Posts Tagged "giving up"
Being Nice or Not?
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Telling children, “Be nice!” can have unexpected consequences. You probably know that the non-specific command, “Be nice!” is not particularly helpful for children. But worse than that, it can result in the opposite behavior. Here’s how: When “Be nice!” is spoken in a corrective or threatening tone, as in “Be nice [or else]!” kids hear it as,...
Read MoreWhen “Can=Have To”
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Whenever I’m nearing a big breakthrough, I can tell. As a belief that I don’t like begins to show up in my life, my energy drops, I withdraw and feel depressed. That makes sense before a breakthrough because at the moment, the belief feels very, very true, which can make it very, very real, and in this case, very, very sad…because I was looking at giving up. Luckily, as a...
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