by Rich Patterson | Apr 26, 2019 | Parenting, Personal Improvement, Resilience
40 Assets for Youth – Internal Assets In the previous two blogs, I discussed the 40 Developmental Assets for Youth from the Search Institute (www.search-institute.org). In the last blog, we discussed the External Assets, and in this writing, I will discuss the...
by Rich Patterson | Apr 24, 2019 | Parenting, Personal Improvement, Resilience
40 Assets for Youth – External Assets In the previous blog, I wrote about the 40 Developmental Assets for Youth and explained how they developed, researched, and organized the assets. In that writing, I said that the assets appear in two categories, External...
by Rich Patterson | Apr 22, 2019 | Parenting, Personal Improvement, Resilience
40 Assets for Youth The 40 Developmental Assets for Youth are the work of the Search Institute (www.search-institute.org). They are 40 research-based positive experiences and qualities that influence young people’s development, helping them become caring,...
by Rich Patterson | Apr 1, 2019 | Character, Communication, Encouragement, Personal Improvement
Avoid Conflict There are many opportunities throughout a typical week to get into conflict with others. Sometimes they are right in front of us, say at a restaurant where you’ve just received poor service. Other times it may be while driving. Regardless,...
by Rich Patterson | Mar 22, 2019 | Character, Communication, Family & Relationships, Personal Improvement
Photo by Fabian Mardi on Unsplash Living in Balance I have worked to achieve balance in my life, for it seems like forever. I rarely seem to attain it for any time before I’m knocked off my feet by life itself. After working through this concept once again,...
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