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Fran Kick
Youth Expert
Fran knows what makes kids kick! He's a former teacher, clinical counselor, college faculty member, and a parent of three, including twin boys. He's worked with thousands of high school and college students and their parents and teachers.
Fran is the author of KICK IT IN and TAKE THE LEAD.
Click the tabs above to listen to the separate episodes corresponding to the four catalysts of Personal Brilliance - Awareness, Curiosity, Focus, and Initiative or listen to the complete interview if you prefer.
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In this episode of Personal Brilliance - Up Close and Practical, Jim Canterucci interviews youth expert Fran Kick, exploring how he uses the Personal Brilliance catalyst Awareness in his successful life. Jim Canterucci has some tips on Awareness for you as well.
Some of this episode's highlights:
- The state of education today
- Why measuring how smart kids are may not be the smartest thing
- Why leading by example is so much more productive than the traditional carrot and stick approach
- A key to adult's ability to influence kids
- A measurement of success in the classroom
- The double-edged sword of 'anything is possible'
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In this episode of Personal Brilliance - Up Close and Practical, Jim Canterucci interviews youth expert Fran Kick, exploring how he uses the Personal Brilliance catalyst Curiosity in his successful life. Jim Canterucci has some tips on Curiosity for you as well.
Some of this episode's highlights:
- Curiosity and eight year old twin boys
- How we train ourselves not to ask questions
- Why what and how questions are better than why questions
- Getting kids to self reflect and then share with adults
- What were you thinking?
- Interactive vs. interrogatory curiosity
- What's best for the kids?
- What happened to recess?
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In this episode of Personal Brilliance - Up Close and Practical, Jim Canterucci interviews youth expert Fran Kick, exploring how he uses the Personal Brilliance catalyst Focus in his successful life. Jim Canterucci has some tips on Focus for you as well.
Some of this episode's highlights:
- Dual focus as a key to success
- The brick wall of focus
- Focus is the traditional sense may dull our children's brilliance
- Multi-tasking isn't bad, it's just different
- Understanding the process of the young mind can increase our innovation
- Why kids are smarter than you think
- How dual focus can serve us in this 24/7 always on world
- A message for marketers - even kids don't want to be sold
- Why 1+1 is not 2
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In this episode of Personal Brilliance - Up Close and Practical, Jim Canterucci interviews youth expert Fran Kick, exploring how he uses the Personal Brilliance catalyst Initiative in his successful life. Jim Canterucci has some tips on Initiative for you as well.
Some of this episode's highlights:
- Kickin it in is about making things happen rather than talking about it happen
- The number one thing you can do to support a young person's initiative
- Moving from fantasy to reality
- How to grind the dream into reality
- A way to be supportive while being practical
- Process orientation
- An alternative to taking just one next step
- A brilliant idea implemented in a unique way
- Spreading brilliance - let it go
This is the complete Fran Kick Personal Brilliance - Up Close and Practical interview with Jim Canterucci.
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