Guide Your Child Towards Success
This is an excerpt from Professor Paul Pilzer, author of "Unlimited Wealth" and "Other People's Money"..."One of the questions I am frequently asked by parents, particularly parents who have succeeded themselves but didn't have the opportunity to go to college, is what subject their son or daughter should study in college in order to achieve financial success.
I usually turn their question around, asking them detailed questions about what their child is really passionate about -sports, pets, movies, etc.- until they interrupt and tell me that they are asking my opinion about their child's economic welfare, not their child's social life. Then I explain the answer to their original question.
The key to achieving financial success today, or success in any field for that matter, is being able to learn new things. And the key to having the ability to learn new things is developing confidence in your ability to learn.
Even if there were one field or another that you could study in college for financial success, it wouldn't matter because most of what you studied in school would be technologically obsolete by the time you graduated. Today, it doesn't matter anymore how much you already know about a particular subject - things change so quickly that the most successful people in virtually every field are the people who learn new things the fastest.
Thus, the goal of every educational program should be to develop confidence in one's ability to learn. And the way to develop confidence about one's ability to learn is to learn something very well. And the way to learn something very well is to be passionate about learning it.
The hope, then, for every parent concerned about their child's future economic welfare, is that the child discover an interest in anything - music, art, history, psychology, math - that they passionately want to learn about. If this happens, the child, on his or her own, will master learning about it and possibly even major in the subject… eventually rising to the level where they will debate the subject with their professors.
If, and when, this happens, their future will be set - for they will have developed confidence in their ability to learn. This confidence in their ability to learn will lead them to success in whatever they seek.
Thus, if there is any gift a parent could give to a child, it is to nurture, whenever it occurs, the passion that a child might develop at any time to learn about any field or subject. For if the child masters learning just one subject, the parent who encouraged the child will have given a great gift. A true "gift of the magi," a gift that keeps on giving for the rest of the child's life."
Best wishes,
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Denny Strecker |
Halloween Party ROCKS Warren
Almost 150 people showed up for the Denny Strecker’s Karate Annual Halloween Party. People of all ages came dressed up in their cool costume and ready to P-A-R-T-Y!
Denny Strecker started the program with a talk about having an “Attitude of Gratitude” and the importance of saying “thank you” not just during the holidays, but EVERY day.
Families got to do a really cool craft and create a balloon ghost, cat, or pumpkin while Andrea Strecker gave a safety talk on the “Do’s and Don’ts” of Trick or Treating.
Each family got their picture taken by Mike Nowinski who owns On Sight Event Photography. Each picture was printed and given to the family before they left the party.
Finally, every shared in a great game of “Wrap Your Mummy” or if you mom was not available, “Wrap Your Daddy”. The kids had a riot wrapping their parent as a mummy and then having to unwrap them as quickly as possible.
The school is looking forward to next year’s party and will make sure to have even more exciting things. Hope to see you there!
Making Good Decisions - A Lesson
from Zig Ziglar
If you find it difficult to make decisions, or you worry that your decisions are not good decisions, or you lack the confidence to make decisions in a timely manner . . . you're not alone! Many people express their concerns about their decision-making abilities. But if you ask them, "What's your routine for making decisions?" they often will tell you they don't have one. Truthfully they do, but they don't recognize it, or they don't like it. Their decisions are based on SOMETHING, and if they stop and think about it they'll discover what it is. However, it's much better to purposefully and thoughtfully develop your decision-making system, and then follow it whenever you need to make decisions
If you ask Zig Ziglar how he makes decisions, he'll tell you that he follows some basic rules. Here they are, in his own words:
1. If I'm really tired, I don't make significant decisions (except in emergencies).
2. If someone is pressing me to decide something "right now," unless an immediate decision is critical, I say, "If I have to decide now, the answer is no. After I have had a chance to catch my breath and review the facts, there's the possibility it could be yes." Then I put the ball back in his or her court and ask, "Do you want my decision now, or should we wait?"
3. I like to determine the maximum benefit of a decision, assuming that everything goes my way. Then I ask, "Suppose nothing goes my way? Suppose this doesn't develop and materialize as I expect it to?
What is my maximum exposure? What would I lose?"
4. For significant business-related decisions, I run them past my advisors. These people are successful in their businesses and professions and have a considerable amount of knowledge, experience, and wisdom, all of which are musts in the decision-making process. I get their advice and follow their recommendations, with good results in most cases. If the decision is too minor to involve my advisors but I still want input, I get my family together to look at the pros and cons.
5. I like to pray about my decisions. I ask God to help me see the truth of my motives and to lead me in the way I should go. If I'm about to make an unwise decision, I simply don't have peace about that decision, and I consequently act on that feeling of unease. I ask myself, "How will this decision affect all the areas of my life--personal, family, career, financial, physical, mental and spiritual?"
Obviously, not all decisions affect all areas, but if the decision involves a financial reward but also carries considerable family sacrifice, for example, I think carefully as to whether what I give up is compensated for by what I gain.
One final note: Prioritize your decisions. Some are more urgent than others!
. . . Zig's decision making process can be found in his best-selling book, Success For Dummies, available in bookstores or online at www.ziglar.com in the Retail Store.
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Ha Ha!
An industrious turkey farmer was always experimenting with breeding, his mission was to produce the perfect turkey.His family was fond of the leg portion for dinner and there were never enough legs for everyone.
After many frustrating attempts, the farmer was relating the results of his
efforts to his friends at the general store.'Well I finally did it! I bred a turkey
that has six legs!'
They all asked the farmer how it tasted.
'I don't know, ' said the farmer,
'I never could catch it!'
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