Parenting: Challenge Your Child
We live in a culture in which many parents feel tremendous pressure to “fast forward” their children’s development. Unfortunately, in their efforts to speed up their children’s development in school, sports, and the performing arts, parents are in danger of setting them up for failure and slowing rather than speeding up their development. By placing […]
Read MoreSports: Interview With Dr. Jim Taylor
I was recently interviewed by an Australian sports magazine and, though it focuses on endurance sports, the interview is clearly relevant to athletes and coaches in all sports. What unique challenges present the athlete of endurance or multi-sport events? In the case of single endurance events, such as marathoning, the unique challenge is keep the […]
Read MoreSports: The Making of a Champion
I was asked recently by a sports parent, “What does it take to make a champion?” I thought for a moment and then responded with three words: “Genes, motivation, and support.” So let’s explore these three essential components to athletic success. Genes Genes are the foundation of all athletic success. Athletes can have all the […]
Read MoreBusiness: Prime Leadership Revisited
In my 25 years of working with leaders in many walks of life, including business, sports, education, technology, law, and medicine, I’ve seen leaders who were absolutely awful, decidedly mediocre, above average, and just a few who were truly exceptional. In my last Prime Business Alert! e-newsletter, Qualities of a Prime Leader, I described ten […]
Read MoreParenting: Frustration: Aaarrgghh!
Frustration may be your children’s most significant obstacle to achieving their goals. We all have experienced the feeling of frustration when we’re not able to do something as we pursue our goals; we feel stuck, we get uptight, and we have difficulty focusing. The best way I can describe the feeling is: AAARRGGHH!! It is […]
Read MoreParenting: Fear of Failure Revisited
In my very first Prime Family Alert! newsletter published in April of 2005, I discussed the sad epidemic of fear of failure that was rampant in America then. Well, almost four years later, fear of failure is still the most pervasive and debilitating issue among children I see in my practice and the thousands I […]
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