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Top 10 Things I Want For Father’s Day

All I want for Father’s Day is in this list of my Top 10

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Happy Father’s Day, Lucky!

Joel is my dad’s best friend and as we grew up he would stay with our family and you just knew he was the happiest guy on earth. But I didn’t know what he was going through, I didn’t know why he would say to my dad, “Happy Father’s Day, Lucky!” For a long time I thought it was a sarcastic joke, like he took type of pity on my dad for being tied down with us. Now I have come to understand just how lucky he really though my dad was. Father’s Day is really every day.

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Relationships, Respect 7 Tips to Reduce Sibling Rivalry

Sibling rivalry is so pervasive; it sets the tone for how our children will treat or mistreat others for the rest of their lives. We really don’t want to eliminate the rivalry. Why? They need the experience, the ups and downs. Here are 7 tips to eliminating sibling rivalry from authors Dr. Thomas Phelan 1 2 3 Magic, Hal Runkel ScreamFree Parenting and Jennifer Kolari author of Connected Parenting.

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Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was one of the first bloggers, as in Poor Richard’s Almanac. Courteous Reader “I might be in the place attempt to gain thy Favor, by declaring that I write Almanacks with no other View than that of the publick Good; but in this I should not be sincere; and Men now a-days too [...]

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Myth of the Gifted

Mythology depicts gods with certain abilities and weaknesses; excellent at commanding the forces of the sea but forbidden to dwell on land, the ability to turn a man to stone and ugly enough to do it. It all goes a long way toward convincing us that talent exist in some and not others. It goes [...]

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Happy Birthday Dad

There is no gift I can give you that compares to the things you have given me. God has blessed us tremendously. Thank you Dad! You taught me… • Fairness by asking us to walk in other peoples shoes. • Humility by placing high value on other people’s accomplishments. • Pride by showing us hard [...]

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With Great Responsibility Comes Great Freedom

“With great power comes great responsibility.” Ben Parker aka Spiderman’s Uncle I struggle with the push-pull relationship between giving my kids what they want and earning what they deserve. Just writing these words even seems harsh, but it’s reality. When my daughter begs for some’thing’ or to go somewhere, most often it is within my [...]

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Success Routines

Coaches are masters of motivation and results. The best coaches work with individuals and their teams to master a sequence of “small, visible goals,” they build momentum. That sequence is similar to a mental checklist, as each small item is master the entire sequence becomes more automatic. Psychologist Karl Weick, in a paper called “Small [...]

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Routine Genius

Albert Einstein started his day with a ritual Jackie Joyner had a Olympic daily routine Wayne Gretzky has a daily schedule Nicola Tesla has a rigorous daily standard (a list) John Hopkins medical developed a standard 5 point check-list that has saved 1,500 lives and over $175,000,000.00. (It was the common sense stuff, nothing complicated) [...]

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Average – Above Average & WOW!

Blending-in and being part of a crowd or community is an art form for a kid. The coveted title of “Popular,” and the antithesis “Shy Kid” are extremes of a spectrum that doesn’t value accomplishment and effort. Kids want to belong, so do we for that matter. One of our most profound desires and motivations [...]

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