Next time the answer is “no” to “Can we stay and talk?” because asking the boys to hold it together for an extra 30 minutes is just too much.
Author: kenny (Page 28 of 47)
Loving unconditionally when you don’t feel unconditionally loved is apparently not going as well as I thought.
Don’t attempt to cut a 3-year-old’s hair when he’s squirmy and you’re tired.
Meeting people you know in unexpected places is not a coincidence.
People can feel it and appreciate it when you are truly trying to help them; whether it’s connecting them with someone over breakfast, proposing a solution for their business, or taking your spouse to lunch to help him get organized.
Having to walk the last mile or so of your run because of sharp pains in your lower back is bad; getting in an argument when you get home because you’re in a bad temper is worse.
You might want to confirm “jean day” with someone more official than your friend the night before via email or you and your friend (and your little brothers) might be the only ones in school not in uniform and need to come home to change.
Free admission to the major museums draws a crowd downtown like rednecks to a stock car race.
Online access is only until 7 pm Saturday, not midnight.
Just like dog training is really about training the owner, child discipline is all about the parents.
It might look like a sales problem, but it’s really a lack of alignment, engagement, and effective communication.
Give very short and clear directions then walk away. Don’t ask. Don’t hang around to temp disrespectful responses.
Exposing the boys to science and engineering does get them interested and thinking about their future.
Working on this blog every day for a year was totally worth it.
Working on building relationships to gain influence is much harder than enforcing consequences with authority, but much more effective and rewarding in the long term.
Telling them you will defend them and take up their issue – and then doing it – builds trust.
The bottom pulls the top down more easily than the top pulls the bottom up.
When a priest invites you for dinner after Mass, you go.
8 yards is the right amount of mulch for the house (not 9).
Networking coffee needs to end after one hour…not two.