
The Most Important Question to Ask Your Kids Before Bed
From Chasing Excellence by Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
April 2, 2026 · 19 min · Episode 490
About this episode
The episode discusses how asking a simple question before bed can enhance children's confidence and reshape their self-perception.
What if the most powerful thing you could do for your child's confidence takes less than five minutes a day? In this short episode, we revisit a conversation with mindset coach Mark England that sparked something big — the idea of a wins journal — and we explore how one simple question before bed can reshape the story your kids tell themselves about who they are. We dive into why most of us have a black belt in dismissing our own accomplishments and how that pattern gets passed down to our children. Learn how replacing "what went wrong today" with "what went right today" connects to the Awareness → Intention → Action framework, and hear a full reading of Patrick's new children's book What's a Win I Won Today? — written to give families a way into the conversations that actually matter. 📗 Grab the book! ❤️ Free Newsletter & the Chase Club 🏁 New to Chasing Excellence? Start here! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
People in this episode
Hosts: Patrick Cummings, Ben Bergeron
Guest: Mark England
Topics covered
- child confidence
- mindset coaching
- wins journal
- parenting
- self-reflection
Keywords
- confidence
- children
- mindset
- accomplishments
- parenting
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: What's a Win I Won Today?
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