Pete Ochs, entrepreneur by birth he says, had a crazy idea. What would happen if he put a manufacturing business inside a maximum-security prison, pay employees fair market wages, and help them find their purpose? What started out as a crazy idea turned into reform, relationships, profit, and ultimately transformed lives.
It is about changing children’s behaviors. If you haven’t met Kirk Martin, founder of Celebrate Calm, take 60 seconds to read over one of his messages. Kirk has an elegant approach to parenting that often parallels The Post Institute, and from time to time, I like to share his wisdom with you. I admire his marvelous writing style and humorous and loving “in your face” boldness. You may not always agree with him (as if you always agree with Bryan Post – not!), but he does make us think.
Anger makes me angry. I can’t stand it when my children get angry. I believe in my heart that anger is just a symptom, a reaction, and not the problem itself. There is something behind and below it. The Post Institute teaches us that fear is what is buried there. When our children feel threatened, anger is the result. but when I get triggered, all of this understanding falls into my unconscious it seems, and over the waterfall I go, unable to stop.
