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@redcloud Specialization! Absolutely agree. It's something I learned later in life as well, particularly as I drove towards learning a discipline and caught glimpses of what it takes and means to be great. I'm definitely a good-at-many-things-great-at-nothing person but I've learned to try to...

@sweetstars Hell yeah! We play drums and draw during much of our free time together. Two passions of mine that I wanted to expose her to. Perhaps they blossom or perhaps she just sees what passion looks like. Either is OK.

@musikgirl Your pedantry is illuminating.

@jarsh This hits.

@fohdude Excellent one! It reminds of the quote "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."

@tuned4him Who cares? We can all distill it into our own version later. Let the advice flow.

@xx_blessed_xx "You must build your house before you can invite someone to live with you" was a quote that stuck with me. I think that's applicable here. Thanks!

@preachdude I love that piece and it was the inspiration for my list. I was about 13 when that came out and it's all come true.

@oscarwebb1973 Work ethic! Something that escaped my parents so I had to learn it on my own which is tough.

@daniel108 I'm very big on this with my little girl. I believe that building an ego lays the foundation for future resilience so I never miss an opportunity to tell her that she's strong, smart, capable AND beautiful. In fact, I've created a bit of a monster. She'll stomp into the room...

@crteague Nice one. I think that fits nicely with number one.

@ploverwing Spot on. I did this last year.

@isimba Good one. Financial literacy escaped my parents completely and even at 41 I'm still struggling with it.

@katrina2017 LOL

I have a 3 year old daughter, and it has been the joy of my life to be her Dad. She's just so happy, affectionate, smart, beautiful and well-adjusted. Since, she's come around I've been jotting down the important things I wish I'd or been told when I was younger. Below is my list so far. Dad's...