How to Help Yourself (or Others) Become a Self-Starter

Book excerpt: Table of Contents How to Help Yourself (or Others) Become a Self-Starter Table of Contents Introduction Starting Young How Important Is Responsible Parenting Qualities Of A Self-Starter External influences Allow a Child His/Her Own Freedom Conclusion Author Bio Publisher Introduction Remember, there is absolutely no cut off point for when you begin learning or when you stop learning, based on age. This book is going to tell you a large number of stories, taken from philosophical books, advice and guidance books, and also experiences based on knowledge, extensive reading, practical application, attitude, mental, physical, spiritual, psychological and emotional factors being added, – some of them being personal tales – and so on, about what consists of a self-starter, how you can be a self-starter. Or, how can you make your kid one, from day Go itself. You may notice, I am not using the word Leader, that word has now become rather shabby with its social and political associations in the 20th and 21st century. The same way, “personal integrity and honor” has no locus standii, in today’s cynical world, where it is very easy to put your hand upon your heart and say “on my honor”and expect to be trusted and believed. But every parent out there wants his kid to be a leader. He associates personal, financial, social, national and international success with this particular word. We have thousands of bestsellers out there, teaching you how to become a leader, even if you happen to be a total jellyfish personality wise and behavior wise. It is interesting to know, that none of the writers who have been writing these so-called bestsellers have the time to sit down, during their leadership activities, and get these books ghostwritten by other non-leaders! Or maybe somebody wants to write his own autobiography at the fag end of a successful career in leadership and wants to justify either his actions or wants plenty of approval of the generations which are going to come after him, and decides to write a self glorifying book on what he achieved as a leader. So is he a self-starter?