As I do every year around Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, I remember the valuable advice my late parents gave me. For instance, when I was starting college, they suggested that studying finance—as they both did—would be important if I hoped to someday manage the family’s business interests. I didn’t listen, but they humored me anyway by paying for the journalism degree I earned in 1973 and then didn’t use for 44 years when I got sidetracked by other career opportunities.
I finally dusted off that diploma in 2017 when the first of three area publications asked me to write, followed in 2020 by the opportunity to write this column for North Forty News.
Among my saddest regrets is that my parents never lived to see their ‘investment’ finally pay off. But I believe they’d be proud to know that whatever success I’ve had in life is because I followed most of their other guidance. My parents were highly principled, and that’s reflected in the following examples they set that’ve served me well:
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