I recently gave a talk to a group of parents during which I assured them that if they applied these principles correctly, they would have good results. A few days later, I met one of those parents in a grocery store. He said, "You know, we tried what you suggested and it worked!" (There was considerable surprise in his voice.) Then he stopped, and with a kind of funny look on his face added, "But I guess I shouldn't be surprised. That's what you said would happen." "Yeah!" I said, happy he'd gotten the message.