The negative impact of taking rewards away from children Joshua had given his all to the team and they had achieved the impossible. They moved from the bottom of the junior football league to the 1st division, only to find the team manager then benched him and brought in new players. His self-image hit rock…
You have set your goal…. You have written out your goal…. You have seen yourself achieving the goal…. You can hear people congratulating you on achieving your goal…. But sadly, nothing actually happens. Nothing happens for a very long time and you start to ask yourself….”What’s gone wrong?” At this point, you are likely to…
Do you know how to upset a group? All you need to do is say the phrase “If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing badly.” Even if someone agrees, very rarely will they want to do it badly. A friend of mine, who wanted to be a writer, decided he needed some advice. He then…
Successful You have been talking about your goal to set up a business. You have passion. Then some clever guy throws a number of questions at you with “But what if…… …you run out of money?” …nobody wants what you offer?” …nobody has any money?” …you’re wrong?” …the planet is invaded by little green men,…
Born into extreme poverty and with failing eyesight at the tender age of five, one of the last things Ray could see was his brother George drowning in a washtub. Thereafter his sight began to deteriorate even more from glaucoma leaving him completely blind by the young age of seven. His mother would not let…
You may have read about my son Luke in previous articles. He has a number of disabilities of varying severity and suffers from epilepsy, a condition that affects the brain and causes repeated seizures. His life is at risk every time he has an epileptic fit and this can be quite a frightening experience, both…
Asked to design the kitchen for a great banquet Leonardo Da Vinci (1452 – 1519) set about a master plan. What was meant to be a kitchen that ran like clockwork actually turned out to be a complete mess. The great ox, whose job it was to walk around in circles and drive the pumps…
My mum had recurring cancer. It came and went but returned again. Sadly we reached the point when the hospital gave her the inevitable news and said “where would you like to die, here or at home?” and Mum replied “Home”. The hospital staff was amazing; they got her home and settled before taking me…