“When you come to a fork in the road, take it” Inspiring and profound advice from Yogi Berra. I find myself living this motto quite a bit as a father to two daughters. I’m constantly required to be proactive and nimble in dealing with events and directions as they come. As an example, my most […]
Stubbornness to Do It All
As fathers we should have unyielding drive to do all for our kids. We should be unrelenting and passionate in how we approach their activities and should sweep all distractions and obstacles to the side as we push forward with stubbornness and eyes affixed sternly to the end goal. Since I was a kid I’ve […]
Have You Failed to Prepare Your Child for the Real World?
The other night my oldest daughter said something that caught me a little off guard. I was sitting at the kitchen counter and she was standing on the opposite side in your typical teen-with-phone stance – head down, leg kicked to the side, and randomly muttering. Our conversation evolved to the subject of life after […]
Setting Goals and Letting Miller’s Law Eat Humble Pi
Everyone probably knows that yesterday was Pi day. This blurb from the ‘official’ Pi website: “Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th (3/14) around the world. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is […]
Be a Hero to Your Kids
There I was sitting on the couch settling in to watch the NBA All Star game when all of the sudden I hear my oldest daughter frantically calling from upstairs, ‘Daddy! Daddy! Come quick!’. She had a few friends spending the night as part of her ongoing birthday celebration so I had no idea why […]
2 Things NOT to do in Dress Shoes
Last night was my wife’s birthday. Obviously, shuttling the kids has to be taken into consideration when planning how to celebrate with her. Oh, and the fact I had not bought her gift yet (yes, I’m a man and that’s how we do). I had a half hour between getting off work and when I […]