“If you don’t feel like you’re screaming, you’re not loud enough.” I shouted this to my 11 and 9-year-old daughters as we drove down the freeway with the windows rolled down. They were in the back seat of our old run-down Honda Civic, so it was especially noisy. My girls…

It pays to be you; all awkward and genuine you. You’ve been practicing all your life. You become memorable for your genuine personality. I was reminded of this lesson yesterday on a sales call. The meeting was scheduled out of the blue earlier in the week. I haven’t done a lot of marketing for my marketing business…

This will be my strangest and most emotional summer as a dad. It’s the bridge to the other phase of my parenting journey. On the last day of school, I would be waiting for them to jump in the car. Then we would drive into the horizon. The summer would be devoted to them. This was the…

“I would die for my kids.” -Dads Yea, but will you live for them is the ultimate question. Dads will break their backs to provide. My dad would complain and remind us how hard he was working. As a father, I get it. We want to give our children opportunities…

Today is the 4th anniversary of being able to shut my eyes for more than 2 minutes without losing my mind. Of course, I keep track of this personal holiday. Said differently, today marks the fourth year since I have maintained a daily meditation practice. There have been very few…