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Daddy Saturday with Justin Batt

October 6, 2020 by mike Leave a Comment

I been a dad for 12 years or have I been a dad one year at a time, 12 times, right?-Justin Batt As a father of four children with an entrepreneurial wife who worked almost every Saturday, Justin quickly found himself alone, overwhelmed and outnumbered on Saturdays. He woke up one Saturday ready to make a change and armed with a game plan to engage my children in an intentional way.  A trampoline, a GoPro, and 500 water balloons resulted in an incredible day with my children and he knew … [Read more...]

Filed Under: habits, podcast

Masculine Style with Tanner Guzy

August 11, 2020 by mike Leave a Comment

We have a moral obligation to dress well, because it is indicative and. Don't think when I say dress while that means you have to wear suits or you have to dress up formally, because that can be very different, but you need to dress intentionally because it's indicative of the fact that you are intentional about things in your life.-Tanner Guzy Tanner joins me on the podcast to talk about why being a fashionable dad actually matters. I was skeptical at first, but after listening to Tanner … [Read more...]

Filed Under: habits, Mental Health, podcast

Feeling Like Machines Living Together?

March 9, 2017 by mike 1 Comment

There is a point that I arrive at with my wife that I hate and it’s routine. Not the good kind of routine where you are building positive habits... It’s the time when I feel like we are going through life helping each other simply get done what we need to get done. When we feel like we are just co-workers at a factory and putting out fires. And oh are there fires when you got three kiddos under 5 in a house. (But you already know that) The thing about it is, I don’t see it coming until BOOM! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: habits, little things

5 Tips on Parenting from Dan Martell

October 21, 2015 by mike Leave a Comment

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Recently Dan Martell recorded a video on this advice for parenting. Surprisingly for a guy that has done so much in the business world the advice was very down to earth and it was encouraging to hear his commitment to his family. I'd love to have him on the podcast in the future to dive a little more in detail on these but here are the points he made in the video. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: habits, spouse love

Make the Time – You Can’t Afford Not To

October 12, 2015 by mike Leave a Comment

A friend of mine wrote a post about how successful people make the time. It is genius mostly because it labels it correctly as a SKILL. So often we get trapped into a cycle of thinking that having time is only something other people have or only a matter of consequence. Or worse yet, its something that will happen in the future. These are all wrong. People that want to get stuff done make the time, and yes it comes at a price. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: attitude, habits

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