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10 things parents are doing to exasperate their children in 2024

What is the goal of parenting?

To raise children who become self-sufficient adults who are decent human beings. Self-sufficient meaning they can manage their own emotions, provide for their own needs, and live in mutually beneficial relationships with others.

This article covers 10 things you are doing that are hurting your ability to lead your kids to success.

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Things I learned about personal boundaries from cattle

Boundaries are helpful for healthy relationships and safe cattle farming. Be sure to establish, communicate, and maintain your boundaries, so they achieve their intended objective. Remember, if your boundaries are too strong, you will eventually keep everyone out. The goal of boundaries isn’t to keep people out; it is to maintain health and mutually beneficial relationships. #personalboundaries #healthrelationships #farmlife #personalleadership

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Addressing difficult subjects in your relationships

The goal of sharing truth or engaging in conflict with someone in your personal community should be to improve the relationship and encourage the other person to consider if a change is best for them and your relationship.

This type of honest dialogue, when done appropriately, creates deep connection. Deep connection creates long term mutually beneficial relationships capable of withstanding difficulty.

Follow this model to help you improve the quality of your interactions over subjects that might cause conflict.

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Jonathan, I know him too, how did he treat you?

The world is more interconnected than you know. The people you know, know people. And they just might figure out they both know you. And when they do. They will talk. For example when you are applying for a job, there is a good chance research will be done about you and not just work stuff. Trust me I get those calls about people I know often.

Please do everything you can to give them good things to talk about.

You can accomplish that by treating all people well. Do this first because it is the right thing to do but secondly because it is wise to leave a good impression. You never know who that person knows and in what future context you might cross paths with someone who knows you or knows about you. Wouldn’t it be nice to know that whatever they know is probably pretty good?

Here is an approach to building more GENUINE relationships. You can do these things to leave people feeling good about interacting with you.

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Re-evaluating Leadership Axioms: Need to Know Info

One of the things that I believe has helped me as a leader is Leading with a growth mindset—embracing that the world of work has changed and will continue to evolve. I am consistently looking to learn and share what I learn.


So when I say need to know information, I flip this well know axiom by encouraging that all information is need to know, and everyone needs to know all the information. Leaders should model this by going first and encouraging everyone to follow their lead. #effectivecommunication #leadershipbestpractices #communication #bestpractices

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