Motivational Speeches Don’t Work

I’m a sucker for a good motivational speech. When I go on YouTube, nearly every recommended video as soon as a hit the homepage is some form of a motivational speech. When I go on my runs, my playlist almost always starts with a motivational speech spoken over inspirational music. I say all this to […]

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The Good and Bad of Character Transformation in Youth Sports

Unquestionably, youth sports has the potential to be the ideal classroom to teach children character strengths. Yes, it’s true you can’t teach math, science, and English on a field, court, or mat. However, you can teach accountability, resilience, and tenacity using youth sports in ways in which math science, and English can’t be used. What’s […]

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You Can’t Teach Confidence – Use This 6 Step Process to Build Confidence Instead

You know what you shouldn’t do when someone is having a problem with confidence? Give them a worksheet, give them a lecture, or tell them to read a book. In other words, you can’t teach confidence. As a result, if you want to help someone gain confidence you will need a process not a lesson […]

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