LIFE SKILLS PARENTS SHOULD TEACH THEIR KIDSHow to manage time
There’s a huge difference between being
efficient and being effective.
Efficient people are well organized and
competent. They check things off their to-do list.
They complete projects. They get things done.
Effective people do all those things, but they check
the right things off their to-do list. They complete the
right projects. They get the right things done.
Teach your kids to focus on and produce results
in the areas that help them achieve their goals.
That’s the essence of time management.
(^) How to see pressure as a privilege
Approximately 75 percent of Americans say
they regularly experience physiological and
psychological symptoms caused by stress. Research
shows that Generation Z in particular is much
less able to manage and deal with stress. Feelings
of trepidation and hesitance keep them from
performing as well as they could.
But here’s the thing: Pressure is something
you want to feel. Feeling pressure means
you’re in a position to be successful at
something meaningful, something important,
something that truly matters to you.
Teach your kids that if they work hard and
get to a certain level and then feel pressure, it’s
actually a privilege. Pressure is a sign they’re
pushing themselves.
How to be smart but also wise
As Jeff Bezos says, “The smartest people
are constantly revising their understanding,
reconsidering a problem they thought they’d already
solved. They’re open to new points of view, new
information, new ideas, contradictions and
challenges to their own way of thinking.”
That’s because wisdom isn’t found in certainty.
Wisdom is knowing that while you might know a lot,
there’s also a lot you don’t know. Wisdom is trying to
find out what is right rather than trying to be right.
Wisdom is realizing when you’re wrong and backing
down graciously.
Teach your kids not to be afraid to be wrong.
Teach them not to be afraid to admit they don’t
have all the answers. Teach them to feel comfortable
saying “I think” instead of “I know.”
Then they’ll never stop learning. And growing.
Vocabulary Focus
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deliberate (v) [dI:lIb/ret] to think or talk seriously and carefully about something
pay dividends (idiom) If something you do pays dividends, it causes good results at a time in the future.
manipulate (v) [m/:nIpj/;let] to control something or someone to your advantage, often unfairly or dishonestly
cajole (v) [k/:d}ol] to persuade someone to do something they might not want to do by pleasant talk and (sometimes false) promises
implicitly (adv) [Im:plIsItli]
implicit (adj) [Im:plIsIt] suggested but not communicated directly
trepidation (n) [;trEpI:de{/n] fear or worry about what is going to happen
contradiction (n) [;kAntr/:dIk{/n] when something is the complete opposite of something else or very different from something else
so that one of them must be wrong
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Specialized Terms
physiological (adj) [;fIzi/:lAd}Ik/l] 生理的；生理學的
Generation Z (n) Z世代，指大約出生於一九九四年以後的人