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Start Your Noble Family Vision Right Now
1. What kind of relationship do you want to have with your wife? How do
you want to interact and relate with her? What do you want your marriage to
look like? What do you hope she will say about you as man, a husband and a father?
2. What kind of parent do you want to be? What do you want your
children, when they are grown, to remember about your family life? How would
you like them to characterize their childhood?
3. What do you want your kids to be like when they are adults? What do
you want them to be known for…and known as?
4. How do you want your children to relate to their won spouses and
children? What kind of husband or wife – and mum or dad – do you want your
children to be?
5. How do you want your children to interact with each other in the
future – and with each other’s families?
6. How do you want your children to interact with you in the future?
What kind of relationship do you hope to have with them?
7. What kind of role to you and your wife hope to have when your kids
are parents themselves?
8. What are the core values that help bind your family together? What
do you all believe is truly important?
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The Ten Tools of Fatherhood
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1
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F
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Family First/Family Fun
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When you enjoy the blessings of life with you family by putting them
first today, you create a stronger family for tomorrow. Family fun time is
the best time of all.
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2
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A
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All-In Marriage
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A committed marriage is the key to a happy family, which is loving
your wife is one of the greatest gifts you can give to your children (and
your children’s children)
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3
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T
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True Moral Compass & Humility
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Setting a high moral standard for yourself and your family – and transferring
those standards to your children over time – is the most important inheritance
you can give to your children.
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4
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H
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Heartfelt Love
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It is through commitment, fidelity, grace and tenderness that you
show your family – in word and in deed – how much you love them (and
therefore how valuable they are)
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5
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E
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Empowering Servant Leadership
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Empowering your family by putting their needs above your own will
yield rich benefits today…and for generations to come. This is the essence of
great fatherhood.
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6
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R
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Relationship Tools that Work
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To be a good dad, you also need the willingness to listen, the skill
to truly hear, and the ability to relate deeply with your family.
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7
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H
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Heaven’s Help
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To be the best earthly father you can be, you need help from the
Ultimate Father
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8
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O
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Other Good Dads
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There are no successful Lone Ranger dads – you need the support of
friends and older role models from whom you can learn.
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9
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O
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Optimistic, Never-Surrender Attitude
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No matter how tough things get, you can never, ever, quit on your
family. Winning dads never quit, and dads who quite never win.
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10
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D
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Dynamic, Whole-Person Support
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It is critically important for you to support your family
emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually – not just financially.
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Source: Be a Better Dad Today! by Gregory W.Slayton (2012)
