Are You Raising Entitled Kids?
“No one ever takes their rental car to the carwash. They don’t own it.” I heard this quote at a leadership conference years ago. It never really resonated until I had kids. That is, when it really hit home. I think responsibility is learned through discipline. To be honest, I needed to learn responsibility to […]
Continue reading3 Steps Towards A Great Family Vacation
This is a good time NOW. I teach this stuff for a living. And this past week, Lisa and I took time to stop and say… this is a good time NOW. We only get our kids at home with us for a short time. Once the hustle and bustle of the early baby years […]
Continue readingYoung Athletes: Redefining The Win
Right after college when I started off in my career, I immediately chased after money, image, and status. I kept thinking- if I just had more… I would be happier. More money, more clothes, more trips. But you see, then I got all those things, and I wasn’t. Not really. I mean, I may have […]
Continue readingThe Importance of Consistent Family Meetings
We have all been a part of new teams, groups or companies that begin fresh, full of hopes and promises with lots of great ideas. And after many platitudes are exchanged, everyone goes their separate ways – never to speak of these ambitions again. Then towards the end of the season or the new year, […]
Continue readingHow To Better Communicate And LISTEN To Your Teenagers
As our children are growing up, Lisa and I have recognized the importance of creating a safe place to land – especially for our teens. And it’s been hard, because I want to talk! I want to fix! I want to give my opinion! But on the flip side, they just want to be heard. […]
Continue readingAct Your Way Out of A Feeling
One of the things we talk about in our group workshops, is that we only have 168 hours in a week. Nobody gets more time, nobody gets less. We all have the same. Therefore, it is important that we are intentional with our time and our attention. Whatever it is that we give our attention […]
Continue readingWhat Coaching My Kids Taught Me About Myself
As I was driving my boys to football practice the other night, I got to thinking… I began coaching my own kids 10 years ago when my twins Dominic and Carly played co-ed Kindergarten soccer. I think back to then and realize the most difficult thing to do is coach my own kids. As an […]
Continue readingHow To Find Your Passion And Then Live It To Its Fullest
What’s your passion? That’s a question we’re sometimes asked, but we’re not sure how to answer it. Well, what do you love? What makes you happy? It’s a lot easier to ask than it is to answer. Deep down, we all have a passion, but it’s not so easy to find. There’s no day when […]
Continue readingHow Authenticity Becomes Its Own Reward
I’ve owned a janitorial company for 11 years. I was also in the process of writing a book about aligning my core values at home with my core values at work. The working title was Cleaning Up. Funny, huh? A janitor ‘cleaning up?’ The title was a double entendre. I know I should have bought […]
Continue readingLet Your Core Values Guide You
I was driving down the Rocky Mountains with my then six-year-old son, Teddy. I noticed the guide rails along the winding roads. We had just spent fifteen minutes at the Continental Divide–an impressive view. Before that, we’d been camping along the Colorado River. We were both exhausted. As I drove our rental car down the mountain, […]
Continue reading