Christian OsgoodCEO, Multifamily Strategy · CEO at Multifamily Strategy

Where are the first borns at?? 🙋🏻‍♂️👀#multifamilystrategy #realestate #multifamily #tailopez

13 Feb 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, Christian Osgood reflects on his experience as the firstborn son in his family, noting that he was his mother's first child and his father's fourth. He discusses how his parents used incentives and reverse psychology to motivate him, particularly around his taekwondo training. When he considered quitting, his parents threatened to take away the privilege of attending classes, which paradoxically reinforced his commitment. Osgood highlights that this approach—removing positive incentives to discourage undesirable behavior—served as an effective parenting strategy. He also mentions earning a black belt, framing it as both a personal achievement and a reward tied to his parents' motivational tactics.

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First son is the special one. I was my mom's firstborn. I was my dad's fourth. But it's always cool to be the first, first son. It is. I was the first son in my family. Okay. And that was one of the things that my parents were really good at. Like, I got my black belt in taekwondo. Nice. And it was always a reward. You get to go to taekwondo. There's times where I'm like, I want to quit. They're like, okay, you can quit that. Yeah. And I'm like, oh shoot, well, I don't want to quit. Yes. It's good to get taken away. A little reverse psychology never hurt any kid. Yeah. The takeaway clause works really well. If you do not incentivize bad behavior through punishing them with things that should be positive. Yes.