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You Tube Video of Scott Hammond

April 23, 2008 by  
Filed under Fathering, Relationships, Scott Hammond

This is new and guaranteed to make you laugh a bit.

Thanks to my friends Tim and Art I now have my 1st video!

Thanks for taking a quick minute and giving me some valuable feedback on my Become a Better Father Video on You Tube….
Your opinion in valuable to me so be frank and honest… you will not hurt my feelings!

Discover new ways to love your family by being intentional today..

Hope this finds you well.
Best,
Scott Hammond

McKinleyville, CA

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The 5 Languages of Love

April 23, 2008 by  
Filed under Family, Health, Relationships

“All we need is love”…Beatles wrote it because it’s true!

We all need love, and it must be demonstrated by us and to us.

The key question for me and you is can we be intentional about giving the appropriate type of love. To those we do love?

Here the five languages of love…

  1. Words of affirmation… this includes encouragement, positive reinforcement, kindness, and general verbal affection.
  2. Quality time… this includes focused attention, quality as well as quantity of time, and spending time with people we love.
  3. Receiving of gifts… showing others we care, and that we are thinking of them through practical gift giving.
  4. Acts of service… To show support and care through practical actions. To show in actuality what we feel internally: to serve someone.
  5. Physical touch… To show, demonstrate, and receive appropriate physical touch: hugs, touching, appropriate physical contact.

I, being a man ,really like number five and number one.  A word of encouragement and appropriate hug can fill my emotional tank and keep me going for long periods of time.

What are your languages of love? What are you best at giving? Which do you love to receive the most?

Now go and be intentional about your giving and receiving of love…

12 Most Persuasive Words in Selling

April 23, 2008 by  
Filed under Sales, Speaking

  1. You
  2. New
  3. Money
  4. Results
  5. Save
  6. Health
  7. Love
  8. Safety
  9. Discover
  10. Guaranteed
  11. Proven
  12. Easy

These are all great words and should be used effectively in your phone time, speaking, e-mails, and marketing communications.

7 STEPS TO LEAVE A PARENTAL LEGACY

April 12, 2008 by  
Filed under Family, Fathering, Relationships

What will they say about you when you are gone?

Good? Bad? Nothing? Angry? Sad? Fun? In the moment? Disengaged?…What will it be?

How about you making that decision now and be intentional about how you are living/parenting?

YOU can decide how you will be, react, respond, live, speak think, and act.

This will certainly gage how others (esp. family) will remember you when you pass on.

Here are some tools that my father Bob used to leave his legacy and heritage…

  1. Time… Togetherness, investment in quality relationships with intentional, time spent together.
  2. Communication…Talking, telling stories, laughing, and sharing life together, while communicating.
  3. Love for and Appreciation of Beauty… Noticing life intentionally: the flowers, people, gardens, plants ,trees,birds, animals, and the natural world.
  4. Love for People… Appreciation and thankfulness for those in our lives. Expressions of love through, hugs, focused attention, eye contact encouragement, and appropriate touch.
  5. Love for God… Actively having a love affair with our Creator, based in a worshipful heart disposition.  Living in intentional expression in: church community, the Fellowship, the study of truth, prayer, using our gifts, and living a life of love for God and people.
  6. Having fun!… Being present, in the moment and spontaneous. Making time for what’s really important. Being able to stop and smell the flowers, taste the ice cream, and generally enjoy the simple things. “The best things in life are not things at all.”
  7. Being a Lifelong Learner… Possessing a hunger and thirst for truth, knowledge, wisdom, understanding, and a compelling education. Truly being a student of life, with the intent of discovering your strengths and gifts and making application to make your world a better place.

You could put all of my father’s worldly possessions in his Chevy celebrity, yet he left us incredible riches. He taught and modeled a love for life, God, and people that will transmit for generations. He was not a flashy man, yet his life was compelling, and his heritage rich with meaning.

So what will it be for you?…Who are you?
What do you want to leave behind?

You are leaving something now, what is it?

What do you want to see more of?

What you see now that you’d like to make go away?

The answers to the above will define your heritage and legacy for years and generations to come…

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