episode 12 - six hard learned lessons from a first time father

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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