I’ve been thinking through a recent motivation challenge with our three year old. David has been given a number of really cool t-shirts. Sometimes when we’re putting away laundry, he sees a shirt he would rather wear than the shirt he chose for that morning. I’ve never allowed him to change, telling him instead he […]
Mom’s motivation
Nothing like getting things accomplished to feel more motivated, eh? While we’re talking about motivating children, it’s easy to forget how we ourselves are motivated. A few things that motivate me: Making the choice to do right. Somehow when I start avoiding my problems, they get worse. I had a friend tell me that she […]
Motivation
What are some ways that we can make an unpleasant task more fun? I haven’t forgotten about Tammy’s legitimate concern that we don’t eliminate needed discipline from the equation. Let me be up front and state that I don’t think these issues are biblical– we don’t have a verse that says, “Thou shalt discipline thy […]