171. Creating Young Minds: Inspiring Youth & Athletes Outside Of The Classroom - Dr. Shira Ackerman

Blessed to have Dr. Shira Ackerman, author of Creating Young Minds: Inspiring Youth & Athletes Outside of The Classroom and co-founder of the non-profit Creating Young Minds. She's on a mission to  focus on teaching young men about the importance of education, hard work and being humble in all aspects of life. Dr. Ackerman has a Ph.D. in Applied Behavior Analysis from Columbia University, 10 years’ experience in the field of Behavior Analysis; 20+ years’ experience as an Educator In this episode we get into:how to motivate our youth to achieve new heights in all areas of lifehow to incorporate discipline into our youth's liveshow to use data to increase results and make it fun best practices for unleashing youth's unlimited potentialTimeline2:00 - Dr. Ackerman’s background and how she started Creating Young Minds7:20 - Anyone who works with kids an benefit from this book10:08 - Most common mistake most parents, educators, and coaches are making15:23 - Why positive reinforcement is so powerful for learning and cultivating youth19:30 - How do we institute discipline in our youth’s lives successfully?23:20 - How do we use data with our kids and make it fun?28:21 - How unleash your kid or youth’s untapped potential?34:20 - What are the best practices that people can use to inspire our youth and create young minds?