the employees of 2020 need: 1) complex problem solving, 2) critical thinking, 3) creativity, 4) people management, 5) coordinating with others, and 6) emotional intelligence. Employers want innovative thinking, independence, initiative.

What is working or not working? Why? Put yourself in the other person’s shoes—what do you think their perspective is? What role can you play in getting to your desired outcome? Is there anything you need to do to make the relationship right?

STP process—“identify the status,” “define the target,” and “develop the proposal”—that

We want to avoid nearing the crisis point to begin with because it is so stressful, and so we naturally start putting structures in place to prevent our kids from even coming close to a failure.

But adults so often feel if a kid is struggling, we have to pick them up immediately, and so many debates about our approach with Will ended in a stalemate.

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What emotions do you have?

If someone gave a “thumbs-down,” that was their right, but then they would also have to make a suggestion to make the proposal better.

Getting too involved, by taking over, is a mistake I see parents making constantly, and from personal experience, I get why.