Author: Dr. Jim Taylor

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YouTube Channel: Prime Sport Alert!: Psych-down Techniques

I’ve just uploaded my latest Prime Sport Alert! video newsletter, Psych-down Techniques:

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YouTube Channel: Prime Family Alert!: Family Values

I’ve just uploaded my latest Prime Family Alert! video newsletter, Family Values:

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YouTube Channel: Prime Family Alert!: Sad Misuse of Self-esteem

I’ve just uploaded my latest Prime Family Alert! video newsletter, Sad Misuse of Self-esteem:

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YouTube Channel: Prime Sport Alert!: Find Your Prime Intensity

I’ve just uploaded my latest Prime Sport Alert! video newsletter, Find Your Prime Intensity:

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YouTube Channel: Prime Business Alert!: Self-knowledge for Success

I’ve just uploaded my latest Prime Business Alert! video newsletter, Self-knowledge for Success:

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Ski Racing/Parenting: Fear of Success

A former University of Colorado teammate of mine who just happens to be married to an old Burke schoolmate of mine (ski racing is such a small world!) sent me a Facebook comment yesterday asking  “Is there a phenomenon called fear of success or something like that?” Well, in fact, there is, and I have […]

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Parenting: How NOT to Raise Spoiled Brats: Part II

In my last post, I described what I have seen as a rise in spoiled and fiscally irresponsible brats among both wealthy and less affluent families. Several commenters suggested that it’s impossible to not raise spoiled brats in a moneyed family, in particular, because it is such an ever-present and influential force in these children’s lives. […]

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Parenting: Allowances to Teach Fiscal Responsibility

When parents teach their children the value of money and financial responsibility, children learn one of the most important and practical lessons in preparation for adulthood. Unfortunately, these lessons aren’t readily learned in our country today. Americans, with their ravenous appetites for conspicuous consumption, have never been more fiscally irresponsible. Americans, on average, carry over […]

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YouTube Channel: Prime Business Alert!: Work/Life Balance – Part II

I’ve just uploaded my latest Prime Business Alert! video newsletter, Work/Life Balance: Part II:

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YouTube Channel: Prime Sport Alert!: Intensity in Sports

I’ve just uploaded my latest Prime Sport Alert! video newsletter, Intensity in Sports:

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