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I believed them
Each of my kids has lied to me, face to face. This is an entirely normal part of growing up. Sometimes…
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A Life of Ease is Soon Dis-eased
Wishing to make our lives as easy as possible is certainly tempting. For those of us with kids, it can be even more tempting to…
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Over-functioning is Under-productive
Whenever we use threats to control anyone’s behavior, we ruin any chance of getting what we actually want most. See, we don’t want our employees to improve because we threatened to fire them, we don’t want…
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Choose to Let Them Choose
More than anything, our ability to choose is what makes us human. It is also the primary determinant of our…
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Mind Your Manners
People ask me all the time about teaching your kids to have good manners.
Here’s the best way I know how: Identify all the manners you want…
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What a tangled web we weave…
Whenever we deceive others, in order to make things better for ourselves in the moment, we deceive ourselves most of all. The real lie is thinking that by…
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Plant, then harvest.
There is a time to reap rewards. These come in the form of business accomplishments, athletic victories and academic victories, and even…
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Liking Your Opponent
All week we’ve been talking about disagreement, and learning to do it well. One of the best ways to do this quickly is to simply acknowledge…
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Focus on the possible
The first line I ever wrote for my first book was this: “The greatest thing we can do for our kids is learn to focus on ourselves.”
I knew this would sound a bit jarring to most, and even…
