How Powerful is Attention? - Article by Mary Robinson Reynolds

How Powerful is Attention?

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The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.
- Richard Moss

The real power of compassionate attention is that it causes positive behavioral change—instantaneously.

Connection is about more than simple acknowledgment; it's about the necessity of reaching out daily to be emotionally available, through compassionate attention, to the individuals in our lives, no matter what age.

You can make a difference in how well children do, both at home and in the classroom, by the kind of attention you decide to give them.

When you remain consistent in offering attention in a positive and behavior affirming way, it becomes a "conscious" act that offers profound healing to a child. This, coupled with a decision to simply slow down and energetically connect with individuals, will create alignment that generates long-term solutions.

How you decide to give your attention will determine how easy it will be to enjoy and get along with children on through their adolescent years.

"Behavior-affirming attention" includes our true attitude behind the tone in our voice, the language we use to teach or to offer choices, and the age-appropriate expectations we put in place for children.

You'll find that the very best place to begin is with Behavior Modification's #1 Rule: Before you can change anyone else you must first change yourself.

You simply cannot have an attitude and keep it a secret!

If you don't like a child, you will not be able to work with that child successfully. You are either contaminating or contributing to an outcome based on what you've decided about any given situation.

To see an improvement that's immediate, you must change your attitude: fear, judgments, entitlement, prejudices and condescending labels. Do this, and you'll affect and heal unproductive behaviors, seeing better results than you could have imagined.

Change your attitude, and you shift the resistant energy between you and the child in an instant.

To learn how you can directly affect a child's energy, please watch my Energy Illustration video training: makeadifference.com/attitude

Excerpt from Make A Difference with the Power of Connection
By Mary Robinson Reynolds
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Mary Reynolds Mary Robinson Reynolds, M.S., Educational Psychologist, Author and Producer of the world renowned Internet videos, MakeADifferenceMovie.com and AcknowledgmentMovie.com - both amassing over 10 million views within a few short months of their releases - spent many years as a classroom teacher K-8 and then as a counselor K-12. She parlayed her phenomenal success with youth at-risk into her programs for business leaders, entrepreneurs and managers on how to be energetically effective in leading improvement in their organizations through the power of Team Synergy and MasterMinding. She has written eight books, developed UTrain&Coach programs that anyone can take into their place of work to build organization wide Team Synergy, and has presented to over 20,000 people in two year period in every major city in the U.S. To learn more go to: maryreynolds.com

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