Dream Big Dads! The new year is a time of natural reflection and anticipation. We ponder what the preceding year was like for our loved ones and us. We hope and plan for the year before us. And we take stock of where we are in our journey compared to where we want to be. And we dream. We dream about finding more fulfillment, more intimacy, more satisfaction, more … [Read more...] about Dreams, Not Resolutions, For The New Year
Why I Was Wrong about Thanksgiving and Christmas
An Unequal Comparsion This post started out as a comparison between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Specifically, it was going to show why our national Turkey Day was a better holiday than Xmas for a few reasons. The post was going to point out that even though Christmas was at its core an important spiritual holiday, most Americans treated it like a secular holiday only with more … [Read more...] about Why I Was Wrong about Thanksgiving and Christmas
An Open Letter to My Daughters About #MeToo
Dear Girls, Thanks to the women of #MeToo, the world is changing for the better in at least one way. The world in which you are growing up is finally having a reckoning about an age-old problem – men who act like boys, which is putting it very mildly. You see, most boys do not understand women are wonderful, beautiful, powerful creations who are capable of amazing things. … [Read more...] about An Open Letter to My Daughters About #MeToo
Servant-Leadership At Work – Seven Ways to Develop It
It Does Not Mean What You Think It Means This post is the second post of a two-part set on “servant leadership.” The first one focused on a few techniques to develop a servant-leader mindset at home. This post focuses on some ways to establish servant-leadership habits at work no matter where you might fall in the proverbial food-chain. In the classic 1987 movie “The … [Read more...] about Servant-Leadership At Work – Seven Ways to Develop It
Struggling Dads Who Press-On Share These Four Traits
I have two good friends who are struggling. They don’t know each other, and their respective issues are very different. These guys couldn’t be more different from one another in almost every way. What they have in common though is life has dealt them some massive challenges. And they are dads. They are good dads struggling to take care of their families and their kids in … [Read more...] about Struggling Dads Who Press-On Share These Four Traits