Think about it.  What should your children know as they grow up and go out into the world? What would be the best advice you could give them to equip them for life? Here are a few of our favourites.

1. Have fun being active. Being online, eating sweets and fried food, watching TV and movies and playing video games are fun. But going outside and playing with friends, tossing a ball around, swimming, climbing something, challenging each other … that’s even more fun. And it leads to a healthy life, healthy heart, more focus and an energetic mind.

2. Think independently.  You can create a world of limitless possibility.  Question everything!  Of course you should listen to conventional wisdom and advice that people give you, but ultimately you have to form your own opinions. This is what leaders do, whether they are leading a company, a family, or their own lives.

3. Embrace change. Change is the one constant in life. Learn to let go and learn to embrace new opportunities. Don’t get stuck in in your comfort zone, don’t shut out what’s new and uncomfortable. Learn to be embrace discomfort – you will grow.

4. Spend less than you earn. Most people get a job and immediately spend their income on a car loan, high rent or buying possessions and eating out using credit cards. None of that is necessary. Don’t spend it if you don’t have it. Learn to go without, and be happy with less. Put away some of your income to grow with the power of compound earnings. Your future self will thank you.

5. You are good enough. Most people are afraid to do things because they are afraid they’re not good enough, afraid they’ll fail. But you are good enough — learn that and you won’t be afraid of new things, won’t be afraid to fail, won’t need the approval of others. You’ll be pre-approved — by yourself. Do things that are right and that feel right to you. That is living with integrity.

So over to you: what would you add to the list? What would you want to teach your own children? Make sure you don’t only tell them, but show them by being a living example.

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