I heard on the 10-10-10 rule on 107.3 FM radio where John Tesh is the late afternoon announcer. He gives grand little
tid bits of info to all
us listeners. He always was the all American boy next door apple pie guy. Anyway...John Tesh says....whenever making any sort of
decision it is best to use the 10-10-10 rule. I was ready for the rule when then
the station took a commercial break and luckily I was still around after it considering I was driving.
John says when making any decision think about what the consequences will be in
10 minutes, in 10 months, and in 10 years. Then he gave this brilliant but
average example. If your child calls you at work crying and carrying on because
he/she needs you to be home for a special homework project they
forgot to tell you about, or the need for a special dinner, or their boyfriend
broke up with them......you must think how you will feel and how it will affect
your life in 10 minutes if you leave work. How your child will
feel or how your decision will affect your life and theirs in 10
months if you leave work and do what they wish, and considering that
your boss may disagree is a concern also. Then how this will affect you in
10 years? Could leaving work early to amend the emotions of a
child cause you any regrets? In 10 minutes will the child be over it? Probably
not. Will the child forget all about this one evening in 10 months? Probably.
And in ten years could you have lost that promotion and all that goes with it, and the
child has absolutely no recollection of the issue. Such as a large raise in
salary that could change your life and allow that child that called with the
tantrum a college education! Just an example of how making
decisions on emotions can affect/ruin a life or two. Me, I am old enough to know
that I wish I had known about the 10-10-10-Rule. I didn't and it did
affect my life and my children's. Not that I ever left work early for a child
throwing a simple tantrum, or did I? I do have 10-10-10- regrets as we all do I am sure
but have made the best of it due to lack of choice. The key is from now on I shall use the 10-10-10
rule for sure. A good rule indeed. Almost as good as the Golden Rule...so, put
the 10-10-10-Rule and the Golden Rule in a jar and shake them up and you have
good decisions without a doubt. But do realize this. If the child needs you to
be at a special athletic dinner or important live celebration in his or her
honor and you chose work over them.....whole different bag of potatoes! Like
John T says, 10-10-10 again and again.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Send comments to dianeogden.ogden@gmail.com