There’s no point in arguing about it, children and for that matter many adults have short attention spans. When you ask a child to do something and come back to find them doing something completely different having not finished what you asked can be frustrating and, when repeated often, exasperating. I had a break… Read more
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Drive by Daniel H Pink
This book comes with a lot of hype, it was a New York Times top 10 bestseller and has been described as a “bucket list” book for everyone from managers to parents. The book begins by examining traditional motivational tools – mainly carrot and stick type approaches. It goes on to give an overview of… Read more
Put an End to Annoying Interruptions
Whether it is children, a spouse/partner or work colleague we all know about interruptions and how annoyed we get about them. So here it is, take a deep breath, step back and accept it may be more your issue than theirs. A typical situation goes like this. I’m at home with the children,… Read more
Kat’s Story
I met Ian as a client for the photoshoot. In getting to know him and listening to his story and his experience it immediately rang bells. I told him of an experience I had only weeks before. My Story After 8 weeks of terrible sleep, we’re talking late nights and 5am starts mostly due… Read more
The Child Whisperer by Carol Tuttle
Tuttle identifies 4 energy types in people and when applied to children these insights provide some great strategies for dealing with children positively by working with rather than against their natural tendencies. My son is a determined child and I found some really useful approaches to guiding his behaviour rather than stifling it. Buy Now
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
Covey is an international best seller for good reason. You may not find everything is this book applicable and you may not be able to implement it all but plenty of people credit it with changing their lives. It fits perfectly with the central theme of I will Strive that in order to change things… Read more
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
I fully recognise that some people will find this “a bit out there!” I cant fully explain it but whether Byrne’s view has any scientific basis or not I know that in my experience people who expect to succeed and approach everything positively with success in mind tend to be successful. It is inspirational –… Read more
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families by Stephen Covey
I first read Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People some years ago and have re-read it a couple of times. It is a brilliant and highly useful source of inspiration for changing your life for the better. I must admit though at times I found it a little preachy – not enough to put… Read more
You Don’t Have to Lose it to Need it
I was talking to a friend the other day about Strive. He was saying ”I like it but hey I never loose it with my kids”. That’s great I thought but it’s not really the point. From the outset when I wanted to change the way I related to my son it was not… Read more
How to Achieve Your New Year’s Resolutions
4 shocking if not surprising facts: 1 in 3 people ditch their resolutions by the end of January 50% of resolutions don’t last more than 6 months 73% give up before meeting their goal Most people repeat (and fail) the same resolution year after year Top 10 Resolutions (which happen to be doomed) Lose Weight… Read more