The rules I was raised with that I’m trying to pass on.
1. Humans are more important than Hardware.
2. Quality is better than Quantity.
3. Special things (especially people) cannot be mass produced.
4. Competence under stress cannot be created after emergencies occur.
1. Humans are more important than Hardware.
2. Quality is better than Quantity.
3. Special things (especially people) cannot be mass produced.
4. Competence under stress cannot be created after emergencies occur.
5. You can’t do everything alone. It’s not bad to need help or ask for it.
6. Know how to shake a hand. Never do it sitting down, grip firmly and look them in the eye.
7. Learn how to cook.
8. Spend 30 min a day reading up on current events but know you aren’t an expert.
6. Know how to shake a hand. Never do it sitting down, grip firmly and look them in the eye.
7. Learn how to cook.
8. Spend 30 min a day reading up on current events but know you aren’t an expert.
9. Request the late check.
10. Be a man of your word. Make a promise keep it.
11. Hold your heroes to a higher standard.
12. Return a borrowed car with a full tank of gas.
13. Whatever you do, do it with passion or don’t do it at all.
10. Be a man of your word. Make a promise keep it.
11. Hold your heroes to a higher standard.
12. Return a borrowed car with a full tank of gas.
13. Whatever you do, do it with passion or don’t do it at all.
14. Don’t let a wishbone grow where a backbone should be.
15. Stand up when she enters the room, hold her chair when she is sits down, and hold the door whenever she is coming or going. Do these things with humility and respect knowing she can do them herself.
15. Stand up when she enters the room, hold her chair when she is sits down, and hold the door whenever she is coming or going. Do these things with humility and respect knowing she can do them herself.
16. Carry two handkerchiefs. The one in your back pocket is for you. The one in your breast pocket is for her.
17. You marry the girl, you marry her family / children.
18. Be an oak. Your strength lies in your foundation and roots.
19. Experience the serenity of traveling alone.
17. You marry the girl, you marry her family / children.
18. Be an oak. Your strength lies in your foundation and roots.
19. Experience the serenity of traveling alone.
20. Never be afraid to ask out the best looking girl in the room.
21. Have good breath.
22. Dress above your station and a jacket always adds class.
23. Try writing your own eulogy. Never stop revising.
24. Thank a veteran even if you are one.
21. Have good breath.
22. Dress above your station and a jacket always adds class.
23. Try writing your own eulogy. Never stop revising.
24. Thank a veteran even if you are one.
25. After writing an angry email or post, read it carefully. Then delete it.
24. Ask your mom to play. She won’t let you win.
25. Manners make the man.
26. Give credit. Take the blame.
27. Stand up to Bullies. Protect those bullied.
28. Write down your dreams and don’t hide them.
24. Ask your mom to play. She won’t let you win.
25. Manners make the man.
26. Give credit. Take the blame.
27. Stand up to Bullies. Protect those bullied.
28. Write down your dreams and don’t hide them.
29. Add value everywhere you go.
30. Be confident and humble at the same time.
31. REFUSE to be ordinary!
32. Change the world, don't let it change you.
33. Only perfect practice leads to perfection.
34. Run with joy.
35. Always know I have your back.
#parenting #fathers #kids
30. Be confident and humble at the same time.
31. REFUSE to be ordinary!
32. Change the world, don't let it change you.
33. Only perfect practice leads to perfection.
34. Run with joy.
35. Always know I have your back.
#parenting #fathers #kids
