My question to you is:
Do you want to be a "Little Guy" or do you want to be a "Big Guy"?
I know what I want...
I want to be HUMUNGOUS!!!
Don't accept only what you can easily have, GO FOR MORE!!!
It's the path to the dream that is the happiness, no path, no happiness.
As parents I invite you to encourage your children (like a tough football coach) to ALWAYS go for MORE!
We have softened society enough.
We don't fail students anymore, we don't give out papers marked in red ink anymore...
Where does this end? What will this do to our budding entrepreneurs?
The ones who are destined to grow up to support our world?
If we crush their goals, mush their reaches, than it will be ONLY our OWN FAULT that they won't amount to anything BIG and succeed in life NOT only for themselves, but also for US!
Push your child to reach a lot further, and remind them to ENJOY their journey.
It's the struggle that we enjoy not the landing point.
Here's to your child's success!
Cheers....Amanda van der Gulik...Excited Life Enthusiast!
Founder of the "Kids and Money" DreamRichly Group
Founder of www.TeachingChildrenAboutMoney.com
Now offering a 45% afilliate commission!
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Real Life Example of the Law of Attraction
This weekend a 24 year old dream of mine finally came true!
24 years ago, my best friend in the world disappeared one
day from school and never returned.
It was a tragedy for me.
I can still clearly remember the moment it happened:
We were in gym class playing Dodge Ball when our school
secretary walked in and told my childhood best friend, of 7
years, that her mother was there to pick her up to take her
to a doctor's appointment.
I didn't even have a chance to say good-bye to her as the
ball was coming my way and I had to catch it or be hit by it
hard!
Then it was weekend, so I didn't think much about my friend
being taken out of school.
But by Monday, I noticed that she had not returned.
By Wednesday, I called her home to see if she was ill.
Her father told me she wasn't feeling well and would stay
out of school for a while.
After about a week, my parents told me that I would probably
never see her again as her mother had taken her and her two
sisters away from their father and they would not be coming
back.
They were on the run.
I went into a deep depression for the first time of my life,
I was only 11 years old.
My parents really didn't know how to help me. I felt lost.
I didn't know if she was alright or if she was even alive.
After about 2 months, I was called into my principal's
office and told that she was in British Columbia but that he
was not allowed to tell me which school.
This dissappearance haunted me for years and really affected
my own perception on life.
After about 6 months, I decided that I would probably find
her again when I was 35 years old.
I didn't know what the "law of attraction" was, so I didn't
realize what I had subliminally caused into action that day
that I made that desparate decission.
Now fast forward 23 years:
After many failed attempts at finding my long lost best friend,
I found myself sitting on an airplane headed back to Canada for
a long year and a half vacation to give my husband and children
the gift of truly experiencing a real Canadian year!
I had been learning about the power revealed in the movie,
"The Secret" and had already started to put what I had
learned into motion.
So I decided, while on that long plane ride from New Zealand
to Canada, that I would spend my time envissioning my reunion
with my long lost best friend.
I imagined her driving up to my birthday bon-fire party and
finally being able to give her a great big hug.
A few weeks after arriving in Canada I did have a birthday
bon-fire party but no long lost best friend showed up.
I had forgotten that you need to give it time to make the law
of attraction work for you.
You can't expect immediate returns, you just need to concieve
the idea, believe it will come true, give it time and then happily
receive your rewards at the end.
So fast forward 8 months:
I find her big sister on http://www.facebook.com/, Incredible!
Then she gives my long lost best friend's phone number.
I call her up and we have an incredible teary, happy,
emotionally charged, conversation and make plans to meet up
that weekend. (I'm only still 34 years old).
But no such luck, she cancels on me due to family
obligations.
No worries, we try again.
And we fail again!
Then I leave the country for a month and then go travelling
through the Canadian Maritimes for another month. So still
no catch up.
Then days before my next (incredibly delayed - by two
months) birthday bon-fire I email her asking if she would
like to come.
I don't get a reply.
Then the day before I get a reply, she is coming!
But she doesn't show up.
So I quickly check my emails during my party as it gets
later and later...
Yes, and email from her. She is sorry to say that she is
late BUT she IS still coming!
Then she arrives.
We finally get to meet eachother, in person, after 24 long
years of waiting, and guess what?
I'm 35 years old AND we're meeting for the very first time
at my birthday bon-fire party!
Talk about the "Law of Attraction" in motion!
My point?
Create your goals, clearly state and imagine what you
desire. Then trust in your heart that it will manifest, and
then enjoy the moment when your dream arrives.
I did!
But beware...
The "Law of Attraction" is always working, whether you know
it or not. So make sure you create your thoughts the way you
wish them to be.
Don't make yourself have to wait 24 years like I did!
Here's to your success....
Cheers...Amanda van der Gulik...Excited Life Enthusiast!
Founder of the "Kids and Money" DreamRichly Group.
Founder of www.TeachingChildrenAboutMoney.com
24 years ago, my best friend in the world disappeared one
day from school and never returned.
It was a tragedy for me.
I can still clearly remember the moment it happened:
We were in gym class playing Dodge Ball when our school
secretary walked in and told my childhood best friend, of 7
years, that her mother was there to pick her up to take her
to a doctor's appointment.
I didn't even have a chance to say good-bye to her as the
ball was coming my way and I had to catch it or be hit by it
hard!
Then it was weekend, so I didn't think much about my friend
being taken out of school.
But by Monday, I noticed that she had not returned.
By Wednesday, I called her home to see if she was ill.
Her father told me she wasn't feeling well and would stay
out of school for a while.
After about a week, my parents told me that I would probably
never see her again as her mother had taken her and her two
sisters away from their father and they would not be coming
back.
They were on the run.
I went into a deep depression for the first time of my life,
I was only 11 years old.
My parents really didn't know how to help me. I felt lost.
I didn't know if she was alright or if she was even alive.
After about 2 months, I was called into my principal's
office and told that she was in British Columbia but that he
was not allowed to tell me which school.
This dissappearance haunted me for years and really affected
my own perception on life.
After about 6 months, I decided that I would probably find
her again when I was 35 years old.
I didn't know what the "law of attraction" was, so I didn't
realize what I had subliminally caused into action that day
that I made that desparate decission.
Now fast forward 23 years:
After many failed attempts at finding my long lost best friend,
I found myself sitting on an airplane headed back to Canada for
a long year and a half vacation to give my husband and children
the gift of truly experiencing a real Canadian year!
I had been learning about the power revealed in the movie,
"The Secret" and had already started to put what I had
learned into motion.
So I decided, while on that long plane ride from New Zealand
to Canada, that I would spend my time envissioning my reunion
with my long lost best friend.
I imagined her driving up to my birthday bon-fire party and
finally being able to give her a great big hug.
A few weeks after arriving in Canada I did have a birthday
bon-fire party but no long lost best friend showed up.
I had forgotten that you need to give it time to make the law
of attraction work for you.
You can't expect immediate returns, you just need to concieve
the idea, believe it will come true, give it time and then happily
receive your rewards at the end.
So fast forward 8 months:
I find her big sister on http://www.facebook.com/, Incredible!
Then she gives my long lost best friend's phone number.
I call her up and we have an incredible teary, happy,
emotionally charged, conversation and make plans to meet up
that weekend. (I'm only still 34 years old).
But no such luck, she cancels on me due to family
obligations.
No worries, we try again.
And we fail again!
Then I leave the country for a month and then go travelling
through the Canadian Maritimes for another month. So still
no catch up.
Then days before my next (incredibly delayed - by two
months) birthday bon-fire I email her asking if she would
like to come.
I don't get a reply.
Then the day before I get a reply, she is coming!
But she doesn't show up.
So I quickly check my emails during my party as it gets
later and later...
Yes, and email from her. She is sorry to say that she is
late BUT she IS still coming!
Then she arrives.
We finally get to meet eachother, in person, after 24 long
years of waiting, and guess what?
I'm 35 years old AND we're meeting for the very first time
at my birthday bon-fire party!
Talk about the "Law of Attraction" in motion!
My point?
Create your goals, clearly state and imagine what you
desire. Then trust in your heart that it will manifest, and
then enjoy the moment when your dream arrives.
I did!
But beware...
The "Law of Attraction" is always working, whether you know
it or not. So make sure you create your thoughts the way you
wish them to be.
Don't make yourself have to wait 24 years like I did!
Here's to your success....
Cheers...Amanda van der Gulik...Excited Life Enthusiast!
Founder of the "Kids and Money" DreamRichly Group.
Founder of www.TeachingChildrenAboutMoney.com
Meet Some Teen Millionaires!
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If you would like to encourage your own teenager to become a success but don't quite know how to get your child to listen to you (what teenager wants to listen to their parents, right?), then I highly recommend that you simply get them a copy of Cameron's book, "You Call The Shots" and let a successful peer teach your child through their own experiences from the view point of a teenager.
Here's to your child's success.
Cheers...Amanda van der Gulik....Excited Life Enthusiast!
Monday, July 21, 2008
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Friday, July 18, 2008
Let Them Steal Your Kid's Wallet, But NEVER Let Them Steal
Last Friday, on our last day of our family vacation to PEI
and New Brunswick, Canada, our credit and debit cards
were stolen.
Not the most desired way to end a family vacation.
This is what happened:
We decided to go swimming at the local swimming pool in St.
Stephen, New Brunswick.
In my husband's haste to get our son ready to go swimming he
completely forgot that he had put his wallet in the pocket
of his shorts which he had left in the change room.
We had a fabulous hour and a half of amazing swimming with
our two young children.
We just really enjoyed ourselves.
Our little girl, 6 years, was able to swim all by herself in
the deep end with no water wings!
It was incredible and she was so proud.
Our little boy, 4 years, was excitedly showing off how he
could now look under the water with his eyes open!
He was thrilled.
It was a gorgeous sunny day with enough cloud cover to not
get ourselves burned.
We really enjoyed ourselves.
Then it was time to get dressed and start our long journey
back home.
While I was getting myself and our daughter dressed, I heard
my husband call into our changeroom, "somebody stole our
bank card!"
I was shocked that someone would do that. But other than
that initial shock, I felt an incredible calm come over me.
I knew that all would be right.
What they did was awful, not only did they throw all
of my husband's wallet cards all over the changeroom,
they also grabbed our 4 year old son's underwear
and threw that in one of the toilets!
We finished getting dressed, and then went to my aunt's
store and used her phone to cancel the bank card. By this
time we also noticed that the credit card had been stolen as
well, so we cancelled that one too.
Then we filed a report with the local police and then
continued on with our journey home.
Now this event could have ruined our beautiful day, but
we didn't let it.
I had felt quite confident that they would not be able to
access our bank card and we were able to cut off the cards
before any money had been stolen.
We knew all would be just fine. A replacement card was on
it's way and we were safe once again.
Our son even learned a valuable lesson:
Never throw anyone's underwear in the toilet! It's not a
nice thing to do!
He learned about the rule that says, "Do unto others as
you would do unto yourself."
I really don't know if I would have been able to teach
this lesson to him any better than this incident did!
So all in all, it wasn't so bad and we still had a wonderful
trip home.
So my advice to all of you is: They can steal your
wallet, but they can never steal your attitude!
That part's up to you!
Here's to your kids having an optimistically attitudical
week!
Cheers...Amanda van der Gulik...Excited Life Enthusiast!
Founder of www.TeachingChildrenAboutMoney.com
P.S. Teach your kid NEVER steal anyone else's
wallet and never throw someone else's underwear in the
toilet!
Remember the 'law of attraction' is always working so make
sure it works FOR your child/ren, never AGAINST them!
Click here to learn more ways to make the 'law of attraction'
work FOR your child!
and New Brunswick, Canada, our credit and debit cards
were stolen.
Not the most desired way to end a family vacation.
This is what happened:
We decided to go swimming at the local swimming pool in St.
Stephen, New Brunswick.
In my husband's haste to get our son ready to go swimming he
completely forgot that he had put his wallet in the pocket
of his shorts which he had left in the change room.
We had a fabulous hour and a half of amazing swimming with
our two young children.
We just really enjoyed ourselves.
Our little girl, 6 years, was able to swim all by herself in
the deep end with no water wings!
It was incredible and she was so proud.
Our little boy, 4 years, was excitedly showing off how he
could now look under the water with his eyes open!
He was thrilled.
It was a gorgeous sunny day with enough cloud cover to not
get ourselves burned.
We really enjoyed ourselves.
Then it was time to get dressed and start our long journey
back home.
While I was getting myself and our daughter dressed, I heard
my husband call into our changeroom, "somebody stole our
bank card!"
I was shocked that someone would do that. But other than
that initial shock, I felt an incredible calm come over me.
I knew that all would be right.
What they did was awful, not only did they throw all
of my husband's wallet cards all over the changeroom,
they also grabbed our 4 year old son's underwear
and threw that in one of the toilets!
We finished getting dressed, and then went to my aunt's
store and used her phone to cancel the bank card. By this
time we also noticed that the credit card had been stolen as
well, so we cancelled that one too.
Then we filed a report with the local police and then
continued on with our journey home.
Now this event could have ruined our beautiful day, but
we didn't let it.
I had felt quite confident that they would not be able to
access our bank card and we were able to cut off the cards
before any money had been stolen.
We knew all would be just fine. A replacement card was on
it's way and we were safe once again.
Our son even learned a valuable lesson:
Never throw anyone's underwear in the toilet! It's not a
nice thing to do!
He learned about the rule that says, "Do unto others as
you would do unto yourself."
I really don't know if I would have been able to teach
this lesson to him any better than this incident did!
So all in all, it wasn't so bad and we still had a wonderful
trip home.
So my advice to all of you is: They can steal your
wallet, but they can never steal your attitude!
That part's up to you!
Here's to your kids having an optimistically attitudical
week!
Cheers...Amanda van der Gulik...Excited Life Enthusiast!
Founder of www.TeachingChildrenAboutMoney.com
P.S. Teach your kid NEVER steal anyone else's
wallet and never throw someone else's underwear in the
toilet!
Remember the 'law of attraction' is always working so make
sure it works FOR your child/ren, never AGAINST them!
Click here to learn more ways to make the 'law of attraction'
work FOR your child!
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Admit Your Defeat!
How often have you tried to accomplish something only to fail and then hide your failure?
I know I have.
Be honest with yourself.
It doesn’t feel good to admit defeat but to bottle up your mistakes inside and to try to hide them will only drain you of positive energy and fill you with negative tension.
We all make mistakes, it’s nature’s way of teaching us new lessons.
I like to say, "There are NO mistakes, ONLY very expensive LESSONS!"
Don’t be afraid of failure and don’t be afraid to admit your defeat.
Not only will you be freeing yourself of all that negative energy, you will also be giving the beautiful gift of new lessons learned to those with whom you share your defeat.
Be refreshed and begin again, learning from your mistakes.
Forget school!
I know we were raised in school to feel badly about making mistakes.
Start fresh and embrace your mistakes, learn from them and then try not to repeat them.
Here’s to your new life lessons!
Cheers….Amanda van der Gulik….Excited Life Enthusiast!
Founder of the “Kids and Money” DreamRichly Group.
Founder of http://www.teachingchildrenaboutmoney.com/.
P.S. Have you created your own Mind Movie yet?
I know I have.
Be honest with yourself.
It doesn’t feel good to admit defeat but to bottle up your mistakes inside and to try to hide them will only drain you of positive energy and fill you with negative tension.
We all make mistakes, it’s nature’s way of teaching us new lessons.
I like to say, "There are NO mistakes, ONLY very expensive LESSONS!"
Don’t be afraid of failure and don’t be afraid to admit your defeat.
Not only will you be freeing yourself of all that negative energy, you will also be giving the beautiful gift of new lessons learned to those with whom you share your defeat.
Be refreshed and begin again, learning from your mistakes.
Forget school!
I know we were raised in school to feel badly about making mistakes.
Start fresh and embrace your mistakes, learn from them and then try not to repeat them.
Here’s to your new life lessons!
Cheers….Amanda van der Gulik….Excited Life Enthusiast!
Founder of the “Kids and Money” DreamRichly Group.
Founder of http://www.teachingchildrenaboutmoney.com/.
P.S. Have you created your own Mind Movie yet?
Friday, July 11, 2008
Be Realistic! It's Your Choice!
I often hear, "Be Realistic!" whenever someone finds I'm being too happy.
What I say to them, with a smile, of course, is, "We both are!"
Realism, is only in which way you choose to see something.
It's raining today.....
"It's wet and dreary, what a horrible day!"
OR
"Look at that, I'm so pleased, our garden really needed the water. It's going to be so refreshing and smell just wonderful today!"
You're choice.
So whenever someone tries to dampen your day, just remember, it's only THEIR perspective, NOT yours!
You're BOTH right, so you get to choose!
Cheers...Amanda van der Gulik...Excited Life Enthusiast!
Founder of the "Kids and Money - Kid Entrepreneurs" DreamRichly Group.
Founder of www.TeachingChildrenAboutMoney.com
What I say to them, with a smile, of course, is, "We both are!"
Realism, is only in which way you choose to see something.
It's raining today.....
"It's wet and dreary, what a horrible day!"
OR
"Look at that, I'm so pleased, our garden really needed the water. It's going to be so refreshing and smell just wonderful today!"
You're choice.
So whenever someone tries to dampen your day, just remember, it's only THEIR perspective, NOT yours!
You're BOTH right, so you get to choose!
Cheers...Amanda van der Gulik...Excited Life Enthusiast!
Founder of the "Kids and Money - Kid Entrepreneurs" DreamRichly Group.
Founder of www.TeachingChildrenAboutMoney.com
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Amanda's Personal Mind Movie!
Hello Fellow Life Enthusiasts!
I've been asked again and again to give an example of what a mind movie looks like.
Better yet, I'm going to show you my very own mind movie!
Enjoy...
So now that you see what a Mind Movie is and how it can keep you motivated and inspired on a daily basis, I highly recommend you create your own quick!
No waiting! The sooner you get your own mind movie made, the sooner you can watch it every morning when you wake up and every evening before you go to bed, so you will be constantly reminded of your goals and never get into a negative rut.
And you will be making the "Law of Attraction" work for you 10-fold!
Cheers...Amanda van der Gulik...Excited Life Enthusiast!
Founder of www.TeachingChildrenAboutMoney.com
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I've been asked again and again to give an example of what a mind movie looks like.
Better yet, I'm going to show you my very own mind movie!
Enjoy...
So now that you see what a Mind Movie is and how it can keep you motivated and inspired on a daily basis, I highly recommend you create your own quick!
No waiting! The sooner you get your own mind movie made, the sooner you can watch it every morning when you wake up and every evening before you go to bed, so you will be constantly reminded of your goals and never get into a negative rut.
And you will be making the "Law of Attraction" work for you 10-fold!
Cheers...Amanda van der Gulik...Excited Life Enthusiast!
Founder of www.TeachingChildrenAboutMoney.com
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Thursday, July 3, 2008
Words are Magic!
Juliet:"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
by any other name would smell as sweet."
Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2)
A familiar quote by Shakespeare.
If we had never known what a rose was but saw it for the very first time and were told that it was called a 'skunk cabage' (and had no idea what a 'skunk' was) then we would think the name 'skunk cabage' was a beautiful, romantic name simply because the flower itself was so sweet and pure.
But if we knew what a 'skunk' was then our beautiful rose would suddenly seem much less sweet!
Words are magic!
We must be very careful which words we choose to use in our daily lives.
Words can inspire and lift us to great heights, but they can also be our downfall, they can
crumble us, make us cringe and hide in a corner full of cobwebs and broken dreams.
Which words do you choose to use?
"I CAN'T afford that."
or
"HOW CAN I afford that?"
It seems of little importance how we speak about a subject, but therein lies the beast!
We don't even realise we are doing it. We put ourselves down daily, we put our hopes and
aspiritions down without a second thought.
Why?
We were taught to do it!
Our parents told us, "Money doesn't grow on trees!"
They were wrong!
MONEY DOES GROW ON TREES!
It's all about perseption. Is your glass half full or half empty? It makes a difference.
Yes no matter how you say it that glass will still have one half with liquid and one with air, but
how you see it will affect not the glass or the liquid within it but YOUR LIFE!
If you see it as half empty then you are missing so much!
You are closing yourself to life's wonders and joys.
If you see it as half full then you are blessed.
You will enjoy life.
But beware...
Negativity is so easy to enter your mind unexpectedly.
Make sure you see your own thoughts for what they are and make a point to correct yourself
whenever you find yourself allowing a negative thought.
NEVER reprimand yourself for your negative thoughts, as that will only increase your negativity, instead, laugh, giggle, and then kindly remind yourself of the possitive alternative.
Example:
"It's raining outside, now my suit is going to get all wet and my day will be ruined!"
continue with:
"Oh, silly me, who cares if my suit gets wet, it'll dry and besides the rain really brings out
my natural curls like no shampoo or conditioner ever could. This rain means, fresh grass
and new flowers will be blooming. I'm going to have a fantastic day!!!"
It's up to you!
Here's to your success,
Cheers....Amanda van der Gulik...Excited Life Enthusiast!
Founder of the Kids and Money DreamRichly Group.
Founder of www.TeachingChildrenAboutMoney.com
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True Gratitude Will Be Your Success!
Welcome Fellow Parents,My name is Amanda van der Gulik and I am the founder of the Teaching Children About Money website.
Today I would like to talk to you about Gratitude.
How can you ever be truly successful if you are never grateful?
I know this may seem very logical but bare with me and think about this.
How often have you taken the moment to simply sit back and feel your genuine gratitude for all that you have accomplished and all that you will accomplishe?
"Be grateful for what I will accomplish?" you ask.
My answer to you is: ABSOLUTELY!
Not only is is of absolute importance to be truly, from the depths of your soul be genuinely grateful for all that you have already accomplished but also for what you wish to accomplish.
"Okay, I understand about being grateful for what I have", you say, "but how can I be grateful for what I wish to accomplish if I haven't accomplished it yet? And why is it important to be grateful for my future accomplishments if they haven't happened yet?"
Two very good questions. Let me answer your second question first.
WHY be grateful about my future accomplishments?
Have you ever heard of the "law of attraction"? Do you know what it means?
In short the 'law of attraction' states that in order to attract to you that which you desire you must send out those energies like a magnet. So if you are already grateful for what you have not yet accomplished but honestly believe in your heart that you will accomplish those things then you are using the 'law of attraction' in your favour by making your mind as well as the universe believe that you have already accomplished your desired goals and thereby sending those very goals your way, through natural laws as well as through possitive mental manipulation.
Hey, if someone's going to play with your mind, it may as well be you! AND it may as well be representing your desired future, right?
Okay, now onto your first question,
HOW can I be grateful about my future accomplishments?
GREAT question!
It's actually a lot simpler than you might imagine it to be:
* Make the time to sit down by yourself for at least half an hour with a pen and a pad of paper and list ALL the goals that you wish to achieve down on your notepad. (What do you want to DO in your life, who do you want to BE, which charities would you like to HELP?)
* Now grab some old magazines or go to a search engine like Google and look for photos that represent your future dreams. Print these off and cut them out. Then stick them across from the toilet seat, on your bathroom mirror, next to your bed, on the wall that you look at from your desk, and on your refridgerator as well as any other place you can think of so that you will be reminded on a very continuous daily basis.
* You can even go one step further and create what I like to call your very own "mind movie". This is a movie of moving photos of all the dreams that you wish to achieve attached to music that moves you spiritually to reach your dreams and to see them as something that already exists and that you are truly grateful for.
With the mind movie I highly recommend you watch it first thing when you wake up in the morning and last thing before you go to bed at night to really take the most benefit of this incredibly powerful mind message.
The main thing is that you want to have the text, "I am so happy and grateful NOW that I AM....., I HAVE......., I GIVE........, etc."
Write this text on paper in dark bold letters and fill in your dreams and goals in the appropriate places and then make numerous copies and stick them on or above the areas where you have posted your goal pictures to remind your mind that these goals have already happened and that you are genuinely grateful for them.
If you make a mind movie version of your goals then make sure that you put that text into your mind movie as well.
Here are some examples of possible texts:
"I am so happy and grateful now that I am healthy and strong, and I am physically able to play outdoor games with my family for hours!"
"I am so happy and grateful now that I am earning over $1000.00/day, ever since August 2008, by helping others achieve their goals!"
Make it mean something for you!
Here's to your success,
Cheers...Amanda van der Gulik....Excited Life Enthusiast!
Founder of the Teaching Children About Money website.
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If you like the 'mind movie' idea and need help with that,
I found a really helpful Australian site here.
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Why Business For Kids?
Dear Fellow Parents,
Today I am honoured with sharing with you a special blog post written by my good friend, Jenny Ford.
She is the owner of Cash-Smart-Kids and has three young entrepreneurial girls of her own, all with their own businesses, started at the ages of 9-12! Enjoy!
"Every now and again, I meet someone who is new to the area of
financial education, and when that happens I find that I need to go back to basics and explain why it is that we believe business experience is a vital part of a well-rounded financial education. I find that many people get focused on the earning of money when they think about business for kids.
Many people see business as difficult, and stressful, and as a complicated way to make money. It seems to them that understanding business is optional, as most kids will never need that understanding. Nothing could be further from the truth. Kids gain so many benefits from running a business, above and beyond the money they may earn.
Business Understanding Benefits Consumers and Employees, As Well As
Entrepreneurs. Even as a consumer, if you understand how business works, you are much
less likely to be conned, overcharged, or exploited. As an employee, your understanding of the business model your employer uses will make you more valuable, help you to make the right choices when using your discretion, and enable you to choose the right time and the right
supporting arguments to ask for that raise.
Business Experience Develops Character Quite apart from any financial benefit, running a business develops your child across a range of personal qualities. A business has been described as "one of the best personal development programs available". Whether it is dealing with unhappy customers, trying to make sales, managing contractors, or managing their own emotions of excitement, apprehension or disappointment, doing business will put your child in
learning situations which develop his or her character and attitude.
Business provides the best possible feedback - immediate and accurate. If you get your marketing message right, customers show up. If you treat your customers badly, they go elsewhere. We have devoted ourselves to shielding kids from the "harsh realities" of the world, but a little controlled exposure to reality is very important preparation for real life!
Business Experience Builds Confidence Doing business enables a child to negotiate with adults on an equal footing, as a professional supplier of good or services. The experience of being taken seriously is incredibly important, particularly in the tween and early teen years, when our culture really doesn't offer kids much opportunity to interact with adults as peers. I cannot stress enough how important it is for kids to have the sense that they can provide something of value, which adults will take seriously.
Kids are not stupid - they know when adults are cooing "oh, that's lovely" about a painting or poem, but don't really mean it. They won't reject condescending praise - any praise is better than no praise - but they hunger for real, valid affirmation. They yearn to be able to do something worthwhile, and be appreciated for their contribution with no allowances required for their age or cuteness.
Once a child knows their accomplishments are genuinely impressive at an adult level, it relieves a primal anxiety about how they will make their own way in the world as adults. Too many of our kids never get this sense of their own capability, and become children in adult bodies, still uncertain and anxious about their ability to function in the adult world. Early business experience can provide that vital sense of competence and self-sufficiency, even when the actual business earnings are no more than a few dollars.
Business Experience Teaches The Real Value Of Money When a child is too young to have a regular job, the only way they will learn the connection between providing something of value and receiving money in return is to have a business. As we all know, the "something for nothing" mentality is at plague proportions in our culture, and it causes a lot of misery.
Early business experience, coupled with parents who are responsible about allowances, will give kids a good, solid foundation of visceral knowledge that money comes as a result of providing value - and that they have something of value to offer. What better attitude to instil in your kids?
Of course, it is also important to teach them how to manage their money responsibly - to save, invest, give, and to make wise spending decisions. Business experience is not the be-all and end-all of financial education. Business education, however, makes an important contribution to
financial understanding, which cannot be replicated using allowances alone. This is why we created the Cash-Smart Kids program, to provide an integrated approach to financial education - one that covers all the bases."
Jenny Ford is a financial educator, holder of a B.A.(Hons) in Psychology, a Diploma in Training And Assessment Systems, and an Advanced Diploma in Business Management, and mother of three girls, all of whom started businesses aged between nine and twelve. Jenny's blog
can be seen at Raising Entrepreneurs. Enter the Cash-Smart Kids YouTube Video Competition
- do you know a child with a business? Make a video and they could be featured in a new book to be published in 2009.
I hope you have enjoyed this post. Jenny will be gifting us with future posts as well.
Here's to your child's business education,
Cheers...Amanda van der Gulik....Excited Life Enthusiast!
http://www.teachingchildrenaboutmoney.com/
Today I am honoured with sharing with you a special blog post written by my good friend, Jenny Ford.
She is the owner of Cash-Smart-Kids and has three young entrepreneurial girls of her own, all with their own businesses, started at the ages of 9-12! Enjoy!
"Every now and again, I meet someone who is new to the area of
financial education, and when that happens I find that I need to go back to basics and explain why it is that we believe business experience is a vital part of a well-rounded financial education. I find that many people get focused on the earning of money when they think about business for kids.
Many people see business as difficult, and stressful, and as a complicated way to make money. It seems to them that understanding business is optional, as most kids will never need that understanding. Nothing could be further from the truth. Kids gain so many benefits from running a business, above and beyond the money they may earn.
Business Understanding Benefits Consumers and Employees, As Well As
Entrepreneurs. Even as a consumer, if you understand how business works, you are much
less likely to be conned, overcharged, or exploited. As an employee, your understanding of the business model your employer uses will make you more valuable, help you to make the right choices when using your discretion, and enable you to choose the right time and the right
supporting arguments to ask for that raise.
Business Experience Develops Character Quite apart from any financial benefit, running a business develops your child across a range of personal qualities. A business has been described as "one of the best personal development programs available". Whether it is dealing with unhappy customers, trying to make sales, managing contractors, or managing their own emotions of excitement, apprehension or disappointment, doing business will put your child in
learning situations which develop his or her character and attitude.
Business provides the best possible feedback - immediate and accurate. If you get your marketing message right, customers show up. If you treat your customers badly, they go elsewhere. We have devoted ourselves to shielding kids from the "harsh realities" of the world, but a little controlled exposure to reality is very important preparation for real life!
Business Experience Builds Confidence Doing business enables a child to negotiate with adults on an equal footing, as a professional supplier of good or services. The experience of being taken seriously is incredibly important, particularly in the tween and early teen years, when our culture really doesn't offer kids much opportunity to interact with adults as peers. I cannot stress enough how important it is for kids to have the sense that they can provide something of value, which adults will take seriously.
Kids are not stupid - they know when adults are cooing "oh, that's lovely" about a painting or poem, but don't really mean it. They won't reject condescending praise - any praise is better than no praise - but they hunger for real, valid affirmation. They yearn to be able to do something worthwhile, and be appreciated for their contribution with no allowances required for their age or cuteness.
Once a child knows their accomplishments are genuinely impressive at an adult level, it relieves a primal anxiety about how they will make their own way in the world as adults. Too many of our kids never get this sense of their own capability, and become children in adult bodies, still uncertain and anxious about their ability to function in the adult world. Early business experience can provide that vital sense of competence and self-sufficiency, even when the actual business earnings are no more than a few dollars.
Business Experience Teaches The Real Value Of Money When a child is too young to have a regular job, the only way they will learn the connection between providing something of value and receiving money in return is to have a business. As we all know, the "something for nothing" mentality is at plague proportions in our culture, and it causes a lot of misery.
Early business experience, coupled with parents who are responsible about allowances, will give kids a good, solid foundation of visceral knowledge that money comes as a result of providing value - and that they have something of value to offer. What better attitude to instil in your kids?
Of course, it is also important to teach them how to manage their money responsibly - to save, invest, give, and to make wise spending decisions. Business experience is not the be-all and end-all of financial education. Business education, however, makes an important contribution to
financial understanding, which cannot be replicated using allowances alone. This is why we created the Cash-Smart Kids program, to provide an integrated approach to financial education - one that covers all the bases."
Jenny Ford is a financial educator, holder of a B.A.(Hons) in Psychology, a Diploma in Training And Assessment Systems, and an Advanced Diploma in Business Management, and mother of three girls, all of whom started businesses aged between nine and twelve. Jenny's blog
can be seen at Raising Entrepreneurs. Enter the Cash-Smart Kids YouTube Video Competition
- do you know a child with a business? Make a video and they could be featured in a new book to be published in 2009.
I hope you have enjoyed this post. Jenny will be gifting us with future posts as well.
Here's to your child's business education,
Cheers...Amanda van der Gulik....Excited Life Enthusiast!
http://www.teachingchildrenaboutmoney.com/
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