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Uncommen Goals: Leaders
The definition of a Leader is: “the person who leads or commands a group, organization, or country.” What word jumps out at you in that definition? For me, the word that stood out the most was…“commands.” We’ve all been part of a group that when it’s time to pick a...
Uncommen Goals: How to Communicate with Your Spouse
I’ve been married 30 years, and through those years I’ve seen all kinds of marriages around me. I’ve seen people that have been together for 40+ years that are really bad examples of marriage. I’ve seen people married for three months and it looks like they’ve been...
Uncommen Goals: Dads
Okay, Dad, it’s time to put away the Christmas sweaters and get ready for the start of the year. Your wife may be talking about starting a new diet as a family, and your employer may want to you to turn in what your objectives are for the first quarter. But we would...
Uncommen Goals for 2018
It’s goal setting season, which prompts an important question. Do you know the difference between a goal and a dream? Dream: I want to lose 20 pounds, so I’m going on a diet. Goal: I’m going to lose 20 pounds by July 1st by changing what I eat and exercising three...
Punch Back at Passivity
Confession time. I struggle with passivity as much as any other man. There is something inside of me that likes to check out. When I say check out I mean: back down, ignore, disengage and take the path of least resistance. Passivity is a compulsion or learned tendency...
4 Great Times for Daily Physical Touch with Your Spouse
Touch is a language that all people seem wired to understand. Today, we'll find 4 great times for physical touch with your spouse. And it’s imperative in the marriage relationship. Remember when you were first dating your wife? If you’re like me, it was electric....
Love Thy Neighbor
What does an old man out walking his dog, an elementary school kid riding his bike, and a father mowing his lawn have in common? Chances are they are all your neighbors. Unless you live in a very rural area or have a high wall around your property, you likely live...
Time for that Checkup
So I went to the doctor recently for my annual physical. If you’re anything like me, you probably only visit the doctor when you’re falling apart. Guys, let’s be honest. I have to be feeling really sick before I’ll drag myself off to the docs and by this point, it’s...
Squirrels and Bills
Bills. That dreaded time of the month. Like many families, it’s the time of the month where we try and make it all work. I’m holed up in my home office, running numbers for our bills and monthly expenses and trying to match them up with our monthly budget. I work...
Patience is the Key
If you could improve one area in your fatherhood journey…what would it be? For a lot of dads, they want to be more patient. When experienced dads are asked about becoming a father, a common theme that comes up is the importance of patience. There is nothing like a...
Change Your Heart Before You Change Your Profession
Let’s take a look at two men on the job. One is a teacher and a coach at a local high school. He feels purposeful and fulfilled most days on the job. He looks forward to seeing young minds develop and being a part of the broader school community. His work makes sense...
The Place of Safety
I remember when I was a child – my mother raising four children on her own, taught us how to read a clock early. Her reason for teaching us to tell the time was that we were to give her a half hour of rest so that she could relax from the stresses of work before we...