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Book Recommendation: From Diapers to Dating
I belong to an online community of mothers in Austin (called Austin Mamas) and a mothers’ group in my neighborhood (called The Heights’ Kids Group). Someone on one of the lists recommended the book called From Diapers to Dating: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Children.… Read MoreI immediately ordered the book from the library, but when it arrived, I was hesitant to read it. I felt like I wasn’t prioritizing my parenting needs appropriately. I mean, surely there are more urgent and important things for me to be reading about as the mother of a 5-month old?
Boy, was I wrong!
I really believe that all parents should
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Book Club: Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
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I made it to the end! I’m patting myself on the back. I’m really inspired by Covey’s idea of independence. He says we are truly independent when we can make and keep commitments to ourselves. He goes on to say that we can’t be truly interdependent until we’re able to depend first on ourselves.
Deciding to read and then finishing all 318 pages–one chapter a week–has been a good exercise in making and keeping commitments to myself. I won’t lie, however; it truly helps to make a public declaration on this here blog. Promising something to myself in front of thousands of people is a powerful motivator.
I enjoyed reading
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Book Club: Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
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This little book club is almost coming to an end! I’m very glad that I’m revisiting this book at this point in my life. The three habits of interdependence will come in very handy as I work to build a school and community.
The sixth habit–Synergize–will be invaluable as I try to bring people together to participate in the creation of those aforementioned goals. I love the idea that “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” I have to work on incorporating that belief into the very core of my being. I tend to be a very independent person. I have to remember that collaborating with
