading for a while—but still don't have clarity over how to create lasting impact?
Then the 90-Day Accelerator was made for you—and now's the best time to start your transformation.
A LOT of principals try to create change by themselves.
They spend months, years, sometimes even an entire career trying to figure out leadership, stay consistent, and determine what successful principals are doing that they aren't, only to make a little bit of progress and then fall right back into feeling stuck again.
We see principals like this every single day.
We call them Play-It-Safe Principals.
Because their strategy is to keep doing what they've always done, "hope" something changes, and stay stuck maintaining the status quo.
Meanwhile, Ruckus Makers fly right by them.
Ruckus Makers don't stay stuck in old ways. They don't just "hope" something changes — while sitting alone in their office, drowning in emails and putting out fires.
Instead, they know the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result.
So they throw caution to the wind, embrace innovative thinking, and most importantly, take action.
And it's by taking action, step by step, that they put the momentum at their back and start to feel the wonderful breeze of progress.
Remember: You can't create change if you're playing it safe.
If you had started your transformation 1 year ago, this is where you'd be:
You'd have a proven framework to create meaningful change on campus, with your 90-day plans running like clockwork
You'd have an engaged staff bringing their best each day, building the kind of school culture others want to replicate
You'd have clear systems and processes in place, turning your school into an Automatic School that practically runs itself
You'd have mastered delegation and boundaries, achieving more while working less
And you'd have clarity on your leadership legacy—who you serve and why it matters
Think about that! If you had made this decision a year ago, today, you'd be experiencing transformational outcomes as a result. Here's what a few of our prior Ruckus Makers had to say about their experience:
"Really having to buy in and trust the fact...this is a safe space where we're all talking from this level."
"I so desperately want to be an amazing school principal that people remember forever ... and I needed something to kinda help push me in that area."
"For the first time, we had real clarity on what mattered most. Instead of just surviving, we were actually moving our school forward."
"I'm bolder than I was before. I know what I want for my students and staff. And I don't apologize for that."
We could fill up 10 emails worth of quotes like this from our community.
As you can see, the 90-Day Accelerator is way more than just another professional development course.
It's a way to:
Transform your leadership and create lasting change
Build lifelong connections with innovative educators
Create the kind of campus experience students and staff love
Because reimagining education is just the beginning.
The second you commit to Making a Ruckus, you'll see leadership (and all of its possibilities) in a whole new way.
But 99% of principals never make that transition — from administrator to transformational leader.

Which is why those who DO are the ones who experience all the life-changing benefits.
So, if you are thinking at all about elevating your leadership, and wondering about the best way to get started, the 90-Day Accelerator was built specifically for you.
Do you want to make 2025 the year you finally start Making a Ruckus, building an Automatic School, and creating the campus experience of your dreams?
Don't let another year go by.
Keep Making a Ruckus,
Danny
PS… If you're reading this and thinking: "Ah, I'll wait until next year to transform my leadership, then it will be the perfect time."
The truth is, there will never be a perfect time to start.
For some reason, we always think we'll be less busy in the future. And when that future comes, we find we are still just as overwhelmed.
So we put it off, again.
And again.
And again.
Until finally we look up years later only to recognize we never got started.
So, don't let that happen to you.
Commit to finally becoming the leader you know you can be today — your future students, staff, and self will thank you. Join the 90-Day Accelerator Today (before doors close for the year March 7)!
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