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Our job is to love them and to be patient with them, not to demand the impossible from them.
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We don’t need to check our email as much as we do. Worrying about money never solves our money problems.
We have to push all that stuff away. So we can be present. So we can be patient. So we can be parents.
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See their perspective. Crawl inside it, walk around in it. Then take a step back and parent accordingly.
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“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret." —Ambrose Bierce
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Are you the kind of example they need? Have you left the kind of legacy that will protect them? That will guide them? That will inspire them to be decent and disciplined?
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You are teaching them about hard work, about doing what’s right, about fulfilling one’s potential, about being of use to others.
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It’s your chance. You can’t waste it. You can’t send them the wrong message. You have to seize it. You have to show them who you are.
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“Your kids are not keeping score on your career. . . . They just want a parent who’s emotionally present and supportive of them." —Ben Stiller
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Put your family first. Put your kids first. Say that you’re too busy. Politely decline. You have other priorities.
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When your days in the spotlight are over, when your fame and import have receded, you will still be a parent and your kids will still need you for the things kids have always needed their parents for
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What could it look like if you put your family first? If you really put them ahead of everything else?
You can’t be sure exactly until you do it, but you can be certain that it will feel great.
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That’s your job, above all others. To be a part of their life—a positive part. They need you to be there.
To give advice.
To be a good example.
To understand them and to love them.
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Love your kids. Root for them. Support them. Fight for them and fight with them. Be beside them and behind them. Wherever they are.
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By being disciplined and protective of your personal life, you are being protective and dedicated to your professional life.
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