by Rich Patterson | Apr 26, 2018 | Encouragement, Family & Relationships, Teenagers
On Being Ordinary I am asking you to consider if you live your life like ordinary people? When we are a part of a group, it is easy to become just like them. Everyone is like this, Mom, all my friends, dress this way, or have this attitude. Rather than... by Rich Patterson | Apr 20, 2018 | Achievement, Encouragement, Personal Improvement, Teenagers
Determination Meets Opposition Determination can and will meet opposition. Opposition is resistance usually expressed in action or even an argument. How does this play out in our life? Often, we give, work hard, and nothing comes our way. But we need to remind... by Rich Patterson | Apr 18, 2018 | Achievement, Character, Encouragement, Personal Improvement
Kids and Determination Recently I spoke to a sizeable middle school about Determination. Kids and determination should be discussed with them. I asked myself several questions: 1) From where did it come? 2) How do I use it in my life? 3) Why is it important? ... by Rich Patterson | Apr 11, 2018 | Encouragement, Personal Improvement
What’s Next? At the end of the movie Geostorm, there is a line that says, “You can’t relive the past, all you can do is face what’s next.” I was particularly struck by the way this thought is worded. We’ve heard versions of it... by Rich Patterson | Apr 9, 2018 | Encouragement, Personal Improvement
Those nudges What are those nudges saying? Are you listening? Listening to those nudges, I mean. Are we listening to those nudges in your life? Today I want to talk about listening through the darkness. We all have dark times in our life when it just seems things... by Rich Patterson | Mar 31, 2018 | Communication, Encouragement, Personal Improvement
Rich Patterson, Ph.D. www.pattersonphd.com Feedback When a pilot is approaching a runway to land a plane, they receive Feedback from the control tower telling them which runway to land on and a bit about the weather, maybe something about wind shear and the like. It...
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