You can learn from the mistakes of others or you can learn from your own failure. Let me be your guide as I share lessons & insights from my years of coaching men to become the Hero of their family's story.
Good Friends Do NOT Accept You As You Are...
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Good friends do NOT accept you as you are...I know that society wants you to think "you are perfect just the way you are..." but that's just a lie told to keep us stuck. Sometimes, we just need a wake-up call. Firm but caring accountability from another man (or men) is a game-changer. This is not to shame you into the equally destructive lie: “You’ll never be good enough.” Good friends care enough to NOT accept you as you are. Good friends love you as you are... Good friends know there should be a part of you hungry for more... And they'll hold you accountable to finding it. Good friends know that needing help doesn't make you a failure. Good friends recognize your successes today. Finding this type of men can be tough. The world has done a good job conditioning this type of accountability out of us. Be a nice guy. The world needs more men who will call each other out, who will rock the boat & hold each other to a higher standard. If you don't have this kind of men around you, you may want to learn more about our Men's Groups here. These groups are an opportunity to get around a small band of men in an environment of brotherhood & accountability. Men who will NOT accept you as you are, but instead encourage you to grow into an uncommon man, husband & father. Here's how the groups work:
If this is missing from your life, learn more & apply for one of the groups here. Thanks for reading! If you found this useful, please share it with a friend to help spread the message! P.S. When you're ready, there are 3 ways that I can help you:
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How To Not Fail As A Father
You can learn from the mistakes of others or you can learn from your own failure. Let me be your guide as I share lessons & insights from my years of coaching men to become the Hero of their family's story.
Frederick Douglass said, "It's easier to build strong children than to repair broken men." To build strong children, we must first repair the broken men that we are. We must re-parent ourselves and become the father we always needed, so we can be the father our children need now. There is no shame in this, only shame in hiding from the responsibility. Part of our calling to build strong children is teaching and showing them how to rebuild and heal themselves. Even a perfect father (spoiler...
One night, my 6 year old seemed upset before bed. As I was tucking her in, I asked her what was wrong. “I’m scared," she replied. ”Of what?” I asked, expecting a monster under the bed or a bad dream from last night… ”I’m scared of YOU,” she said, “I’m scared you’re going to yell at me.” This was one of those answers that was so completely unexpected, it almost gave me whiplash. I realized that instead of protecting her from the monsters, I had become the monster… I had been frustrated having...
50% of marriages end in divorce. We’ve all heard this statistic so often that it’s easy to brush off. With repetition, it’s easy to tune it out and not consider the implications. And of those who do think about it, most don’t think it applies to them. I know that when I got married, it certainly didn’t feel like I was gambling on a coin flip… Let’s add some additional info into the mix and present the math a bit differently… Yes, 50% of marriages end in divorce. In the book You Can Be Right...