Chapter#71 Play to Win
SECRET#71Create in your children a mindset of 'playing to win'. Make them realise the difference. It isn't only about the skills or about being lucky, it is about the mindset. The winning mindset!
Is Parenting Fun or Pain? Parenting is about bringing up a new generation, and the choice whether to make it a joyful process or a strenuous path lies with parents themselves.Today’s children are better informed because of exposure to various modes of communication and they are ‘Digital Natives’.
Parenting is not about just bringing up your child, but it is about inspiring your child, making them passionate about life and learning, and creating a winning mindset to make them super achievers in life.
This podcast will help parents to give the best to their children and strengthen Parent-Child relationship. It is a compilation of real life strategies based on Author’s first hand experience of handling children and parents from various parts of the world.
This is the audio version of the book with the same title.
SECRET#71Create in your children a mindset of 'playing to win'. Make them realise the difference. It isn't only about the skills or about being lucky, it is about the mindset. The winning mindset!
Secret#70This is a one-liner.NEVER GIVE UP .
Secret#69If your children want to run better in the race of life, they must learn how to think smart .
Secret#68Your children have it in them to make the impossible, possible! So, don't be 'realistic' and decide on their behalf what is achievable and what is not!
Secret#67An appropriate role model often suggests how dreams may be turned into reality. Help your children select a positive role model they admire and are inspired by.
Secret#66Let your children live their dreams, and follow that path of their choice. They will undoubtedly be much happier that way, and reach great heights of creative andprofessional satisfaction.
Secret#65Teach your children the powerful practice of taking responsibility for one’s own life, since that gives one the power to make changes. No blames, No Excuses, No Complaints - should be one of the favourite adages in your family.
Secret#64Consciously cultivate those beliefs about parenthood which enable you to become a better, happier and more positive parent.
Secret#63Whenever children fail to reach their target, you must teach them to take the results as feedback and not give up. Once they understand that failure is something that they can really learn from, they will stop making the same mistakes in future, and never be depressed by the burden of taking failure too seriously!
Secret#62Inculcate in your children the belief that nothing is impossible and that everything can be achieved if they believe in their dreams. Having the right strategy and astrong belief will help your children turn what they thought was impossible into possible!
Secret#61You display it as a parent, and your children will learn the secret from you.
Secret#60Positive commands make a huge difference to your children’s behavior. Negative commands make them subconsciously think they should do what they shouldn’t do! It has nothing to do with your children, and everything to do with the words you use! Make a conscious change in your vocabulary-Weed out thenegatives!
Secret#59If you start doubting certain actions immediately after concluding them, and have passed on this behavioural pattern to your children. Don’t hold your children responsible for displaying a similar behaviour pattern. Just create a practice of associating those actions with particular events. And the problem will solve itself soon enough.
Secret#58Whenever you find your children resist your advice or answer back, it is time for you to sit with them and share your concerns. You’ll find that their response to this truth will be one of understanding you can work out a solution together.
Secret#57Next time you say to yourself. ‘My children can’t learn’, give it some serious thought. Remind yourself of Anne Sullivan, Helen Keller’s teacher. Never forget the fact that, every child has the capacity to learn.
Secret#56If you shout or scream at your children as you scold them, valid as your grounds are, they may miss the real lesson you wish to impart. So, never simply scold, always give your reasons for doing so.
Secret#55You don’t need a special reason to celebrate. The fact that you are alive right here, right now is good enough. Once you learn to celebrate life, that is the biggest gift ever, which you give to your children. Your children will learn how to celebrate life and thus live life better.
Secret#54Help your children face unfair treatment that life will unfortunately, but invariably, give them.
Secret#53Your children have a greater mental capacity than you give then credit for, so don’t worry unnecessarily on their behalf. Indeed, their syllabus is nothing compared to the tools they have at their command. So, do not give them the vibes that their school work and extra-curricular activities are too much for them!
Secret#52Think about how you can be flexible enough with your children during conversations, so that they understandthe message you want to convey. The response you receive from your children will clearly tell you whether you are communicating in the right way!
Secret#51‘Never say never’, ‘Never say die’. Let these be the attitudes you inculcate in your children. Nothing is impossible for the willing and the brave. Teach your children this mantra -‘ If I can’t, then I must’. Practise it yourself too!
Secret#50Instead of making competition days into stressful days, why don’t you treat your children normally? Allow them to participate for the experience, not just for the prize. The prizes make sense only if they aim and strategize to win. They have to do this for themselves, or those prizes are not for them but for you!
Secret#49Each one of your children is unique. So, instead of lovingequally, learn how to LOVE UNIQUELY. Understandwhat is special about each of your children and love themfor their special selves. Do you make sibling rivalry anybigger than it is?
Secret#48Discuss patiently with your children, the purposes andmotivations of studying. Share with them the largerpicture, and you’ll find them more receptive than youimagined.
Secret#47Do not judge too soon. Analyse the motivation behindyour children’s actions, and in them you will surely findthe answer to their behavioural challenges.
Secret#46Let your children make their own choices, then allowthem to face the consequences. As long as the situation iswell under control, do not intervene to bail them out. Letthem learn their lessons on their own.
Secret#45Isn’t it true that only when you start loving and enjoyingwhat you do, will you become good at it? Make studytime fun and exciting for your children, so that they enjoytheir studies as much as they enjoy playing.
Secret#44Instead of feeling anxious, get excited about confusion.When confused, it means that your children are learningsomething new.
Secret#43There are no inattentive students, only fallaciousteaching methods, which can’t hold the children’sattention. Now think for yourself, and I am sure you cancome up with appropriate pedagogic tools for them, andmake them happy learners. Study time will also becomefun time now!
Secret#42Are you worried why your children seem to hate theregime of school so much, although they have a brightcreative spark? Find out if your children are right-braindominant.