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| "We must instill a sense of duty in our children; every right implies a responsibility, every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty." John D. Rockefeller jr. |
It is important that we take full self responsibility for our current situation in life. If we consider ourselves "victims", then we will teach that attitude to our little ones. It is extremely easy to believe ourselves the victims of circumstances, but that must not be the general way we look at things.
All of us have power over our circumstances, even though, initially, we may not believe so. Obviously, we were born with certain intellectual abilities, into a certain family, with certain physical abilities. However, none of those circumstances is the final word on who we are, even though, of course, they can present certain challenges to meeting our goals.
In thinking about what responsibility is, you may remember that you have made choices throughout your lives, which have brought you to this particular point. If you don't think so, then sit down and trace your life back to those choices.
Each choice was the right one for you at the time, based on what you knew and how you felt about yourself. But they were YOUR choices. If you are happy with where you are, then those choices were consistent with your goals in life.
But, if you are not happy with where you are, then your experiences up until now were preparing you for the goals you will be meeting in the years to come.
If you take self responsibility for your life, then your child will learn what is responsibility as well. If you don't make excuses for your circumstances, then your child will not make excuses, either.
You are raising your children to be rich. So, this is one of the main behaviors to teach to your child to help him or her see him or herself as becoming a wealthy adult. Your child will learn what is responsibility through making choices which will lead him or her to their goal, which will ultimately result in being rich.
If you think yourself as a victim, you will not take enough responsibility to make choices to attract money.
Setbacks are merely that - setbacks - not actions from outside ourselves over which you have no control. Just face the setbacks and take actions to get past them.
Discover what is responsibility in relation to your positive self talk and how raising responsible kids impacts their ability to become successful and wealthy.
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