A Gift To My Children: A Father’s Lessons

As a Christian I have encountered over the years that a good deal of Christians do not know our Father in Heaven on Father’s Day or send up a special praise to Him in prayer. Christianity teaches us that He our supreme and original father. He is the perfective example of how any father will have to be, feel for, and instruct his children. In my mind, He sets the high usual that all fathers must follow for their children.

Since we are not born perfect, as parents we are bound to make faults in our guidance and examples that we set from time to time. The wisdom of Christian Bible shows us the way to be a good parent and how we may do our best to raise our children. The Bible is genuinely a Christian gift given to us to use for our parenting guidance, and serves as our each and everyday reference with the examples are that were set for us by our Father in Heaven in the Old Testament, and also the sinless life that was lead by His Son portrayed in the New Testament.

As a good parent we ought to continually grow our kinship with our children, and hopefully most of the time, our children will listen, and follow our examples and guidance that we have to give them. To do this best, we need to always do not forget the perfective love that our Father in Heaven has for each of us for (His) earthly children, and gives each us on a daily basis, then follow His guidance by reading the Bible.

Each of us is born inexperienced and naive to society culturally, socially, spiritually, and as a child is bound to make a great deal of mistakes. Our children will perpetually test the limits of their boundaries and now and then the limits of our patience! Our deep love for our children needs to reinforce our longanimity so that we may guide them and rectify them appropriately in a positive manner, as any loving parent must want to do. This plainly at times, more comfortable said than done!

We need to pray for spiritual strength and ask our Father for lots of persons who requires medical care as parents. Then likewise instruct and set a good example with the guidance of the Christian Bible to live our lives by, we will have become a father that our children will be proud to emulate when they in turn become a parent themselves. Following this path we will recognise that we are the best father that we could perhaps be, we may then rest easy that our obligation as a parent is fulfilled.

I pray that these words above are taken as encouragement to you as a father and parent. I may also only hope that on this and each Father’s Day to come, you will always do not forget our First Father in Heaven. Acknowledge Him with praise in the most eminent in your prayers for all that He does, He has done, and will do in the future for you and me as His beloved children. It will be the best Father’s Day card that you may give Him.

Oh, and by the way everyone, HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!

A Gift To My Children A Fathers Lessons

He’s the swashbuckling world traveler and legendary capitalist who made his fortune before he was forty. Now the bestselling author of A Bull in China, Hot Commodities, and Adventure Capitalist shares a heartfelt, necessary guide for his daughters (and all young investors) to find success and happiness. In A Gift to My Children, Jim Rogers offers counsel with his trademark candor and confidence, but this time he adds paternal compassion, protectiveness, and love. Rogers reveals how to learn from his triumphs and errors in order to achieve a prosperous, well-lived life. For example:

• Trust your own judgment: Rogers sensed China’s true potential way back in the 1980s, at a time when most analysts were highly skeptical of it is prospects for growth.
• Focus on what you like: Rogers was five when he started gathering empty bottles at baseball games rather of playing.
• Be persistent: Coming to Yale from rural Alabama, and in over his head, Rogers never stopped studying and wound up with a scholarship to Oxford.
• See the world: In 1990, Rogers traveled through six continents by motorcycle, benefitting a international perspective and learning how to evaluate chances in speedily devising countries such as Brazil, Russia, India, and China.
• Nothing is actually new: anything deemed “innovative” or “unprecedented” is ordinarily just overhyped, as in the case of the Internet or TV, airplanes, and railroads before it
• And not a bit off the subject, and very important: Boys will need you more than you’ll need them!

Wise and warm, accessible and inspiring, A Gift to My Children is a outstanding gift for all those just starting to invest in their futures.

From BooklistLegendary capitalist Rogers cofounded the Quantum Fund with George Soros in 1970, retired at the age of 37 in 1980, and expended a number of years journeying through China and six continents by motorcycle. He not so long ago fathered two daughters in his sixties and wrote this little essay to percentage with them a good deal of of the perceptivities that he has garnered from his experiences. He advises to make your own conclusions in life rather than listening to others, to figure out what you love to do and focus on that rather than what is expected of you, and to have a dream and to live your dream. In the area of finances, he says to save and invest early on rather than spending frivolously, so that you will be capable to afford the necessary things in life later, and to do your own research, draw your own conclusions, and look to the future—not the past—for great ideas. These and other nuggets of wisdom from this self-made man are worth reading assorted times over. –David Siegfried

ReviewPraise for A GIFT TO MY CHILDREN
Hey Jim!
What a lovely, lovely book! (A Gift to My Children). Though I’ve read all you’ve written, this one in truth touched me. It is, of course, a love letter to your daughters, which is not only a wonderful, significant thing to do, but it was filled with incisively the kind of counsel all fathers ought to give. Your new book will stay on my shelf for a long, long time, and I’ll be giving it to my own kids to read. –Nicholas Sparks: Author of The Notebook, Dear John, and The Last Song

About the AuthorJim Rogers co-founded the Quantum Fund before he turned 30 and retired at age thirty-seven. Since then, he has served as a sometime professor of finance at Columbia University’s business school, and as a media commentator worldwide. He is the author of A Bull in China, Hot Commodities, Adventure Capitalist, and Investment Biker. He not long back moved to Asia with his wife and daughters.

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57 of 57 persons found the following review helpful.
Not an investment book, but good advices to fathers and their children
By X. Li
I have never read any of Jim Rogers prior books, but I am enjoyably astonished to find this little book perceptive and gratifying to read. He provided his answers to questions such as how to best prepare our children for the future. As a father of a five year old daughter, I totally be grateful for a book just like this.

Each chapter is a lesson on a major quality of reputation or “virtue”; and each chapter is when it comes to assorted pages long. Each lesson is elaborate and explained with real events in Jim Rogers’ life – his childhood in rural AL and his investment decisions.

This book is unquestionably NOT an investment book, but I am more than happy to learn in regards to personal stories of this legendary investor, exceptionally in regards to his thought process, mindset, and perceptivenesses in regards to being a father and investor.

Obviously he writes with his distinguishable set of values and ideas with regards to where to live (don’t live in a country involved in any kind of war), what to become (a world citizen), and what to learn (philosophy and history), but in this little book I have found gems of wisdom mutual to a few very successful people I personally know. They universally credit their success to: 1)think on your own, 2) hard work and never quit, 3) read as much as you can, 4) always prepare for the worst, 5) save and don’t carry debt, and 6) begin your child early.

If you write a book for your child, what would you include and exclude? Under this premise I think Jim Rogers has done an magnificent occupation so I rate this book with five stars.

24 of 25 persons found the following review helpful.
A very agreeably diverting read!. Thanks, Jim, for sharing…All Mums & Dads ought to read!…
By Lee Say Keng
‘A Gift for My Chidren: A Father’s Lessons for a Life & Investing’,
by Jim Rogers

What follows is just my quick list of interesting takeaways from the book, ‘A Gift to My Children: ‘A Father’s Lessons for Life & Investing’, by American capitalist extraordinaire Jim Rogers, now based in Singapore, who is acknowledged by Time as ‘The Indiana Jones of Finance’.

Frankly, all the stuff from the book has not one thing much to do with finance &/or investing.

They are fundamentally pearls of wisdom from his world of “hard knocks”, which Jim wants to percentage with his two pretty daughters, respectively nicknamed in Chinese as ‘Happy’ (7) & ‘Babe Bee’ (2).

* Swim your own races

- do not let others do your thinking for you;

- rely on your own intelligence;

- it’s important to determine for yourself what’s necessary to you and what you want before you turn to others;

- if any person laughs at your idea, view it as a sign of potential success;

- be who you are; be original; be bold;

- above all, be ethical;

- save ~ you will have to stay clear from the trap of spending $ willy nilly merely because you can;

* Focus on what you like

- Age is beside the point when you are passionate with regards to a goal;

- when you find something that interests you, just do it!

- The most immediate way to success is to do what you like and give your best;

- Dedicate yourself to what you feel enthusiasti about;

- Try as numerous things as you can, then pursue the one in regards to which you’re passionate;

* Good habits for life

- Be a self-starter;

- Attention to details is what separates success from failure;

- However trivial it may seem, you ought to exploration and check each and ever piece of data you need to make a decision… Only through meticulous exploration will you obtain the noesis necessary for success… it requires plenteous work and diligence…

- There is no such thing as “enough”. No finish line!

- Live your life with a dream;

- If you proceed to be passionate and work hard at what you veritably love to do, you at last find that dream;

* Uncommon Sense

- Always consider substitute interpretations;

- Seek out multiple perspectives on the same story will always aid you figure out the truth;

* Your education ~ Let the world be a percentage of your perspective PART 1

- Do not rely on books; go and see the world;

- Experience life as they do; see the world from the ground up. By watching ordinary life… you will eternally be stumbling upon experiences that will raise indispensable question in your mind ;

- Understand the significance of BRICs;

- Be open to humans who are dissimilar whether at home or abroad;

- Keep an open mind and be a world citizen;

- Be eager to move if you see opportunities;

* Your education ~ Learn system of belief and learn to think PART 2

- Philosophy will instruct you how to think for yourself;

- You must learn to think at a unfathomed level if you want to perceive yourself and what’s crucial to you. You must know yourself if you want to accomplish anything in life…;

- To think outside the traditionalisti framework, to thoroughly and closely question or examine things independently this is true philosophy…;

- Draw conclusions from your observations as well as on the basis of logic;

- As an investor, look for the bull and the bear;

* Your education ~ Learn history PART 3

- An interest in history, politics, and economics will help you see the world with clearer perspectives;

- Nothing is actually new: what is happening now has happened before and will take place again;

* Your education ~ Learn languages (make sure that Mandarin is one of them) PART 4

- Mandarin will be the next global language;

- Pay attention to the major changes taking place in the world now, exceptionally China;

* Know thyself by understanding your weaknesses and acknowledging your mistakes

- Know who you are;

- To be a successful capitalist you actually need to grasp psychology, history, and philosophy;

* Recognise change and hug it

- Everything changes. Everything;

- Embrace the principle of supply and demand;

- Change may be a catalyst;

- Adapt or die;

* Look to the future

- Read the newspapers, but think differently;

- Pay attention to what everyone else neglects;

- If you are looking for success, be quick to get started something new, something that no one else has tried;

- The more sure something is, the less likely it is to be profitable;

- Do not think in terms of what you wish (ergo, wishful thinking versus willful doing);

- Know when not to do anything;

* Lady Luck smiles on those who proceed in their efforts

- Do your homework’

- If you let vanity and self-importance (ego) take over, you will lose all that you have achieved;

- Never let yourself become arrogant. Study hard. The more you learn, the more you will understand how little you know – armed with this humility, you will never lose sight of the distance amongst self-confidence and self-importance;

- Do not stop when you are working towards your dream;

* Epilogue

- The devil of life is always in the details;

- Anything that is a must-see, must-try, must-read, must almost surely be avoided, exceptionally if it is popular;

- Use good manners no matter where you are or whom you meet;

- Learn to do as much arithmetic and figures as possible in your head;

- Take care of yourself;

- Learn to stay calm;

- Once you do get to know and grasp yourself, do not forget who you are and stay with it;

- Don’t be greedy;

A very agreeably diverting read! Thanks, Jim, for sharing!

All Mums & Dads must read, particularly the end share regarding BGR (Boy-Girl Relationship) & DOM (Dirty Old Man), on top of the foregoing. BGR & DOM do not fall under my purview of interest.

[Reviewed by Lee Say Keng, Knowledge Adventurer & Technology Explorer, Optimum Performance Technologies, Singapore, August 2010]

12 of 13 persons found the following review helpful.
Another good Jim Rogers book
By Yunsum S. Yu
I’ve read all of Jim Rogers’ books. All his books are well-written, entertaining, and easy to read. This one is no exception. It is filled with simple, good-ol-fashion counsel for both adults and children. However, galore of the examples Rogers uses to explain his idea may be hard for children to grasp, e.g. shorting stocks! Unless you plan to educate your kids when it comes to finance and economics early on, this book may be more suitable for college-bound age teenagers or older.

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