Eric Franklin, Business Coach and author of the book "Peanut Butter Principles" spoke to Lon Woodbury on "Parent Choices for Struggling Teens" on L.A. Talk Radio. He talked about the 47 leadership lessons every parent should teach their children. These were lessons that he had learned from personal experience in the coaching business and which he had adapted to his passion for teaching children about life's most important lessons.
Lon Woodbury publishes the Woodbury Reports and he founded the Struggling Teens website. As an independent educational adviser, he has worked with families and teens since as far back as 1984. He has also authored numerous Kindle books on helping at-risk teenagers.
Eric Franklin Bio
Eric Franklin owns several successful businesses across the U.S. He earned a Bachelor's degree in biology from Hampton University and a Master's in procurement and acquisitions from Webster University. Besides running several businesses, he is a business coach, author, and family man, with a wife and three children.
How The Basic 47 Peanut Butter Principles Will Lead to Success in Life
Eric believes that the reason for his success in life is due to following the Judeo-Christian life principles that his mother and father taught him as a child. Now he has written about these life lessons through a series of 47 concepts that he says are as wholesome as a peanut butter sandwich.
The Peanut Butter Principles are divided into five categories: the Super Self, Making Wishes Come True, the School of Life, Relationships, and Making Choices.
Throughout the interview, he gave examples from each section.
A concept in Super Self is the following: "Just be yourself simply because everybody else is taken." Eric warns about the threat of imitating stars and other well-known people because the most vital thing is to only copy those good qualities that correspond with one's own personality.
A principle in Making Wishes Come True is "the difference between a goal and a dream is a deadline." In this principle, Eric illustrates that in order to achieve anything, a person has to set a goal, make a plan, and establish milestones to measure progress toward the goal.
In the School of Life section, he provide the following example-- "if you're not early, then you're late." Mr Franklin stressed that showing up on time showed respect for the other individual's time. People who were generally punctual often tended to do well in life and what's more, they were often better treated by other people. In essence, he said, this was a variation of the golden rule which stated that you need to treat individuals the way that you want to be treated in return.
A concept in Relationships is the following: "Learn to follow if you want to learn how to lead and how to serve." Eric went over the steps necessary for someone to learn to express the qualities of a natural leader. He said that before a person could learn how to lead, he or she had to follow and discover things through positive examples. Later, after a person had become a leader, then he or she had a duty to focus on serving others.
A principle in Making Good Choices is "a lesson not learned has to be repeated." In this principle, Eric shares something his father, a teacher, taught him. The reason for repeat marriages or recidivism is because people do not reflect on the lessons in their previous experience. When a lesson is not learned, people are not equipped to move to a higher level of achievement because they keep doing the same erroneous things over and over again.
In summary, the Peanut Butter Principles was written to help mothers and fathers with raising their child. The book has even been embraced by Charter schools and organizations that mentor kids; places where character education, which was once part of the public school system, is still a popular idea.
Lon Woodbury publishes the Woodbury Reports and he founded the Struggling Teens website. As an independent educational adviser, he has worked with families and teens since as far back as 1984. He has also authored numerous Kindle books on helping at-risk teenagers.
Eric Franklin Bio
Eric Franklin owns several successful businesses across the U.S. He earned a Bachelor's degree in biology from Hampton University and a Master's in procurement and acquisitions from Webster University. Besides running several businesses, he is a business coach, author, and family man, with a wife and three children.
How The Basic 47 Peanut Butter Principles Will Lead to Success in Life
Eric believes that the reason for his success in life is due to following the Judeo-Christian life principles that his mother and father taught him as a child. Now he has written about these life lessons through a series of 47 concepts that he says are as wholesome as a peanut butter sandwich.
The Peanut Butter Principles are divided into five categories: the Super Self, Making Wishes Come True, the School of Life, Relationships, and Making Choices.
Throughout the interview, he gave examples from each section.
A concept in Super Self is the following: "Just be yourself simply because everybody else is taken." Eric warns about the threat of imitating stars and other well-known people because the most vital thing is to only copy those good qualities that correspond with one's own personality.
A principle in Making Wishes Come True is "the difference between a goal and a dream is a deadline." In this principle, Eric illustrates that in order to achieve anything, a person has to set a goal, make a plan, and establish milestones to measure progress toward the goal.
In the School of Life section, he provide the following example-- "if you're not early, then you're late." Mr Franklin stressed that showing up on time showed respect for the other individual's time. People who were generally punctual often tended to do well in life and what's more, they were often better treated by other people. In essence, he said, this was a variation of the golden rule which stated that you need to treat individuals the way that you want to be treated in return.
A concept in Relationships is the following: "Learn to follow if you want to learn how to lead and how to serve." Eric went over the steps necessary for someone to learn to express the qualities of a natural leader. He said that before a person could learn how to lead, he or she had to follow and discover things through positive examples. Later, after a person had become a leader, then he or she had a duty to focus on serving others.
A principle in Making Good Choices is "a lesson not learned has to be repeated." In this principle, Eric shares something his father, a teacher, taught him. The reason for repeat marriages or recidivism is because people do not reflect on the lessons in their previous experience. When a lesson is not learned, people are not equipped to move to a higher level of achievement because they keep doing the same erroneous things over and over again.
In summary, the Peanut Butter Principles was written to help mothers and fathers with raising their child. The book has even been embraced by Charter schools and organizations that mentor kids; places where character education, which was once part of the public school system, is still a popular idea.
About the Author:
Lon Woodbury, the founder of Struggling Teens, has recorded the entire interview on his weekly L.A. Talk Radio show for people to at their convenience.
