30 Things To Teach Your Children

Here are the 30 Things to Teach Your Children from the book UR:You Are Who You Choose To Be by Rob Cook on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.com. Let me know what you think of the book on Facebook or Instagram @URRobCook.

1.) Focus on what is important, prioritize, put things in perspective

2.) Don't be selfish, it ultimately leads to unhappiness

3.) Maintain your personal integrity and character

4.) Accept the things that are your responsibility and act upon them

5.) Accept your failures and disappointments in life, learn from

them, don't dwell on them, and teach others not to repeat them

6.) Respect the world and the people around you

7.) Create meaningful relationships based on trust, respect and kindness

8.) You are who you associate with

9.) The secret to success in life is hard work and the service of others

10.) Know yourself and do things everyday that make you happy

11.) Be self-confident and satisfied with who you are

12.) Do something good for someone everyday

13.) Leave things better than you found them

14.) Be a gracious winner and loser

15.) Have situational awareness

16.) Do the best you can at everything you do

17.) Be resilient

18.) Use common sense

19.) Love yourself and allow yourself to be loved

20.) Understand and be able to identify what you want in a soul mate

21.) Take religion seriously - love God and your neighbor

22.) Stop worrying about fame and fortune

23.) Get thick skin. Sticks and stones may break your bones, but names

will never hurt you

24.) Don't kill another man’s dreams

25.) Perception is half the battle competence is the other half

26.) Acknowledge others’ strengths and be tolerant of their weaknesses

27.) No one's perfect, but that's no excuse to not always do your best

28.) Be forgiving and merciful toward others

29.) Be positive, happy and have a great attitude

30.) Follow the Ten Commandments

Taken from UR: You Are Who You Choose To Be ? Copyright 2017 by Rob Cook. Published by Rob Cook, Claremont, CA. Used by permission of the publisher. All rights reserved.