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Don’t Do What Comes Naturally
What comes naturally for us Homo Sapiens sometimes makes us animals; what natural urges we’re able to manage and master make us human.
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More Important Than Fear
It can be scary to confront your teenager about her recent behavior changes.
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A Helping Hand
I wouldn’t go quite this far when trying to teach my kids self-sufficiency, but I like the spirit of this quote.
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What You Are Not
There is freedom when we realize, once and for all, that we cannot be anything we want to be.
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Hurry Hurry, Step Right Up
Invariably, when I am in a hurry to check out at the grocery store, something will happen to make my line slower than a your average snail.
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Praise Less, Challenge More
Starting in the late 1960s, studies showed kids who demonstrated high self-esteem also demonstrated high levels of accomplishment. So, we all figured we should start praising kids into feeling good about themselves, and protecting kids from failures so they won’t feel bad about themselves.
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The Danger for Talented Kids
The world loves a good child prodigy. We celebrate precocious, otherworldly-talented youngsters like Magi to Messiahs, marveling at the youngest violinist, or mathematician, or Alabama football recruit.
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Stop Doing Your Duty
I know this may sound crazy, but contrary to what your grandparents may have told you, duty and obligation and honor are not the highest values of civilization. And they’re among the worst values for creating great relationships.
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The End of Mindfulness
Practicing mindfulness through meditation is a wonderful method for managing life. It has become so common even big companies are betting millions of dollars on meditation rooms, guides, and mobile apps. Everyone seems to be talking (or whispering) about it.
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Survival of the…. Responsive
It’s amazing how some popular quotes we all say are actually misquotes.