From the Desk of Keith Hafner What's Your Reserve? Kindness. Good feeling toward others. Generosity of spirit. Your "big" self has plenty in reserve. Enough, not only for ourselves…but also enough to accommodate the [...]
From the Desk of Keith Hafner What Kids Do Here’s what kids do: they conduct tests to see what will happen. How you will respond. What the consequences will be. This is good. It’s [...]
From the Desk of Keith Hafner What I Told My Sons Jason and Ian were just little guys. Two and three years old. One thing I taught them: "You can do hard things." I [...]
From the Desk of Keith Hafner Want to Get Along Better with People? Easy. Burn down your ‘dog house.’ Don't dismantle it, board by board. Burn it down. And -- just so we're absolutely [...]
From the Desk of Keith Hafner How to Lead. Two ways to lead: authority and influence. Each has its place. Need to get some people out of a burning building? Jump up and down, [...]
From the Desk of Keith Hafner How to Raise Your Child's Self-Esteem Beware! There is a thief near you! And that thief is not after your money or your television. This thief is after [...]
From the Desk of Keith Hafner A Simple Tip for Teachers, Parents, Bosses and Leaders To be an effective teacher, you must understand that your goal with your students (employees, team members, etc.) is [...]
From the Desk of Keith Hafner A Secret Strategy for Parents My 16 month old grandson is like a Jiu Jitsu master. If you want to hold him on your lap -- and he [...]
From the Desk of Keith Hafner The #1 Bully Deterrent. As you can imagine, our school deals a LOT with bullies. In fact, you could say we're experts on the subject. Well, this is [...]
From the Desk of Keith Hafner Bullies. Standing up to bullies is tough stuff. But when it comes to ‘tactics’ to get the job done, a very important part of the process is often [...]