202 1 Elon musk, the richest man in the world, founded the American version of Alipay, launched rockets, made Tesla electric cars, and put forward crazy plans to emigrate to Mars. How can this "Iron Man" who wants to change the universe have such a shining life?
He has repeatedly said in public: "My mother is my hero, and my success comes from her cultivation and influence".
So with the mentality of learning how other mothers cultivate excellent children, I opened the book "Life is up to me".
She is a supermodel and has raised three excellent children. The most famous eldest son is elon musk, the founder of Tesla, and the other two children are not inferior. They have made great achievements in their respective fields and are worth over 100 million yuan.
She grew up in a family keen on adventure travel. When she was a baby, she started an adventure with her parents, flying around in a plane with no GPS and radio, only a canvas skin and a propeller, and crossing more than 60 countries.
15 years old, first time on the runway. At the age of 22, she was forced to get married by her ex-boyfriend and suffered domestic violence for 9 years. 3/kloc-divorced and went bankrupt at the age of 0, moved to three countries and cities to start businesses, raised three outstanding children independently, and obtained two master's degrees at the same time.
In her 60 s, she returned to the modeling stage and became popular after her hair turned white. At the age of 69, her image monopolized four billboards in Times Square. At the age of 72, her career reached its peak.
She is Meyer Musk.
In this biography, she opened her own scars very frankly and told those pains and joys in a self-deprecating and self-deprecating way. The book covers her experiences in life adventure, beauty, health, good attitude and family education.
Among them, Meyer Musk's method in educating children is worth learning and thinking about.
0 1, teach children the ability to live independently and learn to take responsibility.
Meyer has been working in her father's chiropractic clinic with her twin sister since she was 8 years old. Her father will pay them accordingly. Working hours are before formal medical treatment every day. The two sisters took turns to register patients, make tea and take X-rays until her father began to treat patients. Completely regarded as a trustworthy adult.
The way their parents treat them has a profound influence on Meyer's future education. Her children have been helping her career since she was very young. The youngest daughter will handle the letter to the doctor with a typewriter. Elon is good at studying the functions of typewriters. When her daughter was 8 years old, Meyer asked her daughter to work in her own model image school. She is responsible for teaching students catwalks and arranging programs, and is also a makeup artist for all her programs. The children are her close relatives and companions.
She raised her children the way her parents used to raise them. She didn't protect them too much, so that children learned to take responsibility and have the ability to live independently at an early age. Children's plans for life are becoming clearer and clearer, and they are willing to take responsibility for their future. All three children applied for universities, scholarships and student loans independently.
As the saying goes, examples speak louder than words. When she just got divorced, she took care of three children alone. In order to find a place for the children and prevent them from being hungry and cold, she even transformed a bedroom into an office. In order to balance family and work, sometimes children are brought to the workplace, so that they can sit in front of the runway and read books while she walks.
The children saw with their own eyes that their mother still maintained an optimistic and positive attitude and tried to give her family a place to live. So they went to college, even if they lived in a shabby house with a mattress on the floor, they could accept it.
The prologue of a child's life has just begun. In order to survive in this uncertain world, he needs to learn to stand on his own feet as soon as possible and forge the ability to settle down as soon as possible. As parents, we need to support our children and grow up with them.
Interest is the best teacher.
Someone asked Meyer, how did you raise successful children? She said, "Actually, I just let them follow their interests. I will give support and encouragement when children need it. When they want me to give advice, I will say. Usually, my answers are very short. "
When Elon Musk was young, Meyer had noticed that he loved reading very much. He never forgot every word he read, and absorbed knowledge anytime and anywhere, which was equivalent to a "living encyclopedia". He got his first computer when he was 12 years old. 1983, computers are still extremely novel. He quickly learned to use the computer and wrote a game in code. Meyer contributed the game written by Elon to a computer magazine and got a reward of $500. This magazine was published when Elon 13 years old.
Her second son, kimball, showed great interest in food since he was a child. Since 12 years old, he has been responsible for everyone's meal time and cooking for his family. He will go to the supermarket to pick fresh vegetables he has never seen before and cook them into delicious food. Later, he changed careers many times, during which he experienced a long inner journey and finally found that catering was his passion. In the end, he founded the non-profit "Green Giant" and became the largest and most popular restaurant chain in America.
When her daughter was very young, she was an excellent actress. She likes drama, dance, acting and movies very much. She will visit every performing arts club. When I grew up, I became a Hollywood filmmaker and owned a film production company.
Interest is always our best teacher. Once you have an interest, you will stick to it, and even if you encounter setbacks in the process, you will forge ahead courageously because of your love. What parents should do is to discover their children's talent and love, give them support, and give them appropriate advice when they need help, but the final decision is still returned to their children.
03, lifelong learning, life is not defined by age.
At the age of 40, Meyer gave up a stable life for his children to study better, moved his family to Toronto and started again in this strange country. In order to survive in Toronto, she decided to continue to be a dietitian. She needs to take five undergraduate courses with the newly graduated students majoring in nutrition. It was extremely difficult to learn all English, but in the end she passed the exam.
At the age of 48, she came to America from Canada. Because of the different national standards, she passed another registered dietitian exam. Meyer suffers from severe sciatica, and she persists even if she can only study while lying down. In order to keep her qualification as a dietitian, she has to take 75 dietitian certification exams every five years, one hour at a time. Until now, she will still read new research literature every day, constantly improve her knowledge reserve and not be eliminated by the times.
As the co-founder of APP said in the recommendation sequence: "The most useful education for children is to let them see that you are trying to be better yourself".
Age is no excuse for not studying. The world environment is constantly changing and the uncertainty is increasing. Only lifelong learning is the core competitiveness.
04. Conclusion
After all, raising children is a kind of accomplishment for parents.
As the first nurturers of children, we should not only give them a healthy and safe living environment, but also pay attention to their healthy physical and mental development. Knowing the child can be better for him.
No one is born a parent, only keep learning and set an example. Parents realize their goals and dreams through their own efforts, which is the best demonstration for their children.
If you want to raise a successful child, you must push yourself!
Being a "chicken" is better than being a "chicken baby"!