Mission Savvy

Savvy Life Skill: Right-Brained Skills

tony — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:26:37 -0700

In the early 1960's, a neuropsychologist named Roger Sperry developed a ground-breaking idea about how our brains worked. He theorized that our brains are split between two hemispheres - the left and the right. Certain aspects of our thinking are exclusively controlled by either one side or the other, he presumed.

Savvy Life Skill: Leadership

tony — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:00:44 -0700

Humanity has seen great leaders rise above the crowd. Martin Luther King Jr., Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln, Joan of Arc - all people that have stepped out of the masses and turned the people from confusion to organization, from the rabble into the mob.

Savvy Life Skill: Making Value-Based Decisions

tony — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:03:49 -0700

A savvy dad has many, many jobs. These jobs (e.g., protecting your kids from harm, teaching them about money, allowing them to fail in controlled environments) are all part of a larger, over-arching plan to build a foundation of stability underneath your child. This foundation will allow her to grow into a stable, healthy adult who values herself and makes value-based decisions.

Savvy Life Skill: Business Savvy

tony — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:47:47 -0700

Our race has come a long way. Where once we were a society of hunter-gatherers, we have become an agriculture-based society. That gave way to an industrial society, where machines began to do bigger jobs than men ever could. Where we once had a barter-based economy, where my goats were payment enough for your flour, we now have a monetary-based economy - you won't get anything without cold, hard cash.

Savvy Life Skill: Taking Tests

tony — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:45:29 -0700

What's a baby's first experience at birth, even before being cleaned, clothed, or fed? A standardized test to determine the Apgar score. It's a fitting welcome to a long life of Denver scores, entrance exams, mid-term quizzes, final exams, gifted and talented assessments, IQ tests, national standardized progress tests, PSATs, SATs, LSATs MCATs, bar exams, and med school boards.