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DADS ARE AN ENDANGERED SPECIES!


Scott Hammond is...
a.. A Parenting/Dad Expert (Father of 9)
b.. An Award Winning Professional Speaker
c.. A Published Author and Contributing Writer

Fathers Day Writing Contest Winner Announced!

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Well, I would have to say: My dad’s the best!
Why: He took in kids who needed a home, when he didn’t have to!
He gives [...]

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5 Tools of Effective Families for Fathers Day

5 Tools of Effective Families: Introduction
What is it that we as parents want to leave with our kids after we’re gone?
What will be our legacy and heritage?
Like Curly in the movie “City Slickers” asks: “What is that One Thing? “-That thing that defines and motivates your life?
What will they say about you after you are [...]

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10 Things More Important than Money$$$ on Fathers Day

10 THINGS MORE IMPORTANT THAN MONEY $$
Remember, there are many things in life that are far more important than the size of your investment portfolio or the size of your latest paycheck.
Too often in our capitalistic society, we place too much emphasis on financial achievement and too little on the importance of living a purpose [...]

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11 Guidelines for Fathers Day

11 Guidelines For Effective Parenting

Really listen. Listening creates clear communication by giving undivided attention and encouraging expression of feelings. Have real conversations, when you both listen and respond/react to each other.
Encourage family activities. A sense of belonging is developed by doing things together, from social activities like driving to the store, going on an outing, [...]

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3 Top Mistakes Dads Make

1. Not Having Family as #1 Priority….Not having and keeping family relationships at the top of life’s priorities.  Identifying and making your wife and children the focus of your life and existence.
2. No Time Management/Execution….Not really living and investing your resources(time, money,focus,gifts, and life units) in family life/relationships.  Allowing the urgent to dominate the truly [...]

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Father’s Day News Release

For Immediate Release

New Website Become a Better Father.com announces its podcast, blog, and online videos just in time for Father’s Day

McKinleyville, California. June 2, 2008. Scott Hammond, author, speaker, and parenting expert, releases, just in time for Father’s Day, exciting new resources for parents via his Web site: Become a [...]

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THE 7 SECRETS OF EFFECTIVE FATHERS (Happy Fathers Day!)

Good Dad/ Bad Dad -The 7 Secrets of Effective Fathering
Can you name the three great examples of fathers in current culture?
You can’t say Bill Cosby or the guy on “Father Knows Best”!
Go ahead; we’re waiting….
Can’t seem to find just three?
How come?
Where have all the good dads gone?
Good fathers are an endangered species!
What is it [...]

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The Ups of Downs…Refined and Revised Toastmasters Speech May 2008

THE UPS OF DOWNS
1.RING……… HOSPITAL…ULTRASOUND STORY…PREGNANT WIFE
(THE $1M QUESTION WAS IN OUR MINDS…MR TM, FELOW TM & GUESTS)
2.  INTRODUCTION…What would be our LESSONS WITH GABE?
3.  RING…JONI’S WATER BROKE/BIRTH…Recovery and I went home
4.  RING…JONI FROM SACRAMENTO…JONI IS CALLING ME TO SAC
·        Joni is SUPERWOMAN
5.  MEETING WITH STERILE DOCTOR /NEXT DAY
·                    DOWN YES…MARRIAGES FAIL WITHIN 1 [...]

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Parenting is Like Sales?

How Sales Parallels Parenting

  Everything we do from our communication style, our dress, to our understanding of the customers wants and needs can affect our success or failure in closing sales. The way you close a sale depends as much on the product/service you’re selling as it does the [...]

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Parenting is Like Sales Management!

Challenges Faced by Sales Management

 

Measurement & Reporting

1. Salespeople drop a prospect right after the forecast comes out, we don’t know about it until
the next forecast
2. Can’t tell if we will meet our sales goals during the period
3. Don’t know the true [...]

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