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Boys lacking men to inspire them to mature

September 7, 2010

Every now and then you read an article that says it right. This Guardian article is one such article and describes boys as follows: “A lazy youth becomes a burden to those parents, whom he ought to comfort, if not support. But you can no more rouse them, with all of their fine arguments, than [...]

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BOOK – Shopping For Time by Carolyn Mahaney and Daughters

September 12, 2007

This is the last day of Mrs. W. as Adrian is back tonight. I recently read the book, Shopping For Time (by Carolyn Mahaney, Nicole Whitacre, Kristin Chesemore, and Janelle Bradshaw). They are also the authors of girltalk, a blog for Christian women. It is written by a mother and her grown-up daughters about “How [...]

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Management course highlights

November 16, 2004

Just finished a great two day management course. The course came up with the following gems- To lead is to serve (where have I heard that before…..?) The appropriate way to give feedback can be described by the acronym BOOST- Ballance Observed (behaviour nor personality) Ownership (ie what can I do to help?) Specific (factual) [...]

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