If I die before I wake. . . here’s what I want my kids to know
I don’t know if many men, or women think about this from time to time, but I’m sure that people who are in the military, or in high risk professions, or are just away from home a lot, do – we think about the lessons we want to pass on to our kids if...Figure it out, man!
There is a great line in the movie Act of Valor when the SEALs are being chased by the bad guys and they find out that they are unable to go to any of their back up rally points to meet the rescue boats. One of the SEALs then tells the guys driving the truck that...Achieving real success means learning the hard lessons
Anyone who even remotely knows me, knows that I love books about our nation’s special operations community. These are the front line personnel who are at the top of their game. Second place doesn’t enter their vocabulary and they are always striving to...When you get, you give, uh wait, maybe that’s the other way around
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...How much wasted intelligence is out there?
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...Are fixed-mindset people successful? Yes, but are they happy?
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,...Set in your ways? Probably not a good thing.
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...Your kids need these 7 Essential Coping Skills
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...They’re a Teen and you’re a Tool
Remember when you knew everything – yea, me too. I was 17. Then years later, do you also remember how you felt when you learned just how little you actually knew at 17? Yes, the teenage years – when the parental “godlike” image is shattered...
