192. Teaching Success Skills with Rob Heller of the Boost Program

So talk to us about some of those skills.

You know, I have a 14 year old myself.

I hear you on the teenagers.

And I also hear you on thinking about intentionally as a parent, you know, what I want my kids to develop.

And so talk to me a little bit about what were those skills that you were hoping to see in your own children and what led you to develop Boost? Yeah.

So we really call it the three-legged stool.

So the first would just be people and social skills.

And those would be, obviously, it's about someone else.

It's not about you learning how to listen and ask questions, remembering previous conversations, the greeting process.

Everyone knows the handshake, but just an enthusiast.

Saying someone's name, not one-upping someone in a conversation, smiling.

So all People and social skills.

So that would be one leg of the stool.

The next one would be character.

So being honest and humble and kind and not gossiping.

And when you make a mistake, just apologize quickly and sincerely and say thank you.

So all the things under character in the last leg of the stool that wasn't part of the first version when I created this is a healthy mindset.

We know how much kids are struggling today with mental health.

And yet there are certain tools and techniques and a skill set.

If they can learn those, it just would give them a better shot.

So just realizing their negative thoughts and reframing them and setting goals and tools to create calm, realizing that a little bit of stress is actually okay for you, resilient.

So again, I'm rambling, but it's really all the things under the healthy mindset leg.

And really what we say is you need all three legs to be strong.

Yes, absolutely.

And I think being a classroom teacher, you know, that stuff gets overlooked sometimes.