Parenting: Accountability

As I’ve said previously, parenting isn’t necessarily easy. We often don’t know what to do or say. Simply doing what our parents did isn’t the best course of action. However, it’s often the only option.
As a rule, we let our kids off the hook too easily and too often. We fail to hold them Accountable [...]

Bullying May Effect Girls More Than Boys?

When we think of Bullying don’t we usually tend to think of it happening at the hand of and to boys? Well I do. Of course, I admit that I’m skewed due to having been a boy, not a girl.
In a 2009 article in “Medscape Medical News,” author Janis Kelly indicated that Bullying may have [...]

Bullying: Adults Must Intervene

Bullying is Terrorism. Think about it. Our modern term for an “intentional and persistent series of acts directed toward a person designed to hurt or cause damage,” is Terrorism. Is it not?
We don’t put up with it on a societal level. Why are we accepting this on a child/teen level? Obviously, we should NOT be [...]

Good Parenting: Take Aways Don’t Work

Parents do the best they can with the resources that they have.
This being said, too many parents know that they need to apply consequences, but have no clue how to do it. When parents and children come to see me I regularly hear, “we’ve taken everything away… it still isn’t getting better… we don’t know [...]

Health Care Reform Bill Passed

The Congress passed landmark health care reform legislation last night. Is this good or bad? Is this right or wrong? Is this the beginning of something else as many have feared? I don’t think any of us can truly answer these questions. I haven’t read the bill. Have you? So, before I comment on the [...]

New Year… New You… Take Action

So, have you made New Years Resolutions? I bet you have. Or. maybe you didn’t bother because you’ve made them in the past, and didn’t keep them.
Here’s a quick guide to making successful resolutions.

Set timely goals. Set a specific date for your goal achievement.
Craft an “Action Plan.” Goals are nice. but it’s action that gets [...]

Whether You Believe You Can, or Can Not, You’re Right

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Here’s a short clip about mindset and achievement. Feel free to leave comments.

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Setting Compelling Goals for 2009

Goal setting, it’s something many of us do. One reason that most New Years Resolutions fail to be met, is that people set their goals too low. That’s right, too low. Goals need to be worth it to keep your attention. The pain and effort need to have a big payoff at the end. So [...]

John Hudome and Rob Scott discuss Authenticity and Achievement

During an interview with Rob, we discuss authenticity, achievement and happiness. This particular video is a series that was shot from the interviewer’s perspective. You may find it to be interesting.
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