by Marie-Josee Shaar | Sep 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
Would you consider sending your child to a school that covers the whole K-12 English curriculum in grades 1, 2 and 3, all of math in grades 4, 5 and 6, history in grade 7, geography in grade 8, biology in grade 9, and so on? Of course not! Kids need to learn different...
by Marie-Josee Shaar | Aug 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
Think of a goal that you never achieved, without too much regret. Now think of one you have pursued tirelessly, despite obstacles, adversities, and situational challenges. What was the difference between these two goals? I don’t know you, and I don’t know...
by Marie-Josee Shaar | Mar 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
The fact that humans survived in a world of more powerful predators is a huge tribute to the potency of our brain. Our claws and jaws aren’t threatening to wolves and crocodiles, our strength is merely amusement to bears and elephants, and we move like turtles in the...
by Marie-Josee Shaar | Jan 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
If you’d like to experiment with social pressure as a behavioral change motivator, be careful not to state that the behavior you’re trying to extinguish is the current norm. For example, a campaign declaring “we’re all eating very large portions around here, let’s...
by Marie-Josee Shaar | Jan 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
Do you remember the anxiety of being picked last for the team in phys ed? Or the pressure of doing an oral presentation right after the coolest kid around in English class? Of course you do! Such events threatened your fundamental need to belong, and so they impacted...