93% of this is gone… (sobering) #EngagingScreenagers
93% of this is gone… (sobering) #EngagingScreenagers
It’s good to stop and rethink priorities.
There’s an article online called “The Tail End,” which powerfully shows how short life truly is.
Hi, Dr Warren here…
Here’s one gem from that article:
Turns out, by the time most of us finish high school, we’ve already used up 93% of our in-person, parent time.
That leaves less than 7% of our time left to be with them.
Do you know anyone who has no priorities? They just sit in the cube and work 40+ hours a week for 40+ years.
They are dissociating to keep themselves from feeling boredom or pain.
High-achievers have priorities in their optimal lifestyles.
Not Dissociating (i.e. Living in the moment) is Life Skill #2 according to World Life Skills Expert Jill Raiguel.
And for many of us, we now live in different cities and have our own families.
It makes getting together often hard to do.
Same goes if we’ve got brothers or sisters.
We may only have 10-15% of available time left with them now.
We’re in, “the tail end.”
The guy that actually wrote this article sadly experienced his dad unexpectedly passing away.
He was at his dad’s bedside.
Isn’t it true?
We never know how much time we have left with those we love, do we?
Yet…
This can help us from time to time to RETHINK our personal priorities.
Not squandering away our life, our time, or the opportunities we have in front of us?
Making sure our focus is on the more important things.
Not sure about you, but I certainly don’t plan to spend the next 20 yrs.
stuck behind a stuffy cubicle.
Working 40+ hrs. a week, M-F, and leaving no time to enjoy my lifestyle with those I love the most.
Especially when there’s so many alternatives and ways we can work less, earn more, and have a great lifestyle and freedom.
What will you decide to do?
===> This is the path I’ve chosen.
Maybe it’ll be a good fit for you too.
In your corner.
All the Best,
Warren Linger
==> Email drwarren@cict.co NOW to coach yourself to your new lifestyle freedom.
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Engagement background before eWorkbooks
As a trainer and university lecturer in the USA, I had great success in my coaching, training, and classrooms by engaging my learners in ways I had learned from my Dale Carnegie Instructor Training. (optimal engagement)
After earning my Doctoral Degree researching engaging instruction in adult education and training and development, I started a training business in Hong Kong.
But something was wrong, I was struggling in this new culture (I’m a cattle rancher’s son from Colorado, USA) to find ways to inspire and motivate my coachees and students in Hong Kong.
With my coachees and in the classroom, I preferred having clients engage in learning activities instead of just talking. This is especially effective to keep clients engaged between coaching calls.
I struggled through trying several paper worksheets and workbooks to guide students, but I wasn’t getting the results I wanted. (junk engagement)
When the smart phone with the ability to search the internet came along, I could see my clients were curating (i.e. searching, finding, collecting, commenting, changing, remixing, and sharing.)
I thought, “Why not do that for learning?”, so I started asking them to answer questions, interact with information and colleagues, and go find examples of the learning content using their mobile devices.
eWorkbook development and success
I began searching for possibilities and I struggled testing several apps, until we created best practices using eWorkbooks, and after testing them, began to use eWorkbooks as my clients always had their devices with them.
Then we used eWorkbooks (Google Forms with the training slides as well as interactive questions, curating links and tasks, example images and videos, etc.) This became powerful for my coaching clients as they were able to share ideas and get the benefits of social learning even though they were not in the training course or classroom.
My clients [Engaging Screenagers] completed eWorkbooks using their mobile devices as they were learning interactively while, at the same time, they were developing habits of learning with their devices (optimal engagement) instead of killing time with them. (junk engagement)
Students used eWorkbooks to while I lead the discussion and guided them, and after they submitted their answers, they would get their responses sent to their inbox so they could review their learning Moments of Growth. (optimal engagement)
Because the students’ responses from eWorkbooks go right into a spreadsheet in real-time, as the teacher I can monitor what students are doing to give them guidance in the moment, as well as track their learning develop over time.
Since those early days, I’ve had great luck supporting my coaching clients and entrepreneur friends use Google forms for 360° reviews for evaluations as well as use eBrochures and eMenus to test new ideas and actively engage and actively interact with customers.
93% of this is gone… (sobering) #EngagingScreenagers
DrWarren giving a talk at a University on the value of Reflecting #EngagingScreenagers
Do you know anyone who has no priorities? They work in a cube 40+ hours a week for 40+ years. They are dissociating to keep from feeling boredom or pain in life.
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