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Happy Father's Day!
My Dad taught me that early Saturday mornings are a great time to work…on the house no matter how late you stayed up the night before.
My Dad taught me that getting a legal job at 14 is possible if you sell it just right and ask enough people. (My first job was working at a Quizno's as the Flyer boy, on a busy afternoon I quickly got promoted to ASM- assistant sandwich maker)
My Dad taught me that nothing in life was free. If we wanted in on the family vacation we paid our part of the trip.
My Dad taught me that bad (and good) decisions have significant consequences. (The real life application of which I will leave out, but it involves a $1,000 geo metro)
My Dad taught me that there are opportunity costs. Vacations cost much more than the expense of the vacation. While my friends were off playing on summer, spring, and winter brakes, I learned that a lot of money could be earned while others were playing.
My Dad taught me that serving others is the only way to grow. (You only get what you give.) A hard lesson for a young man to grasp.
My Dad taught me that a college education is not an option. Dad got a degree in Chemical engineering. As a kid you don't realize all degrees are not created equal. (Or require the same output of effort) My Siblings and I were expected to pay for and graduate from the college of our choice and the degree of our choice. (It turns out that expectation had been instilled in him as well and in the two generations before him.)
My Dad taught me that two or three summer jobs are better than student dept. ( I do not look back on my college years fondly.)
My Dad taught me to save. Owning a car costs more than the car its self. You have to have the money to fix the car too.
My Dad taught me that a family can move across the country for a career opportunity, start over, and turn out better than they were before.
My Dad taught me that "Work Ethic" is a term tossed around liberally but few have the ability to put their head down and really work when it gets hard or uncomfortable.
My Dad taught me that work can be fun a large percent of the time when you are doing something that you love and working with great people.
My Dad taught me that it is OK to come home from work and slow down long enough to let your family know THEY are the most special thing in life and in the end THEY are the only thing that matters.
Thanks Dad
What did your Dad Teach you?
My Dad taught me that early Saturday mornings are a great time to work…on the house no matter how late you stayed up the night before.
My Dad taught me that getting a legal job at 14 is possible if you sell it just right and ask enough people. (My first job was working at a Quizno's as the Flyer boy, on a busy afternoon I quickly got promoted to ASM- assistant sandwich maker)
My Dad taught me that nothing in life was free. If we wanted in on the family vacation we paid our part of the trip.
My Dad taught me that bad (and good) decisions have significant consequences. (The real life application of which I will leave out, but it involves a $1,000 geo metro)
My Dad taught me that there are opportunity costs. Vacations cost much more than the expense of the vacation. While my friends were off playing on summer, spring, and winter brakes, I learned that a lot of money could be earned while others were playing.
My Dad taught me that serving others is the only way to grow. (You only get what you give.) A hard lesson for a young man to grasp.
My Dad taught me that a college education is not an option. Dad got a degree in Chemical engineering. As a kid you don't realize all degrees are not created equal. (Or require the same output of effort) My Siblings and I were expected to pay for and graduate from the college of our choice and the degree of our choice. (It turns out that expectation had been instilled in him as well and in the two generations before him.)
My Dad taught me that two or three summer jobs are better than student dept. ( I do not look back on my college years fondly.)
My Dad taught me to save. Owning a car costs more than the car its self. You have to have the money to fix the car too.
My Dad taught me that a family can move across the country for a career opportunity, start over, and turn out better than they were before.
My Dad taught me that "Work Ethic" is a term tossed around liberally but few have the ability to put their head down and really work when it gets hard or uncomfortable.
My Dad taught me that work can be fun a large percent of the time when you are doing something that you love and working with great people.
My Dad taught me that it is OK to come home from work and slow down long enough to let your family know THEY are the most special thing in life and in the end THEY are the only thing that matters.
Thanks Dad
What did your Dad Teach you?