5toThrive

When was the last time you were bored? We usually try to avoid boredom, but boredom is very healthy for our minds. It’s essential for critical and creative thinking.

A new study finds Dutch teens to be among the happiest, well-adjusted in the world. What can we learn from them?

It is said that “Lawn Mower Parents” go ahead of their children and mow down all the obstacles so kids never experience frustration or failure. For example, when your child left his soccer cleats at home and you run home on your lunch hour, pick them up and drop them off at school before practice, you are not allowing him to solve his own child-size problems. When we go out of our way to make our children’s lives more comfortable we may be hurting instead of helping.

Are you born with a set ability level or is it something you develop? How you answer this question will have an impact on your life experiences. When young people believe that they can improve through faithful effort and hard work they develop a growth mindset that serves them well throughout life.

Greatness isn’t born, it’s developed! Join us this week as we explore what happens in the brain when we improve and how can we maximize this to become really good at the skills we want to attain.

When we study people who have a wonderful sense of well-being, we learn that they value and work toward being content. Please click here to better understand the concept of contentment and how we can help ourselves and the young people in our life move toward contentment.

Are you getting enough sleep? Why is that such an important question? What is the connection between learning and sleep, and how much is enough for me and the young people in my life?

What is your mission? No really, why are you here, at this time, in this place? How do you best live out the life you’ve been given? Join us as we explore this conversation with our guest.

One way of thinking about procrastination is that it is prolonging discomfort. We all do it to some degree, but if it’s not working for you and you want to stop procrastinating, here are some tips.

We wouldn’t build a house with only 70% of it’s foundation in place. And yet, we often accept 70% of concept knowledge and move on to the next lesson. When we do this we are building on a shaky foundation, and students will have gaps in their learning which will negatively impact future success. In this episode we discuss the importance of mastery learning and offer suggestions on how to do it well.