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Teaching Kids Leadership
- Problem Solving Checklist
- Adjusting Leader Style to Personality Types
- Plan Do Check Adjust (PDCA)
- So what can adults do to help kids learn leadership?
- A rose by any other name is still a rose
- Natural Consequences Versus Coaching and Correcting
- Help Kids Develop Improved People Skills
- Five Year Old Laments 'My sister is making me mad!'
- Socratic question-based discussions
- Have the child report on what they saw that day'
- Great question for the adults trying to teach kids
- Teach Kids How to Deal With Stress Well
- Teach Kids the Pareto Principle, the 80/20 Principle
- Maslov Pyramid Perspective on Kids
- Reading Partner Questions
- Watching Examples and Discussing with the Youth to Help Them Process What They Saw
- Trust is crucial to leadership
- Teenage Decision Making
- Character Development - What is character anyway so kids can develop it?
- Defining Leadership
- Blog Vocabulary Not at Child's Level
- Encouragement for the Single Parent
- Giving children opportunities to lead
- Habits of Mind from Project 2061
- Horizontal Leadership-There are more chances to practice this type for children
- How young is too young to start?
- Introduction for those new to leadership
- Producer or Consumer of Leadership?
- Scouts provides opportunities to practice leadership
- Set High Expectations
- So why should anyone take on the challenge of leadership?
- The Beginning of My Journey of Discovery
- The Paradox of Service to Others
- The Well Trained Mind
- Vertical Leadership is not where kids typically start out
- What about cultural differences?
- What can children pick up about leadership anyway?
- What is age-appropriate for teaching kids leadership?
- What is the Payoff for the Hard Work of Leadership?
- What lessons did I learn trying to develop leadership in my own children (so far)?
- Who cares about leadership?
- Character Development - How do we grow strong character and help children do the same?
- How do we measure our current character?
- Character Development - Fairness as a Character Trait
- Children Can Learn Leadership
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Blog
- Gallons of Ink
- Got Yubikey Setup
- Experimenting with Ink Containers for Travel
- Cigar Case Pen Protector
- More Ink Mixing for Refill Bottles
- MacOS Sandboxing can Impact Reuse
- Python Programming
- Primary
- How to Make Family History Website and Book with Same Data
- Further Adventures Making DIY Fountain Pen Ink
- Cursive Writing
- Have Pens. Now I Need Paper
- eBook Conversion
- My Copper Metal Pen Arrived
- Do It Yourself (DIY) Mixing Fountain Pen Inks
- Microlearning
- Emergency Preparedness with Mobile Devices
- The Nature of Lisp and Writing with Pollen
- Fountain Pens
- Learning Simulation
- I Wish Familysearch.org Exported Data
- Raising Chickens in Florida
- Climbing the Learning Curve
- Gardening
- Dont Give Up
- The One Thing
- Opportunity Management
- Quote About Questions
- Mindset - Be sure you encourage kids toward 'growth' not 'born talent' with its fixed limits
- Demonstrating Respect and Choice versus Force and Coercion
- Behavioral Styles
- Applying Precepts
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Family History
- Author's Contact Information
- Conventions Used
- Family History
- Family History Frontmatter
- Family History Introduction
- Historical Timeline
- Note to Future Family History Maintainers
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Our Lanham Paternal Lineage
- Josias Lanham Family 1628 (Not our direct line)
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the Curtis Harden Lanham Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the Hiram D. Lanham Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the John Lanham (1661) Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the Jonathon Lanham (1630) Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the O.S. Lanham Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the Robert Lanham (1560) Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the Sylvester Lanham Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the T.B. Lanham Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the Thomas Lanham (1701) Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the Thomas Lanham (1757) Generation
- Our Lanham Line - The Paternal Lineage
- The Amanda Francis Lanham Family
- The Andrew Shepherd Family
- The Archibald Lanham Family 1751
- The Benjamin Garfield Lanham Family
- The Burress and Ida Roberts Family
- The Calvin Powell Dorsey Family
- The Charles Selby Family 1762
- The Clifford Wayne Lanham Family
- The Curtis Harden Lanham Family 1813
- The Curtis Harden Lanham Family 1875
- The David Lanham Family 1595
- The Edward James Holt Family
- The Edward Lanham Family 1685
- The Elmer Harn Family
- The Emmitt F. Welborn Family
- The Eugene WILLIAMS Family 1855
- The Frank Robinson Family
- The Gideon Wilburn Ashley Family
- The Hiram Demarcus Lanham Family 1845
- The Issac Elam Family 1803
- The Jacob Shepherd Family 1812
- The James Bedford Ray Family (Cliffie M. Lanham)
- The James Kennedy Family
- The Jasper Shipman Family
- The Jeremiah Lanham Family 1755
- The Jesse Elam Family 1782
- The Joe A. Madden Family
- The John Hendrickson Corely Family
- The John James Roberts Family
- The John Lanham Family 1661
- The John Lanham Family 1690
- The John Nicholas Jacks Family 1740
- The John T. Scott Family
- The Jonathan Hammer Cook Family
- The Jonathan Lanham Family 1630
- The Josias Lanham Family 1590
- The Oran Stroud Lanham Family 1916
- The R.J. Craighead Family 1907
- The R.J. Craighead Family 1907
- The Richard Lanham Family 1697
- The Robert Lanham Family 1584
- The Roger Lanham Family 1560
- The Stephen Lanham (1726) Family
- The Stephen Lanham Family 1760
- The Stephen Lanham Family 1784
- The Sylvester Lanham Family 1790
- The Thomas Benton Lanham Family
- The Thomas Berry (T. B.) Lanham Family 1882
- The Thomas Lanham (1757) Family
- The Thomas Lanham Family 1700 or 1701
- The Thomas Sisk Family 1858
- The W.T. Lanham Family 1850
- The Walter Lee Ray Family
- The William Curtis Lanham Family
- The William Lanham Family 1699
- The Willie Green Scott Family
- The Wortha Leon Lanham Family 1907
- Reference Materials
- Rockwall Cemetery Listing, Rockwall, Texas
- The 2006 Journey to Find Thomas Lanham's Grave Site
- The Lanham family of Wortham (Research Details)
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The Maternal Side of Our Family Lines
- The A. Sion Wheeles Family
- The Aaron Jones Family
- The Abednego Chandler Family 1752
- The Adrian Alford Colbath Family 1893
- The Alex L. Baker Family
- The Alford Nolen Jones Family
- The Andrew Jackson (Jack) Kitchens Family
- The Beall Family
- The Benjamin Colbath Family 1758
- The Chisel True Baker Family
- The Daniel Horne Blackmore Family
- The David Amick Family
- The George Henry Slattery Family
- The J. E. Sisk Family
- The James McHale Family
- The John C. Colbath Family 1820
- The John Chandler Family
- The John Jones Family
- The John Lacey Family (bef 1778)
- The John Patrick Carmody Family
- The John Sappington Family 1723
- The Larkin (Lark) Patrick Williams Family
- The Lazarus Rufus Jones Family
- The Leah Unknown Family
- The Luther Jason Head Family
- The Luther Troup Baker Family
- The Mason Jones Family
- The Michael Gonzales Family
- The Michael Yost Family
- The Patrick Joseph Merrick Family
- The Patrick Merrick Family 1883
- The Patrick Williams Family
- The Perry Rufus Jones Family
- The Peter Logan Yost Family
- The Quirke Family
- The Richard Head Family 1802
- The Richard Merrick Family
- The Robert Chandler Family 1687
- The Stephen Grey Family 1894
- The Thomas Edmonson Head Family
- The Thomas Lacey Family 1808
- The Thomas Winthrop Colbath Family 1851
- The William Estes Family 1785
- The William J. Roberts Family
- The William Milton Jacks Family
- The William Patrick Williams Family
- The Willis Ashley Family
- The Winthrop Colbath Family 1786
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The One Thing
This is my checklist after reading the book, "The One Thing."
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What is the one thing that is most important now?
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I find the lead domino and whack away until it falls.
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I apply the principle that extraordinary results are sequential, rather than simultaneous (the domino effect).
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I gain knowledge over time, I gain skills over time.
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I build success sequentially, one thing at a time.
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I ponder what my one passion is, and turn it into my one skill. My passion leads to disproportionate time practicing or working at it, which eventually translates to skill, when improved leads to better results, which lead to more enjoyment and passion, repeating .
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I acknowledge the one person that is mentoring me now.
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I get to the heart of the matter.
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I enjoy abundance and all the information and choices it brings, and I start by choosing the one thing now because the path to more is through less.
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Johan Von Goethe said, "Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least."
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In the world of achievement everything does not matter equally.
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I continually hone an eye for the essential, working from a clear sense of priority.
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From my to do lists, I pull out the prioritized and vital few tasks from the large stack of all the trivial many, forming a success list. from that! I narrow to the 20%, and again to the 20% until the intent of success, my one thing is clear.
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I apply the Pareto principle where 20% of the efforts produce 80% of the results. it is the inequality of effort principle.
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My success list is short, as an organized directive.
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I apply the idea that success is a short race, choosing the right habit, and then a sprint fueled by discipline just long enough for habit to kick in and take over at 66 days.
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I build one habit at a time in 66 day iterations. I can then build on that habit or pick a new one. Over time I build up a collection of good habits.
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I treat willpower like a device battery, I monitor it and am careful about when to use it. I do what matters most when my willpower is at full charge for the day.
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I leave some things undone as a necessary trade-off for extraordinary results.
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I choose what matters most and give it all the time it demands. I get out of balance for a time with infrequent counterbalancing. in my personal life I counterbalance in short iterations. in my professional life I go out of balance for long periods.
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Success is sequential rather than simultaneous. I build one habit at a time.
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I use my reserves of willpower in focused way on a full tank of energy. Eating right helps.
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I think big. I imagine what life looks like with my big question answered. I study people who have already achieved it. I look for their models, systems, habits, and relationships.
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None of us knows our limits. No one knows their ultimate ceiling of achievement, I so go big, taking leaps of possibility. Believing in big frees me to ask different questions, to follow different paths, and try new things.
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Success requires action. Action requires thought. Big thinking drives succeeding big. Time is equal for all. Effort varies.
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What I build today will either empower or restrict me tomorrow.
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I adopt a growth mindset and learn from mistakes.
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Great questions are the path to great answers.
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What’s the one thing I can do such that by doing it everything else will be easier or unnecessary?
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The question moves our towards a specific action, the first domino. "Can do" beats intention. "Doing it" is action. I alternate zooming in and out between big picture "macro, and small focus micro. I start with the big stuff and see where it leads me, before zooming small.
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After asking a great question, I find a great answer. My great answers come in 3 categories:
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Doable
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Stretch
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Possible
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Doable means I have the knowledge and skill now to do it. Stretch means within my reach at the farthest end of my range. I will have to do additional research and study what others have done to come up with this answer. It is potentially achievable and probable, depending on my effort. Possibility is at the outer limits of achievement. By extending myself to find it, I expand and enrich my life for the better. This is necessarily outside my comfort zone. A big answer is never in plain view, nor is the path laid out for me. A possibility answer exists beyond what is already known and being done. After researching for clues and studying the highest achievers, I benchmark and trend. I ask "Has anyone else studied or accomplished this or something like it?" These people become the benchmark, the current high water mark for all that is known and being done.
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With "stretch" the benchmark was my maximum. For "possibility" answers, the benchmark is my minimum. to establish trending, I look for the next thing I can do in the same direction, or as necessary, in an entirely new direction. New answers require new behavior.
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I make my life about bringing meaning and purpose to my everyday actions. This makes me happier.
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I ask myself what drives me to discover my purpose and refine my big why. Pending an answer, I pick a direction. Time brings clarity.