Raising a Leader – ConclusionReaders who have been with us since the early days on this blog may recall I wrote about my decision to take an emotional courage…
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Making Failure OkayA couple of years ago, Jennifer, my husband and I took our kids to a ropes course called Adirondack Extreme. It is described as an…
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Plan BI have two anecdotes to share today, and then something to say about them. Last year, my friend B. shared a wonderful “Plan B” story…
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Quitters, Campers, and Climbers—Which One Are You?I would have thought that one of the side effects of writing a blog about courage would be an increase in my own courage quotient. In fact,…
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Wait for it… Wait for it!Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount. ~ Clare Booth Luce For nearly a year now we’ve been talking about the…
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Good News and Bad NewsThe good news: here is a delightful story I was reminded of recently, the story of the Brave Little Dutch Boy, a tale of moral…
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Are You the Ant or the Grasshopper? And Which Are You Raising?A fable from Aesop that has seen a lot of play over the centuries is the Ant and the Grasshopper. The story extols the industrious…
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A Hurricane is Coming!Hurricane Irene headed my family’s way recently. Were we scared? No. Did we decide to cut short our RV vacation by one night in order to avoid…
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My Hansel and Gretel MomentWhen I was just entering 1st grade, my father’s job took him to Switzerland. We would all live in Zurich for a year, and my…
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The Brave Little ParrotAnother story about the courage to ask for help comes to us from India, and is another Jataka tale. This is a story that that…
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