"When you accept an idea into your life, it becomes a part of your identity. Be careful what you accept!"

Leaders, Teachers, Parents…

Your people, students, and children are largely run by their sub-conscious auto-pilot beliefs and NOT their conscious rationale thinking; specifically their self-belief. How do I know this? Let me give you a few examples…

• The young teacher who struggles to connect with parents because she is younger than they are and has a self-belief that you should let your ‘elders’ run the show
• The young reader or mathematician that was told they couldn’t perform by peers, parents, or other teachers because of a few mistakes or a delay
• The young child who struggles with self-identity because she’s not as good at art as her older sister

They are not running the show with their conscious (awake, aware, alert, rational) brain. Their self-image tells them what to do.

So how can we help?

• Recognize this is happening; awareness...

Humans are a fickle bunch when it comes to time. We tend to mourn for the past and worry about the future, never really living in the present moment. A writer had this to say: "Creative living means responding and reacting to environment spontaneously." (i.e. living in the moment!)

When we fret or worry about what’s going to happen we send stress hormones throughout the body which keeps us from being creative or able to solve problems well. AND, it keeps us from attending whatever is in front of us, exacerbating the problem.

What can we do?

I have three tricks I use to get people’s bodies and brains in the same place when I speak or train. I’ll share them with you if you promise to only use your superpowers for good!

• Take a few short, deep breaths: this relaxes the nervous system and just feels good!
• Think about and write down something you’re grateful for: this floods your relaxed nervous system with good hormones, making you feel good and aligning your...