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I was taking a break having a coffee and reading a book at Good Earth in beautiful Kelowna.
That is where I saw a sight that put a tear in my eye.
A mother telling her child about the importance of always taking the time to look pretty before you walk out of the house.

Imagine the difference [...]

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She send me a message that said, “Thank you for a great afternoon, we will remember it for a long time to come.”
 
I had a small house warming yesterday and it was the perfect day. A beautiful sunny day, almost 30 deg. cel.  What made it perfect was being surrounded by great people as we [...]

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Whether you are a future or an existing parent, we always wonder how effective of a job we are doing? Are we bringing up the leaders of tomorrow?  will my child live a happy life?  will they go down the wrong path? will they impact this world in a positive way? 
 
How can we protect our [...]

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Queen of Spain wrote a very touching and to the point post on her blog.  Simple yet so relevant to the importance of clarity in children’s lives.
Children  have a keen ability to see life’s situation for what they truly are.
They are honest about their feelings and they understand the true power of their emotions.  The are passionate about everything [...]

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We have all had those long draining stressful days that never seems to end and everything seems to go wrong.
You are worn out, mentally and physically. 
Along comes the magical event that shoots a surge of energy throughout your entire body and mind.
They say children come to us more evolved than adults in order to teach [...]

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The child was crying out; ‘why will you not wait for me?’ I was driving yesterday and saw this lady walking with a child carrying a backpack. What touched my heart was the fact that the lady was walking 15 feet a head of the child as the child is dragging her school backpack trying [...]

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Yes, money does make your life easier. It gives you the opportunities to travel with leisure, buy the cars you desire, live in luxury homes…
I have nothing against making a healthy income, in fact, if you are willing to work effective and pay the price go right a head and make the millions.
Now that [...]

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The most valuable lesson we can teach our children is to “live the life they feel.” Teach them that it is okay to surrender to their instincts instead of living to satisfy others needs.
No bird can soar too high as long as they are willing to soar with their own wings.
Computers can analyze my [...]

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It is amazing how many parents ask me to work with their children. “My son just does not understand” “my daughter needs to work on her communication skills” “my son has no drive in his life to do better” and so on.
All you parents out there, we all need to learn to look in [...]

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Remember when, as a child you believed you could be anything you desired with no sense of fear and would one day rule the world?
Unfortunately our society does not support such childhood passion, drive and vision.  This ‘Society’ is comprised of us, the adults that steal away the dreams of our children by telling them [...]

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I was asked the other day,  ”How do we get our youth to support their community?”
The biggest down fall adults have in guiding our youth is the false assumption that we know what our youth desire. 
 
We are so focused on trying to get our youth to use the skills that they have and trained to [...]

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From the book: How The Top 5% Think! Principles of Great Leaders.
“In order to understand leadership at its essence, take lessons from a child.”
Did you know that the average infant laughs approximately 400 times a day, compared to the average adult 15 times a day?
“Children come to us more evolved than adults in order to [...]

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