Mar 132012
Why did we say (in What Kids Need to Succeed) that teaching kids to develop a strong work ethic is important enough to label it one of the Four Foundations?
Well, unless as a parent you’ve been endowed with a magic wand and are going to live forever, at some point your children are going to have to exchange effort for results. Regardless of what they want, the ability to focus that energy is a skill that will either help or hinder then throughout their adult lives.
Here are what some others had to say on the subject:
- “Less talk – more work! There is too much talking going on. Because of excessive talking, spiritual energy is being wasted.” ~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba
- “Work is love made visible.” ~ Kahlil Gibran
- “Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does all the work.” ~ Mark Twain
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6 Responses to “Why Work?”
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how can we help them develop work ethic?
I’m a fan of household chores, summer jobs and fanning the flames of entrepreneurship any way we can. Here’s an old post about learning through summer jobs and one about how we think about chores if you’re interested. 🙂
Helpful! Thanks.
Good… I’m glad. So much of the book (and I hope this blog) are devoted to how we THINK about dozens (OK… hundreds???) of decisions we make with and for our kids.
..oops… that one got away from me. Meant the hundreds of decisions we make with and for our kids… in the course of a day.
I like the Mark Twain quote. So very true.