You’d have admired Sarah if you’d met her when I did. She was beautiful, brilliant, charming, the CEO of her company, the life of the party. She thrived on all that admiration; you could feel it in ...
For a long time, discussions about parenting focused on whether praise or punishment was better for children. However, more recent research suggests that categories like “praise” are too broad. After ...
Twenty-five years ago, as a parent educator, I began reading about the dangers of praise. I was completely shocked by what I was learning. Praise, the feel-good strategy of choice, not good for our ...
I just finished a very engaging book, Richard Stengel’s You're Too Kind: A Brief History of Flattery. I wish I’d had this book as a resource when I was writing my first book, Power Money Fame Sex.
WELCOME to the concluding part of this teaching! I hope you were blessed by the last teaching. Today, we shall focus on: Experiencing the Wonders of Praise! We understand from Scriptures that praising ...
Think about the last time someone gave you a compliment at work. How did you respond to it? Did you brush off it off or download its significance by saying it was "no big deal"? Did you deflect and ...