| Advice to Fathers April 5th, 2019 by Bill Boyajian |
Father/ Business Owner: My son doesn’t work as hard as I had to work to get this business to where it is today. Me: Your son was raised in a different generation than you and me and has different ideas about work, life balance, hobbies, and the world in general. Father/Business Owner: Yes, but how does he expect this business to continue to prosper without hard work? I’m worried that he is spoiled. Me: I don’t think your son is spoiled as much as he may be “enabled” by you and your wife. Our generation wanted it better for our children than we had it, and our children are a result of that. Your son wants to work smarter, not necessarily harder. Father/Business Owner: I tell my wife that she coddles my son too much and that is part of the problem. She can’t keep from “mothering” him. Me: Wives are usually more nurturing than husbands. Women are usually more about wanting to keep the family together and men are usually more about trying to make men out of sons. Sometimes all this backfires. Father/Business Owner: So what should I do? Am I to stand back and give in to all of my son’s whims and dreams? Me: No, but you should mellow out a bit and relax. You may be right about a lot of things, but the question is whether you want to continue to insist that you are right or whether you want to be successful as a father and an owner. Pushing your son away won’t make either of you happy and it will drive a wedge into the relationship that will always be there. Be wise, Dad. Have a heartfelt talk with your son. Tags: Advice, Balance, Business, Business Development, Care, Challenge, Charisma, Children, Communicate, Confidence, Create, Crisis Management, Criticism, Difficulty, Dreams, Effective Leaders, Enable, Exude Energy, Family, father, Follower, Following, Generation, happiness, harder, Hobbies, Humble, Humility, Ideas, Important, Knowledge, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Excellence, life, Life Tips, Naturally, Optimistic, owner, People, Perform, Perseverance, Personal Development, Positive, Positive Attitude, Prosper, Qualities, Reality, Relationship, Relax, Resilience, Responsibility, Self-esteem, Smarter, Son, Spirit, Spoil, Strength, Success, Successful, The Mind of a Leader, Values, Vision, Wedge, Wisdom, Work harder, World |
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Birmingham, AL
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Leitzel Fine Jewelry
Hershey & Myerstown, PA
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Kizer-Cummings Jewelers
Lawrence, KS
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