How to get your 11 year old boy to do housework.

I came home last night to find my son Sam had gone ahead and cooked dinner.

In addition, I found out from my wife that he also vacuumed the house.

Now, this is unusual behavior for Sammy.

He certainly is not usually this helpful.

What was going on?

Ah, yes.

FORTNITE.

The great motivator of 11-year-old boys.

Sam was out to do whatever was required to make sure he got to play fortnight.

Cook dinner? Absolutely.

Vacuum the house? Yes, Ma’am.

Now, I am a video game addict so I get the desire…

And…

I know most likely my boys have a similar genetic makeup — they are definitely got at least one copy of the MTHFR gene defect as I have both defective…

So in this context, his behavior was classic addict behavior.

“I will do what needs to be done to ensure I get my hit.”

And, 3 hours of the fortnight was certainly worth one spaghetti Bolanaise and 10 minutes of vacuuming…

The interesting question though is why did he do it?

And I can expand that out to why does anybody do something different?

In this case, Sam wanted something and was willing to do what was required to get him that.

There was a want, and he was seeking to fill that.

A second situation is when people are in pain and desire to get away from that pain.

What is most interesting to me is how many people will sit in pain and not move.

Not take action. 
Not pay the price. 
Not invest time or energy.

Yet other times, people move rapidly and decisively to get out of pain.

Why is this?

The second group move because they are not just considering the price.

There will be a price to pay to get what they want.

Sams price was cooking dinner and vacuuming the house.

But in addition to the price, there is also a cost.

The cost they will pay if they do not pay the price.

The cost for Sam: No Fortnite.

From this perspective, his behavior makes complete sense.

He was absolutely committed to paying the price to avoid suffering the cost.

The same for those in pain that moves…

Their price is less than their cost.

And those that do not…

All they see is the price and never consider what is the cost they will pay later.

So the invitation is that as you deal with decisions, be sure to weigh up the price AND the cost.

If you are making a decision around investing into GP education then what I want you to do is to consider your price and your cost.

If you are willing to pay the price and are ALL IN to get your Fellowship…

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