The other day, 20-year-old Andy said to me, “I just don’t know what I want to do with my life, and I worry that I’m not going to get a good job when I graduate.” In the past year, I have heard this concern so many times from students that I decided to write… An [...]
Mentoring students
Did you know that there is one ratio that separates the best business performers from the worst, the best marriages from the worst, and even the most resourceful individuals from the least resourceful? One ratio – covers everything from your teen to your marriage to your business team. It’s called the Positivity Ratio. It was [...]
If a young adult you know is in the bottom 80% of the class, you may have been told that she is “an underachiever” (a polite way of saying lazy or dumb). Ask yourself, “Underachiever compared to what?” Compared to the narrowly-defined, standardized measures of school performance? Or compared to the abilities that will help [...]
See All of Christine’s Videos as she works with students, speaks to a group, and responds to interview questions. Watch Christine Duvivier’s youtube channel.
Have you noticed that passion is a favorite new word? “I’m trying to find my passion.” “What if I don’t have a passion?” “You’re so lucky you found your passion.” “I just want my son to find his passion.” I find it inspiring to see that so many people have a passion for passion. It [...]
I sometimes wonder why so much of what is considered “good literature” for ourselves and for students has to be dark, depressing, or unhappy. I’m not against stories in which something bad happens, but knowing that bad news seizes and clings, while good news slides right off us, I like to prime myself with uplifting [...]
What Scares You? For Anna, it’s driving. Watch her learn to use imagination to make it less scary:
In this video, Anna takes her first step in building resilience… Click on the Photo above to watch the video. Or go to youtube.
With all the focus on grades and scores, let’s take that to the nth degree. IF your child suddenly does a 180 and gets an A+ in every class between now and the end of college AND because he got perfect SAT scores, he went to Harvard, now what? “The world is his oyster,” you [...]
This is the first episode in a new video series: how to create positive change and resilience in students. In this clip: 18-year-old Anna doesn’t like school, science or textbooks. She wants to motivate herself to finish high school. One step you can take with someone who doesn’t like school is to identify ways s/he [...]