Category: Fatherhood
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How Best to Raise a Human
Raising kids is hard work. For all the smiles, laughs, and happy times, there are quite a few tantrums, tears, and confrontations. As a parent, I want my kids to succeed and be happy and healthy independent adults someday. It is often hard to picture the happy and independent adult scenario when a little one…
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Fortitude: What It Is and Why You Need It
Fortitude is the cool virtue. Fortitude sells. It is fortitude, also known as courage, strength, bravery, grit, etc., that is the virtue at the heart of virtually all action movies, adventure novels, and RPG video games. Fortitude propels John McClane to the top of Nakatomi Plaza to battle terrorists in Die Hard. Fortitude drives Sam…
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Working with Family Distractions and Getting Things Done with Pomodoros
If you spend time working from home on tasks that require absolute concentration and attention to detail and have kids, you know these two aspects of your life can be incompatible. In other words, sometimes your deep work is not compatible with your dad work. As the father of four young children, I have had…
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