My self-concept was created by watching my family. They instilled determination with a never give up attitude. My mother did this by getting up every day and taking care of her family even though she has health problems that make her in pain all the time. Her work ethic is contagious so much that it makes me want to work to better and harder every day. My grandfather experienced similar problems with his health and he fought everyday single day and just by watching him fight increased my determination. If health issues were the perfect excuse for my family to stop fighting then they taught that an excuse if just a reason to give up. My grandfather taught me that life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you respond to it. When I would go
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Her rule is treat others the way you wanted to be treated. She made it understood that I was to treat others with respect and show kindness. Respecting others and going high when others go low is two values that my mother taught me. I feel strongly about this and I will teach my kids the same things. I feel that this is important because I believe that any positive energy is good energy so by creating good energy it creates a happy and more productive environment. It is important because I feel it is essential to have success in life. My grandfather taught me the value of a dollar. He taught me that this is important because to earn a dollar it takes hard work. He taught me that hard work is not easy thus a dollar is not easy to come by. By my grandfather teaching me this value it has lead me to become more responsible financially. He showed me that value of a dollar by showing me what he made at each job he completed and all the expenses he is responsible for. I asked questions because his expenses where so high and he explained to me that if he wants his family and himself happy that it cost money and if I want similar things he had that I must understand the value of a dollar. I think that my family instilled great values for me to live my life by and I am going to put those same values into my future family I think it is
Her rule is treat others the way you wanted to be treated. She made it understood that I was to treat others with respect and show kindness. Respecting others and going high when others go low is two values that my mother taught me. I feel strongly about this and I will teach my kids the same things. I feel that this is important because I believe that any positive energy is good energy so by creating good energy it creates a happy and more productive environment. It is important because I feel it is essential to have success in life. My grandfather taught me the value of a dollar. He taught me that this is important because to earn a dollar it takes hard work. He taught me that hard work is not easy thus a dollar is not easy to come by. By my grandfather teaching me this value it has lead me to become more responsible financially. He showed me that value of a dollar by showing me what he made at each job he completed and all the expenses he is responsible for. I asked questions because his expenses where so high and he explained to me that if he wants his family and himself happy that it cost money and if I want similar things he had that I must understand the value of a dollar. I think that my family instilled great values for me to live my life by and I am going to put those same values into my future family I think it is