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Being Bullied? Three Surefire Anti-Bullying Tips From Marty Mcfly

This weekend, my girlfriend and I re-watched the entire Back to the Future trilogy. What excellent movies - each one is a classic!

I got to thinking about how the seemingly insignificant choices we all make during the course of an average day can have major consequences- and how the big decisions can send reverberations far into the future. A committed decision, coupled with action can change the course of your life!

As you probably remember, Marty and Doc Brown hopscotch from past to present to future in a time-traveling Deloiran. During the course of their adventures, Marty and Doc have to: play matchmaker to Marty's parents, prevent Hill Valley from degenerating into a crime infested cesspool, and rescue Doc from getting gunned down in the Old West. Any misstep could unravel history, and at every turn they're thwarted by some incarnation of the malevolent Arch Bully, Biff.

O.K. - Back to the Future is wonderfully entertaining - but can you actually learn anything from a 25 year old sci-fi action comedy? I think so.

Here's the Take Away:

* APPEASEMENT NEVER WORKS. Marty's father, George, graduates from doing Biff's homework to doing his corporate projects. He let Biff take his hat. When Biff crashed the McFly family car, George was the one to apologize! Ol wishy-washy George just shrugged and tried to laugh it off.
LESSON- A bully will NEVER by your buddy - its futile and counterproductive to even try to turn bullies2buddies. Give in to a bully's demands, and you'll be hit with bigger demands. The extortion will never stop.


* THE BULLY WILL HAVE A CREW - DOING THIS WILL DISBAND THEM IN A HURRY. Biff always had backup- either high school hangers on, or paid henchmen, or a gang and this multiplied the difficulties in avoiding him or facing him down.
LESSON- The trick to eliminating this numerical advantage can be found in Zecheriah 13:7- "Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter". If you can take out the lead bully with a decisive move (which doesn't necessarily need to be physical), or strategically undermine their social standing and popularity, the bully's power will be greatly reduced, and their posse will scatter


* DON'T LET ANYONE PUSH YOUR BUTTONS - STAY COOL! Marty had a fatal flaw'. This fault consistently led him to make terrible choices; because of it, he might have doomed himself to a miserable life in the second movie, or get even get killed in the 3rd! Marty's major malfunction? He went nuts whenever anyone questioned his courage. Whenever he was called a "chicken" or "yellow belly" or "coward", Marty would invariably take the bait and do something stupid.
LESSON- getting emotional floods your brain with chemicals that make you irrational and prevent you from thinking clearly. When you allow other people to control you, you become their puppet, and you lose. Stay centered and you'll never be goaded into playing an enemies game.

**BONUS TIP: "He who controls others is mighty; he who controls himself is mighter still." ~Lau Tsu If your child is being bullied, the first step is teaching them self-control. Learn how by instantly downloading a 9-page Special Free Report at The Total Bully Solution. In just two weeks, any child can learn simple, practical and effective strategies guaranteed to beat bullies.

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