Walking through Home Goods, I saw this sign that says, "People will tell you a lot if you listen." It was in the area with children's room decorations. I love the fact that this is a message about listening targeted for children. Effective listening is a hard skill to master. If we start to teach children listening skills when they are young, they will grow to be good listeners and they will use those skills for the rest of their lives. People are labelled as "hard of heari

This week is a short week due to Thanksgiving. The above photo is a great plan for a short week. Utilize this time to develop a skill as follows... Monday we apply the word above, ASPIRE. When we aspire, we direct our ambitions towards achieving something. What is the most important thing we want to aspire to this week? Tuesday we apply the word PRACTICE. When we practice, we perform an activity or exercise or skill repeatedly to improve our proficiency at it. What skill