The Best Minute: Facing challenges, leadership, and parenting
2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS
I. Audre Lorde on facing our challenges:
“Sometimes we are blessed with being able to choose the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution, but more usually we must do battle where we are standing.”
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II. George F. Will on leadership:
“Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it - short-term pain for long-term gain.”
2 IDEAS FROM ME
I. Honoring God in some areas of life does not justify being unfaithful in other areas.
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II. Here are 3 tips for parenting your kids:
Let your default answer be “yes” to your kids (unless they are asking for something that goes against a rule, boundary, or value you have for them)
Once a month proactively plan one on one time with each of your kids
Be flexible with your routine on occasion for the creation of memories. There is a good chance some of your greatest memories with your parents happened when you did something out of the norm with them.
1 INTERESTING FACT
Dead skin cells are the main ingredient in household dust
According to researchers at Imperial College London, humans shed around 200 million skin cells each hour—and they have to go somewhere when we’re indoors.
Source: RD
1 QUESTION TO LEAVE YOU WITH
What advice would I give myself if someone else was facing the same exact issue I am facing?
P.S. Hangman for pacifists.
