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“Men in particular respond to stress by feeling irritable, angry and having trouble sleeping,… Children mold their behavior after that of their parents,” Palomares said. “So developing healthy responses to stress will not only be good for you, but, ultimately, good for your children.” I won’t pretend I am always  “Cool Like Dat” – I am stressed, just like many of us these days. And I am aspiring daddy who wants only the best for his children.

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The article on APA Help center – Fatherhood Balancing Act Takes a Toll on Men’s Health – offers good tips to handle stress. Let me share with you how I practice this.

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“What is it that inspires you to do your best work?” – this is the first line of the newsletter email I have just received from Dale Carnegie. Doing my best I can is one of my quests. I kept reading the newsletter. I found simple but powerful recipe to inspire others.

by Steven Fernandez

Managers, Consultants, Parents! Consider adopting it. I tried it and it perfectly works. Here is the recipe:

• Don’t dictate — inspire
• Don’t direct — win people to your way of thinking
• Begin with praise and honest appreciation
• Build morale and earn loyalty
• Ask questions instead of giving direct orders
• Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to

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What’s my role as a parent? Raise kids healthy and happy, right? That is physical and emotional side, the other side is spiritual – raising my kids with values in mind. How do I teach my kids values? How do I lead them?

by HdO ~ Helene

My take is this – you teach and lead your kids by example.

I was reading Compromise Can Be an Act of Leadership article by John Baldoni at HarvardBusiness.org. Baldoni is a leadership consultant and a coach. He offers simple recipe for Compromise as an act of leadership:

• Think outcome.

I used it in practice with extreme success when I let my 9 years old daughter down.

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