Instead of allowing our kids to beat themselves up when things don’t go their way, we might all pause to question a culture that has taught them that being anything less than overwhelmed is lazy, that how they perform for others is more important than what actually inspires them and that where they go to college matters more than the kind of person they are. | |
The point is not to give our kids a pass on working hard and doing their best. But fantasizing that they can control everything is not really resilience. We are harming our children by implying that they can bend life to their will, and as students walk across commencement stages this year, we would be wise to remind them that life has a way of sucker-punching us when we least expect it. It’s often the people who learn to say “stuff happens” who get up the fastest. | |
— Rachel Simmons | |
From her opinion / editorial: “Tell kids the truth: hard work doesn’t always pay off“ | |
Appearing in Time Magazine, dtd: 1 July 2019 | |
Online at: https://time.com/5593706/hard-work-achievement-mindset/ | |
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Posts Tagged ‘Hard Work’
Stuff Happens
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Education, Hard Work, Parenting, Philosophy, Quotes, Rachel Simmons, Raising Children, Resilience, Stuff Happens, Tell kids the truth: hard work doesn't always pay off, Telling The Truth, Time Magazine on September 26, 2019| 2 Comments »
Why #45 (#LazyDonald) Was Destined To Be A Failed Presidency
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged #DumbDonald, #IncompetentDonald, #LazyDonald, Hard Work, Politics, Quotes, Solving Problems, Thinking, Thomas J. Watson on May 7, 2019| Leave a Comment »
All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work. | |
— Thomas J. Watson | |
[Actually, “just” thinking can not settle ALL of the world’s problems. Compromise and diplomacy are also often required… More reasons #IncompetentDonald never really had a leg to stand on. — KMAB] | |
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2018 | Easter In Liverpool |
Star Guides To Destiny | |
Growl | |
2017 | Decisions |
2016 | Along The Path |
2015 | Make Mine Rare, Please |
2014 | Passion Flooding |
2013 | On Purpose |
2012 | Sans Gall Bladder, Day 4 |
How Did You Spend Your Day? | |
2011 | It’s Hammerin’ Time!! |
Convenient Auxiliaries | |
But What Are You DOING About November?
Posted in Leadership, Politics, Quotes, Work, tagged #DefeatTrumpism, Business Leadership, Good Intentions, Hard Work, Peter Drucker, Politics, Quotes on July 17, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work. | |
— Peter Drucker | |
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2017 | Some Good |
2016 | Edges |
Sums | |
2015 | I Hope Not |
2014 | Study The Means Of Expressing Yourself |
2013 | That Stubborn Thing |
2012 | Like Mike |
2011 | Flawless Or Candid |
2010 | Browning… |
Prayers, Miracles And Lottery Tickets
Posted in Faith, Humor, Quotes, tagged Anonymous, Faith, Hard Work, Humor, Quotes on May 14, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Faith is a lazy way of trying to get what we want, without doing anything at all. | |
— Anonymous | |
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2016 | Dignity And Grace |
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2014 | What The Right STILL Wants |
2013 | Embrace Serendipity |
2012 | Your Order, Please |
2011 | Well Enough Anyway |