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Husbands – Dads – Leaders – MIT
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Real Wellness
We all know well that wellness is a term that’s thrown around a lot right now. We hear about corporate wellness, personal wellness, and on and on. But at the end of what the heck is wellness? The easy answer is whatever the numbers tell you. Your cholesterol numbers,...
Stress and Fitness
Stress. How Are You Coping with It? Is it Killing You? Life and stress – they go hand in hand. You will experience lots of stress in your life. There is no getting around it. I believe that the degree to which you effectively manage and cope with the stressors in...
Fitness and Your Future
It was the Spring of 2013. My wife was in the hospital for at least the fifth time. Some months earlier she had suffered a stroke for no apparent reason. 36 years old, relatively healthy, mother of four. The doctors were at a loss as to the exact reason, but all we...
Make Every Night Game Night
Here’s how a typical conversation with my kids on the way home from school goes, “so how was your day?” Response from my third grader, “Good.” Response from my kindergartner, “Fine.” And if I don’t press, that’s the end of our convo. The next 20 minutes we listen to...
Give Her a Break
by Making Dinner Happen “What’s for dinner?” Hear those 3 little words every day for years on end and you’ll want to run screaming! By any chance could that be how your wife feels right about now??? Even though I love to cook (or at least I did before I had to cook...
Listen to Her
Listen to Her- No Quick Fix I’m about to give you a front row ticket. It might not be an NFL playoff game, but lean in and listen because you’re about to be the proverbial fly on the wall to a fairly common discussion in our kitchen: It’s 5:30pm, the kids have all...
More Compliments Please
Hey, guys – you already know your wives want and need lots of verbal affirmation from you, right? That’s pretty much Marriage 101. But, as a wife for more than 2 decades and a girl for a few more decades than that, I have to tell you that you still might have this one...
Share Your Joy- Explain the Game
A note from UNCOMMEN Head Coach, Dee Lanier: Hey guys, if you're anything like me, you really wish you were a mind-reader sometimes, and could simply "get" my wife. Even more, I wish I could not get in trouble for asking her whatever mysterious thing she's thinking....
Center Stage
The Stage When is my chance on stage? When will people look to me for advice and consult? Heck, “Why won’t people listen to me?” Have you wondered any of these things? Imagine you are going to a major conference to hear from the experts in your industry. You arrive to...
UNCOMMON Leaders Fail Fast
UNCOMMON leaders fail fast. Did you know that half of all tackles made in the NFL are by guys who have already fallen down? An ancient proverb says, “But the righteous falls seven times and rises again.” Oscar winning director Andrew Stanton who helped bring Toy Story...
No Job Title No Problem
So it’s 2016, and you’re hoping to make this year’s resolution stick. You know the one where you take better care of your body, or the one where you promise to make more time for your family. Here’s the one that’s often overlooked- be a better leader. Maybe this is...
UNCOMMEN Model Integrity
How much is your integrity worth? I've heard it said, "Life is caught more than taught." Ever since college I have caught a lot from Neal Gooch - often in random places. One time at a drive thru the woman at the window clearly undercharged us. I thought, "Bonus!" Neal...