Be Good At Something
From the Desk of Keith Hafner Be Good at Something. Danielle started horseback riding at age eight. She had always been shy, but she loved horses. She took lessons. She learned all about the [...]
Be Careful With These Two Words
From the Desk of Keith Hafner Be Careful with These Two Words When dealing with kids (or really anybody, for that matter...read: spouse), be careful how you use the words ALWAYS and NEVER. Have [...]
Be Careful What You Teach Yourself
From the Desk of Keith Hafner Be Careful What You Teach Yourself. We are always at war. Our "better self" is always at war with our "weaker self." Weakness is always seeking fuller expression [...]
Baby Watching
From the Desk of Keith Hafner Baby Watching. Two milestones in a soon-to-be one year old's life: learning to walk and learning to speak. These two skills represent two different ways in which we [...]
Conquering Fear
From the Desk of Keith Hafner Fear affects us all, at one time or another. It: Prevents us from doing things we should do, or would like to do Produces mental stress and physical [...]
Confidence: Zeke’s Story
From the Desk of Keith Hafner Confidence: Zeke's Story Zeke was so excited when he received an invitation from his best friend, Jesse, to sleep overnight. He was six years old, and this would [...]
Confidence: Paula’s Story
From the Desk of Keith Hafner Confidence: Paula's Story Paula had been walking home from school by herself since second grade. But when fourth grade started, she changed schools. This meant that she had [...]
Confidence: Danielle’s Story
From the Desk of Keith Hafner Confidence: Danielle's Story Danielle started horseback riding at age eight. She had always been shy, but she loved horses. She took lessons. She learned all about the care [...]
Climb the Ladder
From the Desk of Keith Hafner Climb the Ladder Consider the Karate belt ‘ladder’: white, yellow, gold, orange, green, purple, blue, red, brown, black belts… This simple system is very powerful. Breaking a huge [...]
How to Choose the Right Goals
From the Desk of Keith Hafner How to Choose the Right Goals for the Next Year... We begin by taking an honest look at the last year. Work on This for the Next Few [...]