episode 12 - six hard learned lessons from a first time father
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"Whether you're a parent or not, I share six really important lessons I learned the hard way being a first time father." http://www.mmtpodcast.com/TRANSCRIPT
J AY S O N G A I G N A R D
S I X H A R D L E A R N E D L E S S O N S F R O M A F I R S T T I M E FA T H E R
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The Perception of Control
As a new parent, you need to get control over something, no matter how small it is. It could be getting control of your health, your relationship,
or your work schedule etc.
IT’S IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN
Presence is everything. If you want to radically change your behaviour, you must first radically
change your environment.
Don’t raise your kids how your parents raised you. They were raised in a
different time.
S E C O N D
T H I R D!
Sit back and watch, don’t be quick to correct. Let them discover life through their senses not your own.
Observe…
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One of the most powerful gifts I can give my daughter, is to reinforce her positive response to an unfavourable event.
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“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose
our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
– V I K T O R F R A N K L
F O U R T H
Know your role. Dating is easy. Marriage
is hard. And parenting just adds a whole new layer of complexity.
F I F T H
Your calendar is a refection of your values
Where you allocate your time lies your deepest desires.
S I X T H
As an adult you’re a product of your
decisions. However, a child is a product of their environment
“No written word, no spoken plea can teach
our youth what they should be. Nor all the
books on all the shelves, it’s what the teachers
are themselves.”
– A N O N Y M O U S
PROXIMITY IS POWER
I know that what I eat, what I tolerate, what I accept and, the standards that I set, will become the software that my
daughter will operate from.
Lead by example. At the end of the day, you aren’t just raising your
children. You’re raising your grandchildren as well.
Parenting isn’t easy. Your child will test your character and develop it at it’s outward
edge.
With that said… nothing will bring you more depth than
being a parent.
TA K E I T S E R I O U S LY
T H E S TA K E S
A R E H I G H
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