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Why You Should Avoid The Need For A Great Escape Plan

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This weekend I watched a movie about someone who needed a great escape plan. Ironically, the movie was titled Escape Plan. Starring in “Escape Plan” were two of my favorite old school action stars, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. http://youtu.be/CI4EjV_x_PQ Don’t worry, I’m not going to tell you so much about the movie that you ... [Continue Reading]

Why Children Must Be Trained in Conflict Resolution

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When you read the words trained in conflict resolution, I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that the first thing that came to your mind was teaching your children how to play well with other children. Well as much as I’m all for children learning how to share their toys and say please & thank you, when I refer to trained in conflict ... [Continue Reading]

Why My Mom Says The Darkest Hour Is Always Just Before Dawn

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Whenever I had something that was worrying me as a child, teen and young man, which by the way according to my mom would probably be reported as having occurred often – my mother use to tell me that “the darkest hour is always just before dawn”.  As a young man going through the typical growing pains, trying to find my way as a man, I would seek ... [Continue Reading]

How Bad Parenting Gives Birth to Inferior to Average Children – Part 2

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In the previous post, I gave the first example of  how bad parenting results in the growing number of children whose outcomes, results and behaviors are inferior to average.  Today, I will share with you examples #2 and #3. I could give, many more examples but I trust my point is made loud and clear after three examples. I didn't imagine at the ... [Continue Reading]

How Bad Parenting Gives Birth to Inferior to Average Children – Part 1

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Now I hope this doesn’t come as a surprise to you but bad parenting is demonstrated by behavior which is inferior to average. What might surprise you, however, is that I am not referring to the children who behave inferior to average. Rather, I’m referring to parenting which is inferior to average. There is a lot of parenting masquerading as ... [Continue Reading]

5 Strategies to Avoid a Wasted Youth

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To avoid a wasted youth, there are five things you should know. Before, I share those five things, I want to reveal what comes to my mind when I think of a wasted youth. When I hear a wasted youth, I am reminded of the quote by George Bernard Shaw – “youth is wasted on the young”. We all generally understand what the word “wasted” means but to ... [Continue Reading]

The Importance of Remembering Life Is a Process

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Life is a process and yesterday I was reminded about life's process. While I was sitting in the Brasilia airport waiting for a flight home, I observed something strange, yet familiar. What I observed in the airport, caused me to have a revelation. This revelation was not something that was unfamiliar to me. Quite the opposite. In fact, it is ... [Continue Reading]

Be Careful The Universe Works To Give You What You Ask For

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Be careful the universe works to give you what you ask for sounds like a threat or does it sound like a promise? In actuality, the phrase - the universe works -can be either an imminent warning of bad things to come or the assurance of something great just around the bend. How you perceive, more importantly, how you actualize the expression ... [Continue Reading]

2 Accidental Consequences Not Liking Your Job Has On Your Children

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No matter where you are in your work day or whatever you are doing, I want to ask you one question. Do you like the work that you do? That's it! Just one question, do you like what you do for a living? Chances are or more accurately statistics indicate that you are not very happy doing what you do for a living. A recent Gallup poll reported that ... [Continue Reading]