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Want to Raise Successful Kids? Science Says These 5 Habits Matter, Bigtime | Inc.com

The science suggests that if you want to do right by your kids, you should probably do these things.

By Bill Murphy Jr., http://www.billmurphyjr.com @BillMurphyJr, July 4, 2022

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There comes a time in some people’s lives when their aspirations for their children begin to rival or even exceed their aspirations for themselves.

It’s happened to me since I’ve become a parent myself. As a result, I’ve been on a years-long mission to collect as much science-based advice as possible regarding how to raise successful kids.

Here are five of the most interesting and useful strategies I’ve found and highlighted recently. The science suggests that if you want to do right by your kids, you should probably do these things.

1. Make them do chores.
Researchers at La Trobe University in Australia recently set out to determine whether children who do chores at home would develop better working memory, inhibition, and other success-predicting behaviors.

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Source: Want to Raise Successful Kids? Science Says These 5 Habits Matter, Bigtime | Inc.com

Want to Raise Successful Kids? Jeff Bezos Says Practice This 1 Simple Habit | Inc.com

If you’ve been trained to do the opposite, you’re not alone.

By Bill Murphy Jr. @BillMurphyJr

Jeff Bezos.
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This is a story about Jeff Bezos, raising kids, and maximizing success.

If you like it, I think you’ll also enjoy two of my free e-books, How to Raise Successful Kids and Jeff Bezos Regrets Nothing.

It’s about a habit that Bezos calls “super-important,” and that he has advised over and over.

In fact, he explicitly encouraged parents to “preach” it to their kids. And, as a father of four, he says it’s the advice he’s tried to give his own children.

Source: Want to Raise Successful Kids? Jeff Bezos Says Practice This 1 Simple Habit | Inc.com