Have you ever had a problem understanding other people? You have probably wished that you could know what someone else was thinking at some point in time. Maybe you could tell they weren't telling you everything that was on their mind. Or maybe you missed someone’s silent plea for you [...]
Don't wait any longer to solve your problems with trust! An important part of empathy is the ability to trust and be trusted. When your friends feel that you care, then you have earned their trust. If they trust you, they will take more risks with you and be more [...]
An anonymous English author once said, “To empathize is to see with the eyes of another, to hear with the ears of another, and to feel with the heart of another.” Have you ever heard the expression, “Try walking a mile in her shoes?” Well, that is exactly what this [...]
“Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.”- Peter F. Drucker In this quote, Professor Peter F. Drucker makes a significant observation about the importance of decision making: Success can only come from good decision making. Think about a time you made an a good decision. [...]
“Problems are meant to be solved, but unfortunately, a lot of people choose to complain, worry, and cry about them.” ― Edmond Mbiaka In this quote, self-help writer Edmond Mbiaka identifies a key issue in our society. Instead of seeking to solve problems, many of us choose to simply complain [...]
Recently the U.S. Department of Education sent guidance from the director of the Office of Special Education Programs, Ruth Ryder, to all public schools stating that schools are required to provide positive behavioral supports to students with disabilities. One major reason these supports are needed is because these students [...]
The TV scientist who mutters sadly, "The experiment is a failure; we have failed to achieve what we had hoped for," is suffering mainly from a bad script writer. An experiment is never a failure solely because it fails to achieve predicted results. An experiment is a failure only when [...]
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies. - Groucho Marx Many of the failures of our society are reflected in this quote by Groucho. Groucho Marx was a very popular comedian in his day. Many of his comments [...]
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. - Albert Einstein Albert Einstein did not consider himself to be very intelligent and many of his teachers echoed that thought. What made him so successful was his ability to sort things out and understand [...]
"The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education" - Martin Luther King Jr. Critical Thinking starts with gathering information. Most people skip this step and go right to the decision making [...]
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