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Family culture -> informal set of guidelines about how the family behaves and make decisions

If parents build the right family culture, then children can make the right choices even without supervision

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Artifacts: "Braintrust" meetings involving directors and producers

Espoused values: creativity, quality, and storytelling

Basic assumptions: great films can only be made through collective effort and creative problem-solving

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Artifacts: Family dinners, holiday decorations, frequent hugs and compliments

Espoused values: Honesty, Hard work

Basic assumptions: "Success means financial stability"

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Christensen shares about how he involves his children in household chores

-> everyone helps one another in the family

-> build kindness

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It's not something that can be created and immediately expected to work on it own

Consistency is key

Enforcement of rules is harder on the parent than child

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Kindness is a long term goal, but not yet ingrained as a culture in Christensen's family

Bully case in the author's son's school

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What he learnt from building a family culture

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What he learnt from building a family culture

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Building and reinforcement should begin early - especially if there are specific values you want to ingrain

Getting away with mischief -> formation of a negative culture

Consistency - difficult but necessary

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Insights gained + Changes we want to make in our lives

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Insights gained + Changes we want to make in our lives

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The importance of building a strong family culture from a young age

I now recognise that family culture isn’t something that "just happens."

Personal anecdote: Weekend family dinners

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Priorities - what is important to me in my life?

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Priorities - what is important to me in my life?

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Spending quality time with loved ones

Prioritising important relationships over short term fun

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Modelling values I want to see:

Showing kindness

Personal anecdote: hawker food remnants

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My family believes hard work is essential for achieving goals -> culture of perseverance and consistent effort

Even when I am away from my parents, this culture still influences my decision-making -> I allocate significant time and resources to my studies

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Embracing emergent opportunities

Enhancing family communication