Popular Culture: Where Have All Our Heroes Gone?
When I was growing up, my world was filled with heroes. There were John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and Carl Yastrzemski. These icons represented everything good about America: strong, principled, humble, and decent. They led exemplary lives, worked hard, and cared about the world in which they lived. As an impressionable boy, I […]
Read MoreParenting: Don’t Shut Up Emotions
I was all ready to discuss another topic in this issue of Kids & Culture Alert! when I received the following email from a reader the other day: “There is a huge difference between telling a child to ‘suck it up’ and do their homework, and telling them to suck it up when dealing with […]
Read MoreSports: Motivation to Succeed
Motivation lies at the base of the Prime Sport pyramid. Without your desire and determination to improve your sports performances, all of the other mental factors, confidence, intensity, focus, and emotions, are meaningless. To become the best athlete you can be, you must be motivated to do what it takes to maximize your ability. Motivation, […]
Read MoreBusiness: Change – Why and How
Change is essential for your growth and development as a person and a business leader. Without change, you are assured of staying just the way you are, doing things just the way you have always done them, and performing at the same level that you always have. Your ability to maximize your performance and productivity […]
Read MorePopular Culture: Reality TV is NOT Reality!
What attracts millions of Americans each week to this cultural phenomenon known as “reality TV?” Where did the purveyors of shows such as Survivor, The Apprentice, and American Idol, get the idea, and why do we buy into the idea that reality TV resembles reality in any way, shape, or form? Only in George Orwell’s […]
Read MoreSports/Parenting: The Dark Side of Youth Sports Superstardom
With the Beijing Olympics just concluded, it is a joy to bask in the reflected glory of such youthful superstars as Nastia Liukin, Michael Phelps, and Usain Bolt. And with the U.S. Open Tennis Championships just beginning in New York City, we can look forward to intense battles between another group of otherwordly young athletes […]
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