by susan | Mar 28, 2012 | Blog, Connect to Your Kids, Home Manager Tips
What can you do when your child won’t do what you ask? Try asking yourself the following questions: 1. Do they know what to do? Does your child understand what you are asking them to do? Are the steps to completing the task clear? 2. Do they know how to do...
by susan | Mar 26, 2012 | Blog, Book Recommendations, Connect to Purpose
Tolstoy’s tale entitled “How Much Land Does A Man Need?” introduces a peasant named Pahom. Pahom suffers from a common heart condition, discontentment. Throughout the story he becomes consumed with the desire to expand, grow, and...
by susan | Mar 25, 2012 | Blog, Connect to Purpose, Home Manager Tips
Looking for some help in the motivation department? Do you have some things you need to do, but can’t seem to find the motivation to do them? Have you put off some things on your to-do list for way too long? I want to share a solution that is working for me. But...
by susan | Mar 23, 2012 | Blog, Connect to God, Connect to Purpose
It is hard for us to accept that there are some things that we can not change. This is especially hard for those of us who believe that if we work hard enough, plan well enough, and pray long enough that certainly things will be different. At times, this proves to be...
by susan | Mar 10, 2012 | Blog, Connect to Others, Connect to Your Kids, Home Manager Tips
I was first introduced to the idea of the question:statement ratio from Jim Collins, author of Good to Great and several other successful business books. This key leadership principle applies to leadership both in business and in the home. Collins reminds...
