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4 Things Dory’s Parents Taught Me About Parentship

Our family has a love of Disney’s Pixar films.  I am sure we own most of them and there are a few of them that don’t even work anymore because they have been watched too many times.  Thank goodness for digital copies that hold up to little kid fingers better than those DVDs.  There is just something about the first time we get to watch these movies.  Maybe it is knowing that I will watch this show at least 100 more times in the coming years so I need to enjoy this time where it is new.  The show is just not as fun when you can recite every word of the show.  As an adult, there are just some Read more…

What My Son Needs To Know About Being a “Big” Boy

I wrote this last year but the same thoughts came running back this year as my son celebrated his birthday this week. Birthdays are always bittersweet.  When they are your own you look at them as another year older and we get to the point where we just starting counting the years because we like to live in a place where father time does not win year after year.  When we are younger how we loved those birthdays to give us the badge of honor that we were getting bigger.  Our family just celebrated one of these bittersweet days with our son turning 6 years old.  Something he has been counting down to for the last 6 months.  Not a Read more…

4 Things I Learned From The Olympics

I love when the summer Olympics come around every four years.  I love the sports, the stories, but more importantly, I love to have the excuse to have a sporting event on in our house all day.  It is almost as good as March Madness.  It never fails where we are treated to some amazing feats and just being able to see the best in the world put all their training to those couple of minutes or in some cases a couple of seconds of glory.  This year has been no different.  There are a few things that have really stood out to me on things we can apply to our families and our leadership.   Dedication to getting better Read more…

Leadership Quotes for Parent Leaders

     I love quotes and everything about them.  They can pick you up when you are feeling down, give you a different perspective on a topic, and the thing I love most about them is the little insight into the minds of amazing people.  There are many great business minds out there with years of experience working with people and organizations.  Here are a couple of quotes from great business leaders that we can apply to our families to help us find success. The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority. – Ken Blanchard      One of the reasons I first started this blog was through all my reading and study on leadership I found how interchangeable Read more…

Make Your Mission Statement With These 3 Questions

    The best part of a family mission statement is it is completely yours, something unique to your family.  There is no right or wrong answer to making your mission statement.  Just like a good road trip, there are many different ways to get to your destination.  The most important thing is that your family knows where it is going.  This is the clarity that a mission statement brings to your family.  It tells everyone in the family what we stand for and what we are trying to do.     Take a look some mission statements from some businesses I am sure most of us use quite a bit.   Chevron At the heart of The Chevron Way is our Vision to Read more…

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