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    The S.M.A.R.T. Strategy: Grooming Your Child for Future Success
    The S.M.A.R.T. Strategy: Grooming Your Child for Future Success
    The S.M.A.R.T. Strategy: Grooming Your Child for Future Success
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    The S.M.A.R.T. Strategy: Grooming Your Child for Future Success

    By Dan Perez

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    These days, going through the honorable but perfunctory routine of raising your child in a comfortable, loving home is not enough. You can spend years overseeing homework, soccer games, dance class, and music lessons but would be remiss in your parental duties if you failed to adequately prepare your child for his future career, many years before he actually starts it.

    In the 21st century, the future is a moving target. We are living in a fast-paced society where information exchange flows effortlessly across cities and oceans. The internet and smart devices connect the masses like never before, harnessing the collective power of human ingenuity and changing how business is done and how society functions. As a consequence, the job market and certain industries are constantly evolving. Technological advances create entirely new occupations and make others obsolete. The good paying jobs of the future are likely to be highly specialized and very competitive, and the dynamic nature of the job market requires periodic monitoring so that adjustments can be made mid-course. It is therefore important for a parent to take proactive measures very early on to ensure that her child has all the skills necessary to succeed when he comes of age. Not doing so may cause the child to be unprepared to secure a job that best suits his personality and aptitude. It can set him off on the wrong tangent in life, which could have far reaching consequences.

    The S.M.A.R.T. Strategy is a blueprint for success designed for parents to implement on their child, from age zero to eighteen. It was borne out of the author's life experiences of triumph, disappointments, reflections and realizations.

    The S.M.A.R.T. Strategy seeks to prevent your child from developing success-limiting behaviors while cultivating the key personality traits and attitudes that lead to big achievement. When completed, your child will possess a mindset that will instinctively guide him on a path towards success throughout his life.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDan Perez
    Release dateOct 9, 2012
    ISBN9781301844111
    The S.M.A.R.T. Strategy: Grooming Your Child for Future Success
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    Dan Perez

    Dan Perez resides in the San Francisco Bay Area and spends much of his time analyzing and writing on current social issues. As a former chiropractor and athlete, his expertise is in health care, preventive medicine, fitness, anti-aging and nutrition. As the father of a young child, Dan enjoys writing books on general child development. Dan’s other interests include gourmet cooking, wine tasting, politics, hiking, wellness and longevity, relationships, human behavior, and much more. Among his works are books on starting a chiropractic business, internet marketing, and his latest, The S.M.A.R.T. Strategy: Raising Your Child for Success.

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      The S.M.A.R.T. Strategy - Dan Perez

      ~~~

      The S.M.A.R.T. Strategy:

      Grooming Your Child for Future Success

      From Age Zero to 18

      By Dan Perez

      ~~~

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright © 2012 Dan W. Perez.

      All rights are reserved.

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      I dedicate this book to my precious son, Sean. Daddy’s doing all he can now, so that you can fly high and far when it is time.

      Preface

      Preparing your child for success in life is like planting a fragile sapling and nurturing it so that it steadily transforms into a tall, sturdy oak tree. You start by picking a good site that gets plenty of sun and is shielded from pests. Enrich the soil with compost and aerate it. Nurture the sapling so that it takes root. Take care to water it regularly, and buffer it from strong winds when it is still delicate. Although the grandeur of any tree is above the ground, the real action is below, out of sight. Roots divide and spread out, forming a strong foundation capable of withstanding the forces of nature.

      These days, going through the perfunctory routine of raising your child in a comfortable, loving home is not enough. You can spend countless hours overseeing homework, soccer games, dance class, and music lessons but would be remiss in your parental duties if you failed to adequately prepare your child for his future career, many years before he actually starts it.

      In the 21st century, the future is a moving target. We are living in a fast-paced society where information exchange flows effortlessly across cities and across oceans. The internet and smart devices connect the masses like never before, harnessing the collective power of human ingenuity and changing how business is done, and how society functions. The job market is undergoing continual change. Technological advances create entirely new occupations and make others obsolete. The good paying jobs of the future are likely to be highly specialized and very competitive, and the changing nature of the job market requires periodic monitoring so that adjustments can be made mid-course. It is therefore important for a parent to take proactive measures to ensure that her child has all the tools necessary to succeed when he comes of age. Not doing so may cause the child to be unprepared to secure a job that best suits his personality and aptitude and set him off in the wrong tangent in life, which could have far reaching consequences.

      The S.M.A.R.T. Strategy is a blueprint for success designed for parents to implement on their child, from age zero to eighteen. It is derived from my life experiences of triumph, disappointments, reflections and realizations. It seeks to prevent your child from developing success-limiting behaviors and cultivate the key personality traits that great achievement requires. By implementing the S.M.A.R.T. Strategy, your child will possess a mindset that will instinctively guide him on a path towards success throughout his life.

      Dan Perez

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Chapter 1: Creating fertile ground for success

      Chapter 2: People Skills: The first essential skill

      Chapter 3: Time Management: The second essential skill

      Chapter 4: Current trends affecting your child’s future

      Chapter 5: Economic and industry forecasting

      Chapter 6: Finding the right discipline to pursue

      Chapter 7: Getting the most out of the college experience

      Chapter 8: Alternatives to a four year college

      Chapter 9: Have a back-up plan

      Chapter 10: Always keep learning

      About the author

      Introduction

      Note: This book uses the male tense (he, his, him, son) for the sake of easy reading and consistency. Everything written equally applies to girls/ daughters as well.

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      I have a saying: If you’re over 40, married, and have children, that qualifies you to be a

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