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How To Raise Future-Proofed Kids
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🍕This week's pizza roll is on coaching: How To Raise Future-Proofed Kids 🍕
Dad Joke and Meme Of The Week
In the spirit of the nuclear fusion breakthrough this week. Here's a joke from Neil deGrasse Tyson (astrophysicist and science personality).
“Why can’t you trust an atom? Because they make up everything.”
And in the spirit of having to drive four hours this week for the holidays. Here's a great driving meme from The Dad (on IG) using one of my favorite comedies of all time.
How To Raise Future-Proofed Kids
Ever wonder…geez, life is tough; I can’t imagine what it will be like for my kids?
I don’t have a crystal ball but things have changed a ton since I was a kid, and I can only imagine that life will look pretty different when our kids grow up.
One of the common characteristics of successful adults is that they're comfortable with failure (mistakes).
Here’s why.
Success in life is about learning from mistakes.
Chamath Palihapitiya, the controversial billionaire with a rags-to-riches story, said, "life's success is how you control your mistakes. The way you control your mistakes is by making a bunch of mistakes.”
The full blog (here) tells how but here are the three things you can do to make mistakes a part of your family tradition:
1/ Serve a healthy heap of mistakes as a side dish at dinner (talk about it daily at dinner)
2/ Celebrate mistakes (treat them as little knowledge gifts)
3/ Don’t throw the flag each time there's a mistake (don’t penalize mistakes)
Our challenge:
The ability to embrace mistakes is a key to raising kids that can handle whatever the future throws at them.
Start by making mistakes a tradition by serving them daily at the dinner table. Celebrate them and don't penalize mistakes, even no brainers.
Now let's get out there and push mistakes like weights (ode to the great modern poet Ice Cube).
This Week's Interesting Read:
Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck's research shows that people who have growth mindset "believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work."
Messi and his career are a great example of growth mindset. Leo Messi never dreamed of being the G.O.A.T. Instead he dedicated his life to getting better each and every day.
He said,“I fought for my dreams.” “At first, it was to be a professional player. Then, I tried to surpass myself and achieve new goals every year.”
Our kids may not be the next Messi but teaching them a mindset that working hard each day to improve can lead to great things.
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