If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or register to receive blog updates via email so you don’t miss anything. Thanks for visiting!The art of listening….
One of a humans greatest need is psychological survival, to be understood, affirmed, validated, and appreciated.
In other words, we need to be heard. [...]
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Posted on November 28th, 2007 by Admin
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Improving family communication…
Communication has two parts…
listening and
expressing yourself
Both must occur for communication to be successful..
Listening…
When you listen well to family members, you encourage them to talk about what’s most important to them. It’s easy to get careless about really listening.
Listening is at least as important as talking. Everyone needs someone to listen to them-someone [...]
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Posted on November 26th, 2007 by Admin
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To my friend and brother:
Proudly I call you my brother—-the lives we lived although different, were mirrored in so many ways that are paths were entwined forever…
Born of humble circumstance, raised by saintly mother, forged by the Depression, in which doing without was commonplace, you were a gifted athlete, literally fighting for an education, [...]
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Posted on November 25th, 2007 by Admin
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“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it”
Proverbs 22:6, King Solomon of Israel…
This is a great concept, promise, principal and protocol for fathers.
Training up has the idea of a parent graciously investing in a child whatever wisdom, love, nurture, and discipline is [...]
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Posted on November 23rd, 2007 by Admin
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some things I could live without…
most all vegetables
too much rain
negative people
Opera
back in other pain
secondhand smoke
distractions of all sorts
most candy
popular culture stupidity
political correctness
divisions, schisms, and illogical differences
having stuff, versus having character
people who wield their power inappropriately
the mindset of no God, faith or belief
too much makeup
too much cologne
lack of coffee
mint chip ice cream
chick flicks
angry people
bitter individuals
vengeful humans
humidity
the [...]
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Posted on November 22nd, 2007 by Admin
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Scott…
born in Emmitsburg, Iowa
once ran 101 laps around a basketball court
has a half-brother and a half sister
raised a Lutheran, baptized as an Adventist, partied as a teenager, loves God as an adult
loves everything coffee
voted most perfect hair in high school
beginning to bald today
likes Seinfeld, The Office, and in everything sci-fi
likes chocolate… loves caramel
plays guitar… [...]
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Posted on November 21st, 2007 by Admin
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Leadership means many things to many people…I think it means being proactive… being the first.
…I know that leading means:
taking the initiative
setting the standard
managing
planning
resourcing
identifying vision, goals and priorities
being the example always….
A good leader takes responsibility and says” the buck stops here”.
Leaders show the way and model by example what they’re trying to accomplish.
They press on and [...]
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Posted on November 20th, 2007 by Admin
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Scott Hammond is a professional speaker, trainer, writer and father of 9 kids and lives in McKinleyville (Humboldt County) California with his wonderful wife Joni. Scott can be contacted at scott@BeaBetterFather.com or 707-616-7665.
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Posted on November 20th, 2007 by Admin
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As fathers, we have a choice…
It’s a choice regarding investment… not necessarily of money, stocks, bonds… but of time and life units.
Your choice, and you’re free to decide how you will invest your life units..
Will it be for stuff? Possessions? Status? Fame? Pleasure?…
Or perhaps you could invest your life units [...]
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Posted on November 16th, 2007 by Admin
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Dad, you are the key…. you the man… now be a man.
You must be intimately in touch with your mission, goals, and objectives as a family man, husband, and father.
This will require discipline, selflessness, living your priorities, and time management.
You will need to leverage the hours of your day and to be intentional and everything [...]
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Posted on November 15th, 2007 by Admin
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