One of my favorite sayings is something I paraphrased from the book Strengths Based Parenting. Children are at their best when you empower them to do what they’re best at, and that’s using their strengths. The point I’m making when I say this is that it’s better to focus on a child’s strengths instead of […]
Watching the start of the NCAA wrestling championships today, I found myself reflecting on what it means to follow a calling. Each of the roughly 330 wrestlers competing today started as beginners. The first time they choose to step on the wrestling mat, not one of those 330 men had any idea that choice would […]
Winning feels good, losing feels bad. That’s obvious. What’s not so obvious is why we forget most of the wins and remember most of the losses. You may not forget the fact that you won, but it’s easy to forget the details of how you won. The only exception are those really hard fought wins. […]