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Wommack’s The Art of Parenting Lessons from the Parents and Mentors of Extraordinary Americans Volumes I, II & III By David R. Wommack WOMMACK’S THE ART OF PARENTING Copyright © 2013 David R. Wommack Publishing 4250 4th Avenue, Suite 2 San Diego, California 92103 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without the prior written permission of the Publisher. Manufactured in the United States of America. ISBN 10: 1490561129 ISBN 13: 9781490561127 2 DAVID R. WOMMACK Contents Dedication .................................................................................................................. 10 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 11 An easier childhood? ........................................................................................ 11 Parenting has changed? .................................................................................... 11 Mantras are the past and the future .................................................................. 12 About the Author ....................................................................................................... 15 VOLUME I–THE ART OF PARENTING................................................................ 17 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ................................................................................................ 17 Who is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar? ............................................................................... 17 Parenting Techniques .............................................................................................. 20 1—Make each day your masterpiece. .............................................................. 20 2—You are your children’s role models. ......................................................... 22 3—Be slow to criticize and quick to commend. .............................................. 22 4—The best punishment is not physical, it’s the feeling of letting down those whom you respect. ........................................................................... 23 5—Be true to yourself. ..................................................................................... 23 6—Happiness begins where selfishness ends. ................................................. 24 7—Bring out the best in people by being sincerely interested in them. ........... 25 8—Big things are accomplished only through the perfection of minor details. ....................................................................................................... 25 9—The man who is afraid to risk failure seldom has to face success. ............. 26 10—Families, teams, and companies win with teamwork. .............................. 26 11—Persistence wins. ...................................................................................... 27 12—Get your priorities in order. ...................................................................... 28 13—Be fair and use discipline to improve results. .......................................... 28 John Wooden’s Seven-Point Creed ......................................................................... 29 Quote from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar .......................................................................... 29 LANCE ARMSTRONG ............................................................................................ 31 Who is Lance Armstrong? ....................................................................................... 31 Parenting Techniques .............................................................................................. 34 1—Make every obstacle an opportunity. ......................................................... 34 2—Talk to your children as adults. .................................................................. 34 3—You have to do it yourself. No one is going to do it for you. ..................... 36 Quotes from Linda Armstrong ................................................................................ 38 Quotes from Lance Armstrong ................................................................................ 38 WARREN BUFFETT ................................................................................................ 39 Who is Warren Buffett? ........................................................................................... 39 Parenting Techniques .............................................................................................. 41 1—Take them to work, your place of business, and involve them. ................. 41 3—At the dinner table have serious discussions about important issues. ........ 42 4—Encourage competition, not based on sports, in business and numbers. .... 42 5—Teach them to enjoy talking with and to adults. ........................................ 43 6—Allow them to learn investing by themselves. ........................................... 43 3 WOMMACK’S THE ART OF PARENTING 7—Let them repeatedly experience the difference between manual work and other work........................................................................................... 44 8—Teach them to consider all the consequences of their actions and not take anything for granted. ......................................................................... 44 9—Put down arrogance long before it becomes a character trait..................... 44 10—Raise the book: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, to the level of a mantra. ............................................................ 45 11—Demand they think for themselves and be able to orally support their thinking with clear logic............................................................................ 45 Quotes from Warren Buffett .................................................................................... 46 JULIA CHILD ........................................................................................................... 47 Who was Julia Child? .............................................................................................. 47 Parenting Techniques .............................................................................................. 51 1—Encourage your older children to wait awhile after college before getting married. Use that time to travel, explore, learn to live on their own, and find their own identity. .............................................................. 51 ELIZABETH EDWARDS ......................................................................................... 53 Who was Elizabeth Edwards? ................................................................................. 53 Parenting Techniques .............................................................................................. 54 1—Teach empathy for others’ troubles. ........................................................... 54 2—Learn to talk to anyone. .............................................................................. 55 3—Consider sending your daughter to a women’s college. ............................. 56 EDWARD KENNEDY .............................................................................................. 59 Who was Edward Kennedy? ................................................................................... 59 Parenting Techniques .............................................................................................. 62 1—Hammer out different areas of child development for you and your spouse, and work hard to reinforce them. ................................................. 62 2—Build strong family bonds. ........................................................................ 64 3—Develop mantras for the family. ................................................................. 65 4—Read to them when they are young. ........................................................... 66 5—Eat dinner together and discuss important world news events and ideas. .. 67 6—Teach them to fight their own battles. ........................................................ 68 SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR ................................................................................... 69 Who is Sandra Day O’Connor? ............................................................................... 69 Parenting Techniques .............................................................................................. 72 1—Teach genuine interest in other people. ...................................................... 72 2—Allow your children to work with you. ...................................................... 72 3—Show them the job should be done right. ................................................... 73 4—Let them memorize important prose and practice dramatic recitation. ...... 73 5—Discuss current events at the dinner table. ................................................. 74 RONALD REAGAN ................................................................................................. 75 Who was Ronald Reagan? ....................................................................................... 75 Parenting Techniques .............................................................................................. 78 1—Build your ideals and values into your children. ........................................ 78 2—Build empathy