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February 12, 2020
Launch Day!
The New Adolescence: Raising Happy and Successful Teens in an Age of Anxiety and Distraction launches today! Many of you have already pre-ordered it or are planning to attend a book event, and for that, I am profoundly grateful. 100% of Profits Fight Poverty Have you been meaning to get a ticket to a book …
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5 Days to Go!
The New Adolescence: Raising Happy and Successful Teens in an Age of Anxiety and Distraction launches in 5 days on February 18th, 2020! Many of you have already pre-ordered it or are planning to attend a book event, and for that, I am profoundly grateful. 100% of Profits Fight Poverty Have you been meaning to …
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Three Ways to Change Your Parenting in the Teenage Years
“Wow. Ugh. That’s amazing!” This is the usual wide-eyed response when people hear that I have four teenagers. Sometimes people grimace, like the mere thought of it is a bitter pill. They are thinking, I know, that teenagers are hard, which, of course, they can be. Everyone assumes I must be insanely busy, or maybe just …
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February 11, 2020
6 Days to Go!
The New Adolescence: Raising Happy and Successful Teens in an Age of Anxiety and Distraction launches in 6 days on February 18th, 2020! Many of you have already pre-ordered it or are planning to attend a book event, and for that, I am profoundly grateful. 100% of Profits Fight Poverty Have you been meaning to …
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7 Days to Go!
The New Adolescence: Raising Happy and Successful Teens in an Age of Anxiety and Distraction launches in one week on February 18th, 2020! Many of you have already pre-ordered it or are planning to attend a book event, and for that, I am profoundly grateful. 100% of Profits Fight Poverty Have you been meaning to …
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January 29, 2020
Dear Christine: How Do I Motivate My Teen?
Bossing them around won’t work forever; we need to help teens manage their own lives. Dear Christine, I have two teenagers, a boy who is in high school and a girl who is in college. My daughter has always been self-motivated and a great student. I’ve never needed to nag her to do her homework, …
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January 22, 2020
Thursday Thought
Angela Duckworth, the celebrated psychologist who first defined “grit” as perseverance and passion for long-term goals, has a theory about success. Instead of seeing achievement as simply a byproduct of IQ or intelligence or innate talent, Duckworth sees achievement as the product of skill and effort (Achievement = Skill x Effort) in the same way …
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January 19, 2020
The Quiet Secret to Success
When we look at people who are at the top of their field, they all have grit: persistence and passion for their long-term goals. But this doesn’t mean that they burn the midnight oil day in and day out in pursuit of achievement. Just as elite performers are strategic about what they practice, they are also strategic …
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January 14, 2020
How to Raise a High-Achiever
When we look at people who are at the top of their field, what do we know about how they got there? We used to think that people were successful thanks to their genetic make-up—their inborn talents and innate passions. We called these people “gifted,” and assumed their success came from God-given talents more than …
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December 30, 2019
New Year’s Thought
You want to lose weight. Learn to meditate. Get out of debt. Eat more leafy greens. Call your mom more often. But you’re afraid to really try, because of all the times you’ve tried before and failed. I meet plenty of people who refuse to make New Year’s resolutions for this reason: New Year’s resolutions …
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