One of the Things I Learned From My Dad
Posted on | September 2, 2011 | No Comments
This is a story about leading by example from my book “A Dad’s Toolbox for Better Parenting”
I remember being in line with my father to buy tickets for a movie one time when I was a kid. I was fourteen years old, but I looked about eleven. I mentioned to my father that if he said I was twelve, we could save a couple of bucks off the price of admission (I had a friend whose father did that all the time and it seemed like a logical thing to do). I will never forget what happened next…he looked at me and said, “My honesty is worth a whole lot more than the two dollars I’ll save from lying about your age”.
I still hear those words repeated in my head every time I think about cutting a corner.
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Mr. Kovar has been teaching Martial Arts professionally since 1978. Dave is a multi-style Black Belt who has been committed to ever-improving his Martial Arts skills. He updates this blog to provide tips and insights to martial arts instructors around the country. To learn more, click here.
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