Children that do not fall, have no pain. No pain is good: That’s what a generation of parents thinks now. Because we have all seen pain. We have seen our friends get burned out at 25 to 35 years of age. Our kids must be protected. But must they? Ask …
In our schools, we teach our kids how to build blocks. How to work together. What empathy is. How to write. How to read. How to calculate. How to speak. How to use a computer. And what their parents do, is give them a smartphone. These kids are exposed to …
Wat is de grootste les na 7 jaar werken bij Google? Welke vraag stel je vaak aan jezelf? En moet je lang op een drol kauwen, of juist niet? In deze aflevering van The Shift kom je er allemaal achter. Met Ex-Googler Josse praat ik over zijn tijd bij Google …
Eight year olds nowadays use Chromebooks in class. It’s different from 22 years ago, when I was eight. I had problems with writing. My handwriting was stone coal, as we would call it here in The Netherlands. Rooster legs (again, Dutch). Terrible. We optimize education by giving Chromebooks to children. …
‘Offee’ ‘Offee’ That’s when my 1,5 year old daughter says she wants coffee. Of course I can’t give her coffee. But I can give her coffee. So I ask for her drink bottle. She gives it to me. I put my coffee cup below the machine and the bottle next …
Predictability. That’s one of the greatest gifts you can give to your baby and toddler. Even though it seems that your baby doesn’t understand. She does. She just has the capability to actively reply on a small percentage of everything she understands. We experience this mostly in our bed ritual. …
Gazing with a sheepish look, to one another to the wall, to the floor, to the ceiling. Maybe reading an old magazine from the pile. Or, ofcourse, staring at the 2×5 inch screen in our hands. It’s a classic waiting room scene. We have accepted that waiting rooms are a …
What is your one focus today? You can think of a lot. I know. But in essence you can accomplish one thing at a time. One thing. Think about it. Multitasking is a lie. A focus journal can help. I visualize it like this: A blank page. With one question. …
We describe goals SMART. Specific. Measurable. Acceptable. Realistic. Time-bound. An idea or a vision trumps a goal. Therefore it would be unrealistic to describe a vision SMART as well. Let’s introduce SMUUTH. Specific. Measurable. Unacceptable. Unrealistic. Time-bound. Hilarious. It’s when we get SMUUTH, that we become able to grow.
Thinking ahead is a great way to prevent yourself from failing. I’m not saying you should only think and not act. The thing is, sometimes it’s better to think “what if” for another minute or two today. Just to prevent yourself from saying “what happened” tomorrow.