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A good father

Written by: Keith Ferrazzi

Article Overview: From leadership expert Jim Citrin's new column at Yahoo! Finance... "Just about everything we do in both our personal and professional lives is dependent on other people. And how you interact with those people has a direct effect. Even such seemingly "non-relationship" things as learning from a teacher in school or getting a ticket from a police officer are directly affected by your relationship skills."

A good father

From leadership expert Jim Citrin's new column at Yahoo! Finance...

"Just about everything we do in both our personal and professional lives is dependent on other people. And how you interact with those people has a direct effect. Even such seemingly "non-relationship" things as learning from a teacher in school or getting a ticket from a police officer are directly affected by your relationship skills.

I just had this conversation with my kids, two of whom are in high school. "Who do you think the teacher will be more supportive of when it comes to assigning grades -- the student who does his work with a positive attitude, who goes in for extra help and pays full and engaged attention in class, or the one who sits back, even if they have the same test scores?""

I love that Jim is already teaching his children the importance of relationships to their academic/professional advancement while they're so young.

Some parents, unfortunately, have the mindset that their children should learn this way of the world on their own, or "the hard way," perhaps because they did.

But I think Jim has the right idea, to teach children the build it before you need it lesson and help them start setting themselves up for success as early as they want, so--as all good parents hope--they have it better than we did.

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Article Tags: finance, jim citrin, leadership, mindset, parents, police officer, positive attitude, professional advancement, professional lives, relationship skills, relationships, test scores, way of the world, yahoo



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Re: I'm Back - [quote="Trent Brownrigg":18iil3w3]Mal, I haven't lost anyone quite as close to me as a father but I have lost a couple good friends and grandparents. It's definitely tough to deal with. You are in my thoughts. And welcome back.[/quote:18iil3w3] Hi Trent, Thank you for your kind words, losing a parent is something we all dread but know that we must face it some time. Thankfully, my father died without any pain as far as we know and that is a comfort, thanks again, Mal.
Re: I'm Back - Mal, I haven't lost anyone quite as close to me as a father but I have lost a couple good friends and grandparents. It's definitely tough to deal with. You are in my thoughts. And welcome back.
Re: I'm Back - Hi Mal - very sorry to hear about your father as I'm sure everyone is here in the forums. I hosted an event with Guy Kawasaki last week and he said whenever someone around him dies he deletes everything in his inbox and starts fresh. He said that if something was important enough people would email him back and he hasn't lost any business because of it.
Re: What I'm reading this weekend - Feb 18, 2011 - Hi Evan, Thank you for a great list as usual, I haven't had the chance until now to read them as I spent all yesterday helping my father to re-build half of his house (or it seemed that way,LOL) I will make a start reading them today and I particularly like the look of Keyword Research in Google Webmaster Tools, thanks again, Mal.
Re: Do Women Play the Stock Market? - Hi Barbara, My mother simply lets my father handle her entire stock portfolio because she believes he's more knowledgeable in the subject of "finance and money" (especially since my dad worked as an accountant for 35 years).


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