Charlotte’s SCPPP Offering Free Online Career Planning For Students and Parents Now Stuck At Home By Charlotte Stories – March 23, 2020 High school students and parents now have the opportunity to turn some of their new-found time together into something positive and rewarding by opening the conversation about life after high school. The Charlotte-based developers […]
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Speak Well. Listen Well. Are you familiar with the saying that you have two ears and one mouth – so you should listen twice as much as you speak! Easier said than done for some of us. For others, maybe it is EASY! Or maybe you are quiet, but you are not actively listening! Listening […]
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“The entire arc of parenting is walking that balance beam between doing too much and doing too little.” – LISA HEFFERNAN, Grown & Flown From the time they are born, we want to help guide their steps. Before you know it, they are preparing for college and considering what’s next. How can you help guide […]
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So, what do you expect from your kid? What do you really expect the future will look like? Do you expect them to live with you until they are 30? Do you expect they will be a doctor or go to a particular college? Do you expect they will pay for college or get a […]
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We’ve all been there – a particular behavior causes us problems so we make a concerted effort in order to change our direction. For some, this is a lack of initiative or communication, disorganization, complaining, blaming, etc. – the list goes on and on. A lot of us make New Year’s resolutions, vowing to make […]
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Emotional Intelligence. What is that? No, it’s not the CIA for your emotions. Though – it is a bit like being your own investigator of your emotions and those of others. Emotional Intelligence is the ability to monitor one’s own and other people’s emotions, to discriminate between different emotions and label them appropriately, and to […]
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]What are employers looking for in their future hires? We’d argue that grit is the number one trait that leads to successfully landing that job! Or even making it through college applications, acceptances, college major selection, and graduation! But what is “grit”? Well, psychologist and author, Angela Duckworth’s work on the science of high achievement […]
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