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Teach them these four virtues.

Aristotle worshipped them, the Christians, and the Stoics, too.

Four simple words, four essential tenets for living.

Courage, moderation, justice, wisdom.

In the West, we call these the cardinal virtues from the Latin word cardos which means hinge these are the virtues upon which

the good life hinges these are the virtues that every father is obligated to teach his children

courage to stand up to charge ahead to not be afraid or timid in life moderation to no balance

to be in control of oneself, to avoid excess or extremes.

Justice, to do the right thing, to care for others, to do your duty. Wisdom, to learn, to study,

to keep an open mind. How essential these virtues are, how rare they are these days, how much better

we would be if we could bring them back,

if we could make them front and center again. As a father, you must worship these virtues

and raise kids who do the same. You have to model these virtues to teach them by example and by

instruction how they can too. Their life and the future hinges on it. And we actually have a

four virtues medallion that we sell in the Daily Stoak store at dailystoke.com slash virtues. I carry it

with me every day. I touch it. It's a reminder when I'm trying to teach my son things,

when I'm trying to respond to a situation. And I think if my son was a little older,

I would give him one to carry every day. You can check that out at dailystoic.com

slash virtues.

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