Mentoring/coaching doesn’t just happen when you pay someone who’s more experienced than you. It can also happen among your very peers — and such a partnership can have bond and strength that few other relationships can. Let me tell you about my peer-mentoring partner, and invite you to join me in forming a new peer-mentoring [...]
Most of us struggle with bad habits. In this article, I’m going to discuss 7 strategic areas of consideration that’ll lead to a successful and pain-free habit change.
Have you made a mistake of trying to break a bad habit alone, relying solely on your will power and motivation?
I have.
And more often than not, I [...]
We all want success, but actually many of us fear it as well. Why do we do that, and how can we break it down? Here’s one universal approach that will help you deal with a major portion of your fear of success.
One of my current challenges is to stop staying [...]
The thing that’s almost as hard as suffering a clinical depression is when you have a loved one who suffers from it.
Having been in that particular pair of shoes myself, I have one word to describe such a state: hell.
My wife fell into deep depression shortly after getting married, and it lasted about 5 years. [...]
Depression is a cruel state. It robs you of an ability to have hope or feel joy. You stop being you — you become a lesser version, the one that doesn’t remember the normal you.
I know what it’s like. My wife fell into deep clinical depression in 1996, and it lasted about [...]
Note: This is the digest version of a longer essay.
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In a continuing discussion about children and learning, I’d like to share my family’s view and philosophy on this matter. It mainly deals with what we force our children to learn, and what we don’t.
The Fundamental
First of all, we recognize that forcing is undesirable, and is [...]
In a recent post, I discussed the nature of learning and growth with children. As a follow-up, I’d like to share my thoughts and our policy on how we’re approaching this issue of making our children learn something.
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Before I get going, I need to place credit where it’s due [...]
I didn’t mean to turn the previous post into a discussion about the state of education, but the ensuing conversation headed that way.
Particularly, my friend Laurie had a very pointed observation about what knowledge must be instilled in our children, even if you have to force them to. Here’s what she said:
Should students [...]
“Nobody will teach you anything. You have to teach yourself.” — Derek Sivers
Have you ever read a book, and got nothing out of it?
Have you ever taken a class, and got nothing out of it?
The other day, I was chatting with Robin and I had commented about how ironic that I was reading [...]
Note: this is a condensed version of a longer essay.
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So, the basis of all desires is to be Who-We-Are, the way we are meant to be. Being Who-We-Are is the key to living a fulfilling life.
That seems obvious, but in reality we often do acts that not only prevent us to be Who-We-Are, but take [...]
