Showing posts with label advice-from-fathers-to-fathers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label advice-from-fathers-to-fathers. Show all posts
2013-10-03
The Meaning of Life?
Artist: http://www.goodnet.org/articles/could-this-be-meaning-life
#Héléne Leroux http://loulouln.blogspot.co.il/
2008-07-03
The 20 Deadliest Plants of the planet... live in your backyard
Oleander, Belladonna-Deadly Nightshade, Taxus Baccata, Ligustrum, Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans), Hyacinth, Digitalis purpurea, Angel's Trumpet (Brugmansia)
They all live in our backyards and public parks and potentially are a hugely dangerouus threat to our lives...
http://www.purpleslinky.com/Trivia/Science/Deadliest-Plants-in-the-Planet.145297
2008-06-27
It takes a kid to turn you into a man
Excellent article by serial entrepreneur Luke Johnson, contributor to the FT and who's having his first child later in life. some extracts of note
It takes a child to make a new man of you
By Luke Johnson
Published: June 25 2008 03:00 | Last updated: June 25 2008 03:00
...But becoming a father has a healthy, humanising impact, putting all the stress and ambition into perspective.
And so I have found that the favourite small talk in the 21st century among entrepreneurs is not football - thank God - but discussing one's family, as a civilised contrast to all that wealth accumulation. This is the first generation of New Man executives, whose chief hobbies are not golf and drinking but their children. These business leaders can not only close a sale or raise venture capital but they can also change a nappy, baby-sit and talk knowledgably about schools and exams.
This is a huge behavioural change from their predecessors of the 1960s and 1970s. The old-fashioned boss delegated all child-rearing to women: the wife or perhaps the nanny. He was rarely there for carol concerts or parents evenings - sometimes he was not even there for the birth. He was too busy building a fortune and, in the evenings, socialising with work clients or bankers. But, nowadays, I'm not alone in regularly slipping out of the office early to be home in time for the children's bath and a bedtime story.
Will we make better dads? I hope so. Will it compromise our careers and stunt our material success? Will our children thank us for the extra attention? Who knows?
...Those who marry and have children young face tougher choices. Do they go all-out for success and perhaps miss their children growing up? It is pretty hard to get ahead if you are willing to do only short days and never work at weekends.
...I have met plenty of alpha males who have achieved great things but sacrificed their personal lives along the way. Often they divorced because they were never at home. Sadly, material success tends to come at an emotional price.
... (la question à cent balles)
Should entrepreneurial fathers want their offspring to follow in their footsteps?
Everyone should decide their own path in life, even if there is a family company to inherit. Dynasties and nepotism only work if the candidate has genuine talent and appetite for the role. For those who are the offspring of renowned patriarchs, I advise pursuing a completely different profession, so unfavourable comparisons are impossible. As 19th century humorist Austin O'Malley said:
I was lucky in that my dad taught me to make my own way in the world and believe anything is possible. It is sad that so many captains of industry have a single overwhelming regret: that their father never lived to see them become the conquering hero.
After all, entrepreneurs and children ought to get on well since they are similar in many ways: impatient, self-centred, demanding, enthusiastic, energetic and wilful. At board meetings it can occasionally be difficult to tell them apart. But, perhaps, that is what makes them fun to have around.
The writer is chairman of Channel 4 and runs Risk Capital Partners, a private equity firm
It takes a child to make a new man of you
By Luke Johnson
Published: June 25 2008 03:00 | Last updated: June 25 2008 03:00
...But becoming a father has a healthy, humanising impact, putting all the stress and ambition into perspective.
And so I have found that the favourite small talk in the 21st century among entrepreneurs is not football - thank God - but discussing one's family, as a civilised contrast to all that wealth accumulation. This is the first generation of New Man executives, whose chief hobbies are not golf and drinking but their children. These business leaders can not only close a sale or raise venture capital but they can also change a nappy, baby-sit and talk knowledgably about schools and exams.
This is a huge behavioural change from their predecessors of the 1960s and 1970s. The old-fashioned boss delegated all child-rearing to women: the wife or perhaps the nanny. He was rarely there for carol concerts or parents evenings - sometimes he was not even there for the birth. He was too busy building a fortune and, in the evenings, socialising with work clients or bankers. But, nowadays, I'm not alone in regularly slipping out of the office early to be home in time for the children's bath and a bedtime story.
Will we make better dads? I hope so. Will it compromise our careers and stunt our material success? Will our children thank us for the extra attention? Who knows?
...Those who marry and have children young face tougher choices. Do they go all-out for success and perhaps miss their children growing up? It is pretty hard to get ahead if you are willing to do only short days and never work at weekends.
...I have met plenty of alpha males who have achieved great things but sacrificed their personal lives along the way. Often they divorced because they were never at home. Sadly, material success tends to come at an emotional price.
... (la question à cent balles)
Should entrepreneurial fathers want their offspring to follow in their footsteps?
Everyone should decide their own path in life, even if there is a family company to inherit. Dynasties and nepotism only work if the candidate has genuine talent and appetite for the role. For those who are the offspring of renowned patriarchs, I advise pursuing a completely different profession, so unfavourable comparisons are impossible. As 19th century humorist Austin O'Malley said:
"The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father."
I was lucky in that my dad taught me to make my own way in the world and believe anything is possible. It is sad that so many captains of industry have a single overwhelming regret: that their father never lived to see them become the conquering hero.
After all, entrepreneurs and children ought to get on well since they are similar in many ways: impatient, self-centred, demanding, enthusiastic, energetic and wilful. At board meetings it can occasionally be difficult to tell them apart. But, perhaps, that is what makes them fun to have around.
The writer is chairman of Channel 4 and runs Risk Capital Partners, a private equity firm
2008-01-10
World's Largest Collection of "Rules of Thumb"
Category - SURVIVAL:
- If you are assaulted, scream Fire! People are more likely to come to your aid than if you shout Help!
- If you are lost in the woods, always travel downstream.
- Bears can outrun, outclimb, and outswim a human. Your only hope is to run downhill. A bear's center of gravity makes it difficult for them to run downhill. (Wacondah does not fully agree on this one... you might also take your chances and "play dead" or not venture into the woods at all... Or jump into a canoe, as the bears surely does not paddle as well as you...)
Category: kids
- A child will become as you describe him to others.
- Children should get library cards when they can write their full names.
- Crabby babies get more attention than quiet babies, and babies who get more attention have higher IQs.
- Parents teach more by example than by words. Reading parents have reading children; achieving parents have achieving children.
- When babies start grunting, wait 20 minutes before changing them. That way you will change only one messy diaper, not two.
- The number of guests at a child's birthday party should be limited to the age of the child. Invite three for a three-year-old, five for a five-year-old.
- Inappropriate seasonal dress is one of the first signs of a youngster abusing drugs.
Category: Romance & Marriage
- Shut the heck up, feed him what he likes to eat, and sex on Saturday that he can take a nap after.
- If you are assaulted, scream Fire! People are more likely to come to your aid than if you shout Help!
- If you are lost in the woods, always travel downstream.
- Bears can outrun, outclimb, and outswim a human. Your only hope is to run downhill. A bear's center of gravity makes it difficult for them to run downhill. (Wacondah does not fully agree on this one... you might also take your chances and "play dead" or not venture into the woods at all... Or jump into a canoe, as the bears surely does not paddle as well as you...)
Category: kids
- A child will become as you describe him to others.
- Children should get library cards when they can write their full names.
- Crabby babies get more attention than quiet babies, and babies who get more attention have higher IQs.
- Parents teach more by example than by words. Reading parents have reading children; achieving parents have achieving children.
- When babies start grunting, wait 20 minutes before changing them. That way you will change only one messy diaper, not two.
- The number of guests at a child's birthday party should be limited to the age of the child. Invite three for a three-year-old, five for a five-year-old.
- Inappropriate seasonal dress is one of the first signs of a youngster abusing drugs.
Category: Romance & Marriage
- Shut the heck up, feed him what he likes to eat, and sex on Saturday that he can take a nap after.
2007-06-28
Wenende Baby's: advies voor vaders
wenende baby's van 1 week: een korte handleiding
't beste wat je kan doen is proberen ...
1/ wiegen (tot je rugpijn hebt...)
2/ rondrijden in koetske?
3/ in de auto steken - dat werkt in 90% van de gevallen,
4/ zien dat ge uw pedalen niet verliest: mocht uw vrouw op zijn van de zenuwen, vermoeidheid etc... stuur haar dan eens shoppen en wees een nieuwe man...
5/ mijn ervaring is: ga er niet met 2 rond staan, maar wissel af...
6/ na 1 week zijn baby's wat aan het ontwennen... 't is te zeggen, de scheiding van de baarmoeder begint nu te wegen, en ze krijgen al snel heimwee
7/ is er stoelgang in de pamper?
8/ misschien wat last van krampen, dat gaat over, maar er zijn geen wondermiddelen
9/ zet de TV zo luid dat ge niets meer hoort
10/ baby's die huilen: fantastisch en verplicht, het wil gewoon zeggen dat ze hun stembanden oefenen en hun longen trainen... en dat is hoogst noodzakelijk (anders kunnen ze later geen joints paffen)
11/ zet de baby af bij schoonouders...
12/ probeer toch het hoofd rustig te houden en niet gefrustreerd raken ook al lijkt het of ze 24h/24h wenen
13/ TUT...
14/ als ge toch onzeker zijt, neem temperatuur en bij koorts: onmiddellijk bellen naar A/vroedvrouw van de kliniek die u altijd nog wel willen helpen of B/huisarts of C/ pediater....
't beste wat je kan doen is proberen ...
1/ wiegen (tot je rugpijn hebt...)
2/ rondrijden in koetske?
3/ in de auto steken - dat werkt in 90% van de gevallen,
4/ zien dat ge uw pedalen niet verliest: mocht uw vrouw op zijn van de zenuwen, vermoeidheid etc... stuur haar dan eens shoppen en wees een nieuwe man...
5/ mijn ervaring is: ga er niet met 2 rond staan, maar wissel af...
6/ na 1 week zijn baby's wat aan het ontwennen... 't is te zeggen, de scheiding van de baarmoeder begint nu te wegen, en ze krijgen al snel heimwee
7/ is er stoelgang in de pamper?
8/ misschien wat last van krampen, dat gaat over, maar er zijn geen wondermiddelen
9/ zet de TV zo luid dat ge niets meer hoort
10/ baby's die huilen: fantastisch en verplicht, het wil gewoon zeggen dat ze hun stembanden oefenen en hun longen trainen... en dat is hoogst noodzakelijk (anders kunnen ze later geen joints paffen)
11/ zet de baby af bij schoonouders...
12/ probeer toch het hoofd rustig te houden en niet gefrustreerd raken ook al lijkt het of ze 24h/24h wenen
13/ TUT...
14/ als ge toch onzeker zijt, neem temperatuur en bij koorts: onmiddellijk bellen naar A/vroedvrouw van de kliniek die u altijd nog wel willen helpen of B/huisarts of C/ pediater....
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