Lesson learned from my #dad, number eleven! I learnt from him not to shy away from making tough #decisions, and to do so in a #decisive way. He demonstrated his #leadership through his #actions, and this #influenced me in many ways. But when it came to tough decisions like me, he was an emotional man. There were times when he had to make a difficult choice, but he always did the right thing even if it came at a cost to his personal #happiness.

When my mother left, I was five years old. My father could have abdicated his responsibilities, but he did not, instead, he sacrificed his whole life for the sake of his children. He never remarried instead he devoted his life to being a single dad.

This episode in our lives was painful, but it demonstrated his leadership through his actions. Since my dad’s death, I have become used to making big decisions which others would normally make with other family members, in my case that is not possible. Knowing that I have learnt to be decisive, and I have learnt not to shy away from making tough decisions because life often throws curve balls, our strength is in how we deal with it. Also, it is never up to others, it is always our responsibility.

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Thanks for reading these lessons learned from my dad.

DMP