Instead of engaging the world in an anxious mental state, plunge head first into the experience of life

"When our children are just being themselves, they are unconcerned about the things we parents so often obsess over. How things look to other people, achievement, getting ahead - none of these issues that preoccupy adults are a child's agenda. Instead of engaging the world in an anxious mental state, children tend to plunge head first into the experience of life, willing to risk all."

- The Conscious Parent, Shefali Tsabary, PhD

If we are super-successful, we expect our children to be super-successful

"...If we are super-successful at what we do, we are likely to expect our children to be super-successful also...If we were an academic wizard in school, we tend to carry a torch for our children to be brilliant. If we didn't so well academically and have struggled in life as a result, we perhaps live in fear that our children will turn out like us, which causes us to do everything in our power to ward off such a possibility."

- The Conscious Parent, Shefali Tsabary, PhD

Best in the world have best attitudes and best behaviour patterns and a good, hard, ruthless culture

The Australian cricket team suspended 4 players today and a few tips on success from the couch in the explanation of the suspension

"I wanted three points from each of them technically, mentally and team as to how we were going to get back over the next couple of games, how we were going to get ourselves back into the series...We pride ourselves on attitude. We have given the players a huge amount of latitude to get culture and attitude right,...We believe that those behaviours with what we want to do with this team, how we want to take this team to be the best in the world, teams that are the best in the world have best attitudes and best behaviour patterns and a good, hard, ruthless culture. "

Arthur said to become world-beaters, the Aussies will have to fall in line when it comes to discipline.

- Mickey Arthur(Australian cricket team couch)