{"id":30684,"date":"2020-11-25T22:02:43","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T11:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=30684"},"modified":"2020-11-25T22:02:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T11:02:43","slug":"rules-to-teach-your-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=30684","title":{"rendered":"RULES TO TEACH YOUR SON:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1. Never shake a man\u2019s hand sitting down.<br \/>\n2. Learn how to cook a signature dish.<br \/>\n3. Spend 30 min a day reading up on current events.<br \/>\n4. In a negotiation, never make the first offer.<br \/>\n5. Request the late check-out.<br \/>\n6. When entrusted with a secret, keep it.<br \/>\n7. Hold your heroes to a higher standard.<br \/>\n8. Return a borrowed car with a full tank of gas.<br \/>\n9. Play with passion or don\u2019t play at all.<br \/>\n10. When shaking hands, grip firmly and look them in the eye.<br \/>\n11. Don\u2019t let a wishbone grow where a backbone should be.<br \/>\n12. Stand up when she enters the room.<br \/>\n13. Carry two handkerchiefs. The one in your back pocket is for you. The one in your breast pocket is for her.<br \/>\n14. You marry the girl, you marry her family \/ children<br \/>\n15. Be like a duck. Remain calm on the surface and paddle like crazy underneath.<br \/>\n16. Experience the serenity of traveling alone.<br \/>\n17. Never be afraid to ask out the best looking girl in the room.<br \/>\n18. Never turn down a breath mint.<br \/>\n19. A sport coat is worth 1000 words.<br \/>\n20. Try writing your own eulogy. Never stop revising.<br \/>\n21. Thank a veteran. Then make it up to him.<br \/>\n22. Open her door and walk on the outside of the street.<br \/>\n23. After writing an angry email, read it carefully. Then delete it.<br \/>\n24. Ask your mom to play. She won\u2019t let you win.<br \/>\n25. Manners make the man.<br \/>\n26. Give credit. Take the blame.<br \/>\n27. Stand up to Bullies. Protect those bullied.<br \/>\n28. Write down your dreams.<br \/>\n29. Add value everywhere you go.<br \/>\n30. Be confident and humble at the same time.<br \/>\n31. If ever in doubt, REMEMBER WHOSE SON YOU ARE and REFUSE to just be ordinary!<br \/>\n32. Change the world, don&#8217;t let it change you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Never shake a man\u2019s hand sitting down. 2. Learn how to cook a signature dish. 3. Spend 30 min a day reading up on current events. 4. In a negotiation, never make the first offer. 5. Request the late check-out. 6. When entrusted with a secret, keep it. 7. Hold your heroes to a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=30684\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;RULES TO TEACH YOUR SON:&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-inspiration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30685,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30684\/revisions\/30685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}