{"id":4241,"date":"2016-07-11T01:16:50","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T01:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/?p=4241"},"modified":"2018-10-02T13:36:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T17:36:39","slug":"life-hacks-three-year-olds-do-better-thn-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/07\/life-hacks-three-year-olds-do-better-thn-you\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Secret Life Hacks That Three-Year-Olds Do Better Than You!"},"content":{"rendered":"
Hack <\/strong>(hak<\/em>) noun Informal.<\/em> a tip, trick, or efficient method for doing or managing something: hacks for holiday entertaining, life hacks<\/em><\/span> The American educational system still operates from a 1910 model designed to produce compliant factory workers (look it up)<\/strong>. Very early in your academic career you were taught that, in most cases, asking “why” would get you into trouble. Just sit still and absorb. While some people escape from this Tyranny of Compliance**, most of us enter adulthood having been trained to follow instructions, not create chaos. And finally, what does a three-year-old do incessantly? <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Pick a Life Hack from the above list that you\u2019ve not employed in a while<\/strong>. Try it for a day. Enjoy a sense of play as you do. Then observe what happens and capture your reflections. Perhaps you can reconnect to one of your dormant SuperPowers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hack (hak) noun Informal. a tip, trick, or efficient method for doing or managing something: hacks for holiday entertaining, life hacks I am helping raise three of my grandchildren (who live next door). When raising my own four kids, I was caught up in all the stresses of life as a thirty-something overachiever\/parent. As a … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5789,"featured_media":4243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[463,464],"yoast_head":"\n
\nI am helping raise three of my grandchildren <\/strong>(who live next door). When raising my own four kids, I was caught up in all the stresses of life as a thirty-something overachiever\/parent. As a grandparent, I have more time and space to study my grandchildren. I observe what they do, how they learn, and how they experience life.
\nThe more I watch <\/strong>(they are currently six, three, and nearly a year old), the more I become convinced that we are all born with SuperPowers that we\u2019ve forgotten as we age.<\/strong><\/p>\nYou Have Forgotten What You Knew From Birth<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
\n**Note: this is not a knock on teachers. <\/em><\/strong>It\u2019s about the system, the mindset of education. See <\/em>this fascinating video<\/em><\/a> (2:30) that challenges the nature of teaching. Warning: radical shift! <\/em><\/span>
\nBefore formal education begins, our brain and body already know how to learn.<\/strong> Here are some of the life hacks used by toddlers that you should revisit as adults:<\/p>\n8 Life Hacks You Knew When You Were Young<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Do This For Yourself<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n