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Self-esteem: Teens feel great about themselves — but are they headed for a fall? – chicagotribune.com

July 6, 2010

Self-esteem: Teens feel great about themselves — but are they headed for a fall? – chicagotribune.com. This interesting article covers two topics I speak on in one tidy post. The fact that constructive, necessary Negative Thinking isn’t being taught to the younger generations.  This excerpt about how the reality of what “truths” we tell our [...]

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There’s Some Negative Thinking in My Book!

September 25, 2009

Sorry gang, the book in the title of this post is not mine. Negative thinking is everywhere. I try to show others how it can be used for positive results. Normally, other speakers I have met, especially ones who deal with trying to maintain a positive attitude, don’t like my topic at all. They won’t [...]

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Obama Uses Negative Thinking to Help Our Students

September 9, 2009

This is not a political post. I simply want to bring to light how President Obama used some negative thinking to talk to our children, well your children yesterday. He let them know that they’re not going to strike it rich without hard work. From CNN:  I know that sometimes, you get the sense from [...]

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Narcissists or Necessary?

March 23, 2009

Several articles lately are backing my claim that kids are becoming spoiled, evil, narcissistic brats. Even CNN’s Jack Cafferty has included a section in his new book, Now or Never: Some parents still have this attitude that their kids are too special to be burdened by discipline. And the rest of us are supposed to [...]

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Responding to Search Terms: Cover your face!!

November 7, 2008

Let’s open our faux mailbag and see what is drawing people to the blog: can monkeys rip your face off: As Whitney Houston would say: “Hells to the yes!”. Monkeys and chimps especially are notorious for ripping off body parts. Just look what happened to this guy! So yeah, they’ll rip your face off as [...]

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Watercooler replaced with Facebook?

October 29, 2008

How do we keep a generation of workers, who have seen faceless companies’ layoff their parents en masse after years of loyalty, loyal to us? If their parents, who worked hard only to see the unemployment line or find work elsewhere, didn’t get the loyalty from their company, why will this new generation look at [...]

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Gifted Children are a Dime a Dozen

August 27, 2008

Saw this headline at CNN.com and had to comment: Is your kid really gifted? Probably not. Did your child walk and talk early? Does she have a brain like a sponge? Scribble magnificently? Love learning? Ask questions that leave you marveling (and scrambling to Google an answer)? Wow, clearly she’s a genius! Or, um, maybe [...]

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Apparently the Obvious Isn’t So Obvious

August 13, 2008

Here’s a disturbing article I found dealing with the Austin School District. Thankfully, someone is thinking negatively over there and not assuming everyone is on their best behavior. From KLBJ Radio: The Austin School District kicks off the new school year with a series of training workshops for teachers. The special training will include lesson [...]

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Responding to Search Terms: Do I “have to”?

July 30, 2008

Back to the old search terms to help lost souls get the answers they were actually looking for. We have an over all theme of what we’re “supposed to do” or what we “have to” do – do we all have negative thoughts – Simple answer – YES…next! caught in a white lie – Anytime [...]

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What’s in a name?

July 24, 2008

Everyone wants their child to be unique. And in doing so, parents have named their kids some odd names. Or at least some very odd spellings of names. In rare instances, the name of your child can be a disadvantage for them. I wish some parents would use some negative thinking and understand the consequences [...]

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