by Jeff Price | Mar 31, 2013 | 50 Books in 50 Weeks, Brain Matter, Life & Career Success
I love movies. One of my favorites is the original Karate Kid series (okay, not Karate Kid II so much but the first and third ones were cool). There is a great line in KK III, where the bad guy “Terry Silver,” (portrayed by Thomas Ian Griffith), tells the...
by Jeff Price | Mar 28, 2013 | 50 Books in 50 Weeks, Brain Matter, Life & Career Success
As a result of standardized testing and the importance placed on performing well, there is the strong potential that we have plenty of wasted intelligence out in the world. Many parents like to find out that their child is special – of course, because who wants...
by Jeff Price | Mar 26, 2013 | 50 Books in 50 Weeks, Brain Matter, Life & Career Success
I love stories about successful people – well, I guess that stands to reason as people typically don’t pay thousands of dollars to hear about someone who is a failure. However, what we often find out is that when we read or hear about successful people,...
by Jeff Price | Mar 25, 2013 | 50 Books in 50 Weeks, Brain Matter, Life & Career Success
What are the consequences of believing that your intelligence or personality is fixed, rather than something that you can develop and expand over time? That is the fundamental question posed by Doctor Carol Dweck in Mindset: The New Psychology of...
by Jeff Price | Mar 24, 2013 | Life & Career Success, Parenting
One of the hardest things I’ve found when trying to be a good parent is NOT helping my kids. Letting kids try and fail and try again is part of their learning process, otherwise, they may not develop the skills they need to survive in the real world. More coping...