Being a Dad is the most important role I will ever have in my life. Why? Because I want to be a family man with a business, not a businessman with a family. My job is to lead my children, to lead my family, by teaching them principles and what I believe to be true so they can live a successful life with fulfillment, impact, and happiness. Children need strong leadership. I believe this is one of the biggest problems in society today is a lack of strong leadership. In a world filled with ambiguity, misinformation, and conflicting messages, fathers have the unique privilege and duty to teach principles that guide their children towards making smart decisions in life. Every month I intentionally talk to my children about leadership and qualities I see in them, that they might not see in themselves yet. Speaking possibilities into them at every opportunity. A few stories I’m really proud of is that my 2nd daughter has really come out of her shell over the last year. She was once shy, reserved, and struggled with anxiety, but now she’s a lot more social and confident. She’s thriving at her part-time job, as well as launched her own business which has now scaled into multiple locations. And then my oldest daughter went off to college last year. I was worried about her heading off into the world by herself. But she’s absolutely crushing it… flourishing, happy, and loving life. She’s become the leader of her own life now. Leadership in the home shapes the future of our kid’s lives. That’s a responsibility my wife and I take seriously. For the parents out there, what are a few leadership lessons you’re working on teach your kids?
Beautiful family! And I needed this!
We are role models for our children. They pick up so many things we don't even realize we are doing. It's a responsibility on us adults to give over the right values to our children.
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Love this thank you for sharing leadership needs to be taught at every age!
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What an inspiring journey! Your family’s growth is incredible! 🌟
That’s awesome! Top man
Love this Dave Allred. Definitely something to work on each day. Lead by example, your actions speak louder than your words.
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4dDave Allred , love this! I have so much I could write. My daughters are in Jr High and High School. A couple things I do/say: I spend time with them, a lot of time. I take them to lunch—I schedule it like a work lunch—at least once a month. I spend a lot of time outside of this with them but this is when they know I’ve checked them out and it’s one-on-one time. I don’t have an agenda. We talk about what they want to talk about. It’s a lot of listening and then inserting questions so they can tell me about lol aspects of life—things they are excited about, nervous about, curious about, hurting about, looking forward to, thinking about, etc. One of the things I say to them (one of the few I repeat word for word): ‘Goodnight… have incredible dreams—then wake up and live them.’ (This isn’t every night but it’s often enough that they finish the ‘wake up and live them’ before I do).