Tag Archive : Emotional Intelligence

Three Lessons about Choices All Parents Must Help Their Children Learn

Each person’s life is the culmination of a series of choices. After time, food, water, and land, choices are probably the next most valuable resource. Children often don’t understand this because most don’t get to make many choices. As a result, as children grow older they go through a phase in which they don’t value […]

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The Silent Dream Killer That Can Only Be Stopped with Mental Toughness

Two days ago I shared 15 statements to define mental toughness inside-out. One of those statements is as follows: Mental toughness is the ability to keep promises to yourself and others even when it’s inconvenient. The truth is that it’s very easy to break promises to yourself. Much easier than breaking a promise to someone […]

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The Four Letter Word That Causes Children to Make Excuses

Yesterday I shared the #1 verbal clue that shows a child is lacking in resilience. In short, when a child has a pattern of making excuses, then there is a high likelihood that child is lacking resilience. When a child makes an excuse such as “that wasn’t fair” or “they cheated” after a loss, it’s […]

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