Tricks that work when TJ doesn't want to do something, or is dilly dallying to avoid doing it.
When he won't eat his food, I'll say "Oh, only three-year-olds can eat that, I forgot that you are not three," which usually results in him saying "I'm three!" and eating it.
If I'm trying to get him to go potty or brush his teeth and he won't do it, a countdown from five on down usually gets him to do it by the time I get to three.
The chart with Xs for bad behavior and stars for good behavior really worked to get him to stop telling people to "Stop it!" - which is huge, because he's pretty bossy.
Sometimes when I tell him to do something, or tell him the way it is, he says "I know it" in this saucy little tone.
Don't know WHERE he gets it from.