Effective feedback, both positive and negative, is very helpful. 

Feedback is valuable information that will be used to make important decisions. Top performing people and companies are top performing companies because they consistently search for ways to make their best even better.

For top performers ‘continuous improvement’ is not just a catchphrase. It’s a true focus based on feedback from across the entirety of life. 

Top performers are not only good at accepting feedback, they deliberately ask for feedback. And they know that feedback is helpful only when it highlights weaknesses as well as strengths.

Effective feedback has benefits for the giver, the receiver, and the wider communities they affect. 

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Frederick Douglass said that

“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” And it’s true. You cannot give a child back their childhood. You cannot undo trauma once it is experienced, you can only alleviate the harm. It is far more effective, cost effective, and fruitful to do everything in our power to give ALL children the kind of start and the kind of future they deserve.

PARENTS/TEACHERS/COACHES FORUM

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Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality. 
It is the words that speak boldly of your intentions, 
and the actions which speak louder than words. 

It is making the time when there is none. 
Coming through time, after time, after time,
year, after year. after year.

Commitment is the stuff character is made of, 
The power to change the face of things. 
It is the daily triumph of integrity over scepticism.

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The struggle you're in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow. 

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Grow through what you go through. You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have. 

Today we're going to deeper into building resilience which is the buzz word of the moment but it most certainly does have value. 

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The second in my short series around mental health and mental strength - resilience etc.

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Life doesn't get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient. 

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Last week I ran a Young Men's Forum in Brisbane with Jayden Nikorima and I wanted to share some lessons learned in that process. 

I am excited about this program and the opportunity to roll this out nationally. 

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An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.”

 He continued, “The other is good – he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you – and inside every other person, too.”

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, “Which wolf will win?”

The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.”

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Life is all about finding harmony between the things we love to do and the things we HAVE to do but you should most definitely not want to escape your own life. 

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