What’s It Like to be Twice Exceptional?
A simple definition of twice exceptional would be a person who is both gifted in some manner and challenged in another.
It Starts With Us
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Desire is Insatiable
Desire is insatiable. If you know this, you are ahead of the game of life. If you can teach this to your children, they will lead happier lives. Desire from…
Do You Know When to Stop and Rest?
Unfortunately, many of us are unaware when it is time to rest. We push ourselves beyond our physical capacity.
Procrastination
Procrastination can be one of the hardest behaviors to change. Everyone can relate to procrastination in some manner. Many of us procrastinate doing things we do not enjoy: taxes, cleaning…
Hoping Can Be Unhealthy
Here is something we want for our children, although this one can be a trap: Success. The kind of hope I am referring to here is unhealthy because it is…
Mistakes are a Neural Fixative
There is not a lot we actually know about the brain for sure. We have a lot of intelligent speculation but very little we can prove according to the double…
Just Because I Can Does Not Mean I Should
Bright people are often very good at many things. This is a blessing and a curse. The problem I often see is that when a child is born with a…
The Journey Home
Sometimes the most unlikely people say the most profound things in the most unexpected moments. I was riding in a taxi on the way home from the airport recently when…
Resilience
Resilience. It may be one of the most important characteristics a person possesses. Resilience has popped up in all kinds of research as a key predictor of a person’s success…
Take Your Power Back!
In an earlier post I mentioned a number of ways to build resilience and promised to address some of those strategies further in future posts. So here goes the one…