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Motivating Children

Success Assets for Children to Tap Their High Potential

What do you need to motivate your kids to tap into their highest potential? Are they gifted? Talented? Their motivation has more to do with their success or failure than the gifts they have. what can you do about tapping their high potential? A three step system described in these videos will show you.

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What’s the secret to parenting a gifted child?

A favorite book of mine from way back in the college days was written by Desmond Morris, the book, the Naked Ape. The following excerpt is from a discussion thread involving Desmond Morris, long-time researcher of human and animal behavior, reporter Tralee Pearce, and Rosanna Del Grosso, the newly elected president for the Association for [...]

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The Dynamics of Skill & Creativity

There are a good deal of people arguing for Education Reform. The time to reform education has, in my opinion, already passed.  The dynamics of education reform have two seemingly opposing sides.  However if you take the politics out of the discussion you boil it down to practical experiences and knowledge based skills like the [...]

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3 Steps to Motivating Kids & 7 Foundations

Motivating kids to want something beyond a Happy Meal, the latest video game, or beyond their basic needs and comforts involves three key factors to be present: (A) self-interest, [hint you can guide their self-interests] (B) a destination, product or goal, and (C) feedback. The feedback can be self generated, from a parent or teacher [...]

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Motivating Kids To Go Back To School

Transition time again, the kids are back in school and there are already grumblings and protests being staged in our house. Most of us have only dreamt of the peaceful satisfaction of having kids who’ve done their homework, are motivated to go to school, practiced to the extent of their abilities and pursue worthwhile interests. [...]

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Back to School? Yes, Back to School!

Dog Days of Summer and We’re Thinking About School Just past the middle of summer and we’re starting to think about getting ready to go back to school. It’s not the backpacks, notebooks and #2 lead pencils that concern me. What concerns me is all of the interests my kids have pursued, and how most [...]

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Motivation Manifesto

Motivation Factors I rarely say I have a passion for something, but MOTIVATING my kids is something I am passionate about. This “Motivation Manifesto – How To Get Your Kids To Self-Motivate!” is the work product of simply wanting a plan to motivate my kids to do – homework, practice, clean-up and generally be polite, [...]

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