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My daughter, Jodeè and son, Matthew are both teenagers and come under peer pressure on a daily basis.

I sat them down to give them some principals that I use when it comes to decision making as life can be hard if you make the wrong decisions.

If however you have a set of principals it makes it easier to live with your decisions.

I have read these 4 principals in a book called Building & Maintaining an Always Positive Attitude. This book was a contribution by different leaders and I found this written by Dr Ron Jenson in chapter 3 under the heading- Living A Principled Centered Life. I have been using these principals for some time now and have added a fifth principal.

I believe that it can help you make better decisions and please share it with your family and especialy you children, if it resonates with you.

You have to ask yourself the following questions when you make a decision:

1) Is it legal? ( either in terms of the law, school or work rules or policy)

2) Is it fair? ( is it a win situation for the other person )

3) How would it make you feel? ( if my decision was printed in the newspaper or my family new
about it )

4) Is it right? ( consider what I believe to be right or wrong according to my value system )

I also use my own principal in conjunction with the above:

5) Did I show mercy(kindness) and did I speak the truth?

( Proverbs 3 verse 3and 4 )
This is the bible verse that I build my life around.
This may sound like a lot to do to make a decision, but it is an excellent guide and it will make you consistent in all your decisions.  The more you practice it, the quicker the process will be.

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