365 Days With Self-Discipline: 365 Life-Altering Thoughts on Self-Control, Mental Resilience, and Success

Day 325: On Being the Child of Your Own Works

Every one is the son of his own works.

—Miguel de Cervantes

 

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Here’s  a  fun  metaphor  for  today:  you’re  the  parent  of  yourself,  and

hence, you’re the child of your own decisions, habits, and beliefs.

Would  you  raise  your  children  in  the  same  way  as  you’re  raising

yourself?

Are you being a good parent, ensuring that their child grows up with

self-discipline, or are you lax, constantly cutting your child some slack and

ultimately turning them into a weak-willed adult?

Are you understanding and supportive or critical and mean when your

child makes errors while trying to fail their way to success?

Lastly, are you setting a good example? Do you expect one thing from

your child and then do the opposite when they aren’t looking?

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