Mike Smith:
This summer, I spoke at a homeschool graduation service and shared four principles for success. Parents were coming up to me one-by-one after the graduation asking, “What was that point two?” and “What was that point three?” and “Those rules are so simple and common sense. Where did you get them?” Well this week, I’ll be sharing these points with you. They are good rules of thumb for your kids to remember and practice on a day-to-day basis.

The idea for these principles came from a copy of the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail I picked up while I was visiting Canada this summer. I read an article by a person who had attended a motivational speaker’s event in Toronto, Canada. The author of the article wrote about one speaker who gave four rules for success.

As your kids begin their first job or venture to college, it is important that they know how to treat other people, and while these principles are pretty simple, they will help your child be successful at work and at college as well.

The principles are simple table and social manners: say please and thank you, be on time, keep your word, and complete what you start. I believe these take up Jesus’ Golden Rule, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

Listeners, please join me next time as we talk more about the first of these four principles. And until then, I’m Mike Smith.