Perhaps the title would be more alluring if it was "Live Fully" but author Todd Henry Founder of the Accidental Creative wants to wake us up.  He specializes in "helping organizations generate brilliant ideas." But he sells himself short because the strategies that "unleash your best work every day" are applicable to everyone including students of any age.  Outstanding suggestions: be fiercely curious to combat boredom and cultivate creativity, find people you want to emulate, create checkpoints during the day/week to see how you are doing and step out of your comfort zone.

Todd Henry on Twitter 

Just Get Started! Progress Begets Progress 

I often wish there was a Math Classroom Toolkit with teaching and classroom management tools for keeping students engaged and learning in my 75 minute Precalculus sessions.  Variety is the spice of life so here are some ideas:

• Breaking the session into smaller pieces by using a timer
• Using technology and then going low tech
• Allowing calculator usage vs. no calculators
• Employing voting systems like remote clickers or if cell phones are allowed www.polleverywhere.com (this worked well for one section but the other section posted up inappropriate comments that displayed in real time on the screen in front of the classroom -- yikes!)
• Independent work (including exit slips/tickets, checkpoints and quizzes) and group work with groups they choose or groups you choose

More ideas can be found here or send an email to share your ideas.