【推荐2】Patience is one of those things we wish and may even pray for, but still it feels like it’s an unreachable goal because kids are so good at pushing our buttons. But one thing I’ve learned after being a mom for 33 years is that patience is like a muscle and you can get better at it if you continually exercise your patience muscles. No weightlifter starts with a 200-pound weight. They start with small weights, and as they learn to control the small weights, they keep increasing the weights. If you’d like to grow your patience muscles, then I have a plan for you.

When you feel your patience wearing thin, the first baby step you can take is to walk away or give yourself a time-out. Whatever it takes for you to calm down—deep breathing, counting to 10 or sending your child to his or her room, do it. This is so critical because what you say in anger and what you say when you feel calm are two different things,

Once you feel you are somewhat calm, listen to your child. This means you’ll have to stop talking, and let them speak without your correction. As you listen, seek to understand instead of being concerned about whether your child is listening to you. Try to figure out why they’re acting a certain way and why they respond as they do. There’s always a possible reason for your child’s behavior. Listening to your kids can help you know the true reason.

Besides, I encourage you to filter (过滤) your words. Think about what you are about to say and how it will sound to your child. I understand that filtering every word that comes out of your mouth is not a realistic goal. But you can start by filtering your responses in conversation that is about sensitive (敏感的) topics. It’s a very good start.

The more you take small steps in patience-building, the stronger your patience will become. It will take time but eventually, your parenting patience will increase.

【推荐3】Starting a business is a long game with joys and hardships. Here are a few things you can do right now to get better.

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Many entrepreneurs（企业家）agree that setting short-term and long-term goals is the key to success. Write down your goals for the next year or more.     2     But by writing them down, you will already be in a better position to achieve them.

Find your passion quickly but cheaply.

    3     Take part in a variety of activities to discover what you love, such as a free concert, a free class and just a cheap movie; meanwhile, try not to spend too much money in the process.

Be a master of social media.

Becoming an expert at social media may be the most important thing to better your entrepreneurial dreams. Using social media, you'll reach a global audience. By growing and managing your online presence, you will enlarge the influence of your brand.     4    

Such additions to your daily life are lifestyle changes that will improve your chances of success. They may seem insignificant now, but when you've succeeded, you'll appreciate the role they played.     5     Looking back, you'll be proud of your smart choices.

【推荐1】That children are the hopes of our tomorrow is statement that is repeated time and again. And it is an axiom(格言); they are our pillars of the coming time. But then do we train them into becoming healthy human beings?

Healthy human beings here are not meant the physical well being, but the good human being, that is, one with virtues and values keeps them in the state of working towards the benefit of humanity.

How can children absorb within themselves the virtues and values? Well, this is the primary responsibility of parents and other immediate family members, followed by school authorities. The values and virtues of an individual is sown in their childhood and as they grow up.

Depending on the way we bring up our children, we decide our own future. It is vital that in the formative years we give them quality time and attention. We teach them to discriminate between the good, bad and the ugly. We have to teach them use positive emotive like love and compassion and teach them actions of kindness and generosity. At the same time we have to help them do away with the negatives of hatred, anger, jealousy, selfishness, etc.

Your child is like a plant. You sow the seeds and also reap the benefits of its growth and development. First and foremost you as a parent have to realize your responsibility in nurturing a child to grow into a good human being. And it is just not up to anyone of the parents, but both together to inculcate(谆谆教诲)the values and virtues into your child.

【推荐2】Competition is a common phenomenon in our social life.     1     There is constant competition for academic degrees, jobs, customers, money and so forth. In a sense, competition is one of the motive forces to the development of society.

    2     Therefore, the only way to survive is to be competitive. Growing in a competitive environment is important for a child because future adult life is difficult. Finding a good job, for example, is an extremely competitive activity.

Today, most people obtain knowledge through various ways and a large number of people get good education.     3    The quality of people is rapidly increasing. Competition is more violent than what we thought it should be. The potentially successful job applicant has to be prepared in stronger position by gaining more qualifications and experience. In the sports contests, the strongest will come out as winners. In the business world, to beat your competitors, you must be better than the other employees.     4    

Though the only way our world rewards people is to give honor to the winners, not to the losers, by attempting to compete at different activities, we can still learn to win and lose, gain experience and know our strengths and weaknesses. Competition prepares us for the tough things in life.

Whether in games, in study or in business alike, the aim is to win the game, the degree, the trophy, and the contract.     5