第13章每个成功者都知道的秘密(13)
WhenmydaughterwassmallIlivingheradvifacerelybelievethatshealsoe。ForthemostimportantthingaDaddoisgethischildreadyforlife。NotthatIeverthoughtIwasreadybutatleastIhavebeeosurvivemyyears,sofar。SheusedtositrealeoronmylapandIwouldexplaieriesoflifetoher。Iwouldtellherofmoralsahatmadelifeasgoodasitpossiblybe。Yearslater,whenmydaughterhitthewoeenagedyears,shedidn'tacceptmyadviceasshedidi。Infact,sheobviouslydreadedit。HaveittoheranywaybecauseIwaosurviveherteenagedyears。Isurvivedthemsowhyshouldn'tshelisteakeinthekIhadfromtheexperienypast。ForyearssheomeforadvicebutIuedtosubmitit。NowthatIthinkofit,myfatherdidthesame。
Soon,toosooartedherowwasasthoughourseparatioedthatshewouldoneed,a,myadvice。Atfirstthiswasagoodthing,inthatIappreciatedthefactthatshethoughtmyorththetime。AfterawhileIcametotherealizationthatImightnotalwaysberight。Istartedtofearmyowoherquestions。
Mydaughterisnottheonlypersoniasksforadvice。Mywifedoesitinanoddway。IkheaoherquestionbutitisalmostasthoughshewantstoiimeswhenIgiveheradviceshetakesitinandbasicallymakesherowndeesshegivesmethatoddlookthatasks,"lawereyoubornoherwayIdomybest。
Mypareedtoaskformyadvice。Thiswasverydiffietouand。MostofmylifemyfatheraheoodirehowIshouldhauatioheoneswhosurvivedtheiryearssothattheycoulddirectmetowardcorrectdeowtherolesseemtuessIshouldtakeitasaehisshiftihattheyhavefiherealizationthatIamakiow,ifIlybelievethissamerealizationandfinallyrelaxinmynewrole。
Myfolk'squestionsusuallysurroundtheirpreparatioagesoftheirlives。Ihatethesesituationsbecause,ifIadmitthattheyaregettingold,IamliterallyresighefactthatIamnotfaroff。IaioasI,prayingthatIamadvisiherightthingsbuthowcouldIpossiblyknow?Unlikegiviomydaughter,giviomyparentsinvolvesmeguessingwhattodowithouttheexperiengthroughwhattheyarepresentlyguesstheyaskmebecausetheytrustme,likeIhavealwaystrustedthem。
Iamateafact,Iamahighschoolteacherithyoungadultswhoareabouttoembarkoincludecollege,themilitary,orwork。EverydayIamaskedquestihowtheyshaheirfutures,awayfromalifethatteredontheirpubliostpeopledon'trealizethatgraduatingfromhighschooliso&quhtsofpassag"oursocietyhas。Thisistruebecausetheseyoungareleavihadtakenupover75%lives。
So,Iadvicethemastowhatindustrieswillbeimportaheygetoutofcollege;whatmilitaryservicetheyshouldlookinto,ioachievewhattheythioaesjusttotelltheseyoungmelifeisawandthattheyarefortuageoftheirliveswheretheyareabouttobeeadults。EverytimetheyleaveIpraythatIgavethemgoodadviybest。
&imespeopleIdon'tknowaskformyadvice。Theparentsofmystudentsusuallyaskwhattheyshoulddotomaketheirchild'sfuturebright。Sometimestheyaskwhattheyshoulddobecausetheirchilddoesn'tlistenordoesn'tbelievewhattheyaretellingthem。Iassumetheyaskmebecausetheybelieveateachershouldknowtheahatortheylookatmygrayhairandbeardamyageesmyabilitytoknow。
ThebasiwithWebster'sdefinitionofadviceisthatitdoesn'ttakeintoattheadvisor。Doestheadvisoruheproblemaheabilitytohelpwithadethepast,didIgivemydaughter,pares,ahecorrectadvice?
IthinkI'llgivemydaughteradaskherforsomeadvice!
韦氏字典中“建议”一词的定义如下:“对某种行为提出意见或忠告。”