All too often, we forget lessons learned when we were kids or we don’t do what we teach our kids. Read this article about ways to help your kids but try to see how it can apply yourself too. Examples:
Adaptablilty – learning
We all have a ‘preferred’ way of learning. Some like things to be visual. Some needs to think through it before taking action. Some respond well to verbalized instructions and keywords. We are all different. In coaching / teaching courses,
Pike syndrome
Human, animals and in fact all living things learn to adapt to the environment as part of survival – they learn from their mistakes, avoid failures in order to improve their chance of successes. The following video is a bit
Language barrier
Language barrier exists even if it is your own mother tongue. Slang, emoticon on the internet, cultural background, abbreviations, acronyms within a trade, tech jargon all make effective communication a challenge. I speak both English and Chinese but I still
To classify or categorize
If you categorize people by their gender, you are a chauvinist but the last I check, men and women washroom are still separate. If you classify people by their race or country of origin, you may be a racist or
Tackling hot topics like parenting
When it comes to parenting, the topic can be as hot as religion. There are the parent’s view, the child’s view as well as everybody else’ view. Everyone think that their view is correct. You all heard of hockey dads
“Just let go”
One of the hardest thing to teach is “how or when to let go”. We sometimes call this “Go with the flow with integrity”. Relax does not mean being spaghetti-like relaxed. The threshold is relative and not absolute which makes
New generation of thinking, learning and innovating
Don’t feel depressed when you find that you have nothing remotely close to these kids’ accomplishments. Be inspired. What are common? Age and credentials doesn’t mean a whole lot. These kids are ready and willing to break out of the
Planting seeds
Given a bag of unknown seeds, one can only give it the best environment, observe how they respond to water, sunlight, soil condition and adapt accordingly based on observation. A lot of seeds looks similar but may mature to be
Dog poop
If self defense is just about punching, kicking and fighting, it is like learning ONLY how to clean your shoes AFTER you step into dog poop. Furthermore, to gain experiences in this ‘cleanup’ process, one should look for more dog