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As individuals - fear shuts our mouth from saying the truth.  It may be risk aversion or other factors kicking in - but to say out loud what scares you - especially when you know in your heart that what you have to say is true - turns larvae to caterpillars to butterflies and lead them to their demise all in an instant in your stomach and can fuck your brain up. While most often - silence may seem the unsaid norm - there's great benefit in embracing that fear and speaking one's heart. Fear is a powerful primal emotion that's rarely used to do good. There's an interesting parallel to this phenomenon within stand up. In a podcast with SnG Comedy - Vir Das spoke about the writing arc of stand up comedians Stage 1 - Comedians start writing about things they think is funny Stage 2 - Playing to the crowd and mixing it up with what they think is funny and what they know the audience thinks is funny Stage 3 - They start writing and talking about personal things - beliefs, opini

We assume that we have a lot to teach kids. Reality is that they learn 90% of the things themselves - and the 10% comes from what we tell and teach them. We have a lot to learn from them instead. One such thing is the art of persuasion.  And they have some really compelling lesson for media strategists, agencies and marketers. Kids have 2 ways to get their way. The first is the irritating power of pester.  They eat into your skin and sink deep into the vicissitudes of your rational mind and push your possible patience to a threshold limit until you give up. They nag you, ask you the same question again, and again, and again, and again, and again and again.... until you cave. Ýou'd do anything to shut them up from further embarassing yourself in the environment and to, most importantly - get them off your back, your skin, your now throbbing head. The other way they ask for something is in their ever sweet, high potent cuteness and purposeful innocence. They know you can't resist

There is a scene in Karate Kid (2010), where Xiao Dre sees a lady practising her mives in front of a snake and he thinks she is copying the movement of the snake. Jackie Chan, who hears this responds by saying that it is the snake that is copying her, and goes on to demonstrate it by showing reflections on water being still and slightly disturbed. He says that when the the lady is like the still water and the snake her reflection. Have you ever noticed your mood fluctuations with your kids? Why do we lose our temper on them on certain really small things and some times, let them get away with some big mistakes with a warning? It really depends on our mood doesnt it? And kids I feel can sense it.  We react to them depending on our mood. If we are happy, we let things go by while we play with them. When we are disturbed and worried, it reflects in the way we react to their behaviour, and even a small act can set us off. They are the still water, reflecting our state of mind. If we too ar