Extracurricular Activities Are Important and Here’s Why!
Extracurricular activities provide children of all ages with important life skills and experience that may not be acquired through regular school lessons, and research shows that those who engage in such activities generally go on to be more successful and earn higher salaries in later life. Some of the benefits of taking part in […]
What’s Blocking Your Performance?
David Cook, PhD, former “mental training coach” of the San Antonio Spurs, suggests that performance equals potential minus distractions. This is true. When I was younger friends of my parents used to tell me that I had lots of potential, but I was too easily distracted by a bright-shiny objects. Activities, accomplishments, and awards easily attracted my attention […]
Change Your Habits and Raise Your Self-Esteem!
It’s been said that our self-image and our habits tend to go together and that if we change one then we will automatically change the other. While these are true words indeed, tackling issues of self-esteem unaided can be extremely challenging. Changing habits, on the other hand, is in many cases comparatively easy. When […]
How to Inspire Teenagers!
Since time immemorial, the teenage years have not only represented a challenge to teenagers themselves, but to parents too. The current generation of teens, however, has grown up in a world that is so far removed from anything seen previously that parents can often feel at a loss in terms of how to inspire teens. […]
Parents and Children – We All Need Consistency!
Children need consistency. After all, if the same action meets with smiles and praise one day and yelling and punishment the next, how are they supposed to make any sense of the world? Parents need consistency too. Without it, not only do they make a rod for their own backs in terms of […]
Gr8 Ways to Play with Your Children!
Did you play with your children last week? No guilt trip here. I confess that I didn’t play with my children as they were growing up. Now, I wish I had. Here are several ideas you can use to plan this week’s play time with the family. Try them out. Let me know what worked for you. Have other ideas, […]
Parenting 101: Encourage Responsibility in Our Children and Ourselves
Children need consistency. After all, if the same action meets with smiles and praise one day and yelling and punishment the next, how are they supposed to make any sense of the world? Parents need consistency too. Without it, not only do they make a rod for their own backs in terms of […]
Anyone Seen Any Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace (or Home) Lately?
Having excellent academic qualifications, a high IQ and even great technical skills to enable you to carry out your role at work are all very well, but increasingly what employers are looking for is emotional intelligence. Sometimes referred to as EI or EQ, emotional intelligence is essentially the ability to recognize and understand your own […]
Golf: A Game for The Whole Family?
“To play or not to play? That is the question.” With all due respect to William Shakespeare, the question isn’t whether we will be, it’s whether we will play. Today’s workplace is much tougher. Companies cutting back their workforces resulting in more tasks being placed on those who remain. Home time isn’t much better. Maintaining a proper home life […]
To Combat Childish Behavior? Encourage Responsibility!
Especially in today’s world, where children are expected to grow up so quickly, many parents are reluctant to do anything that might impinge on the fun and innocence of childhood. Setting a few household chores that a child can easily manage, however, helps to instill a good sense of responsibility and allows them to develop […]
