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How to Be Light – Practical Ways to Speak Life & Be Kind Always

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle you know nothing about.”

People need hope. Look for even small opportunities to make a lasting impact in someone’s life.

Get over yourself. It might be awkward at first, but encouraging others – even strangers – is important.

Hear the backstory on Speak Life (the song) and ways we three have taken steps to be bolder and make a difference.

Look around you – open your eyes, ears and heart. Take a risk this week to speak life and do something kind. Your light matters!

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Let’s peel back the onion and learn who we are at our core.

Aligning your life around your core values will bring peace and success. When you know what makes you come alive all else will flow freely.

So what do we know about ourselves that will never change? Is it fun, adventure, structure, flexibility, spontaneity?  How do these core values align with your existing life – are you living out your core values?

Discover how our own personal values were formed, identified and aligned with how we live our lives.

What makes you come alive and what do you need to adjust?

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More Hierarchy of Values. Is there a right hierarchy?

How are you values aligning in your life currently? How can you rearrange God, Marriage, Family, Career, Church and more?

How do you prioritize your values?  Might you be out of alignment and want to get back?

We unpack this important topic as it’s the key and the rudder for living our best lives.

Listen as we discuss:

• Our own examples
• How our faith priorities can accidentally be misaligned
• Why your marriage and family should be ahead of your career and church involvement
• Operating out of your morals brings fulfillment
• What do you need to reorder in your life?

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How to Create Closeness with Kids

One-on-one time with each kid can be a game changer. We unpack why and how “dating your kids” creates a stronger family. Don’t go through the motions – be an intentional father.

Leading a family is a joy – and a huge responsibility!  As a father, how can you create a culture of closeness and oneness as a family – while also celebrating each individual?

Hear as we explore this important topic of dating each child throughout their life so you foster closeness and celebrate their individuality.

• Upend the routine – create special memories for each child
• Why and how to schedule dates with your kids
• Pushing through any inconvenience or annoyance
• Making the budget work
• Building a legacy as you kids see your intentional involvement
• Invest in your children
• Remember why you’re doing this

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Dating your wife.  Ignore this at your peril.

Our most significant relationship is with our spouse. From there many other areas of life expand.  Have you ever felt distant from your wife?  Have you lost touch with each other, your shared dreams, vision for the future or worse?

Listen as we delve into this topic of regularly dating our wife:

• The why & the how
• Invest in great date experiences – keeping wowing her!
• Do it even if it hurts (emotionally or financially)
• How this impacts your children
• Making key deposits for long-term gains
• Scheduling and planning in advance
• Ways to be creative on any budget
• Topics to discuss

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You have somewhere you want to go. Your dreams, aspirations and ideas of success.  But do you have a success comfort zone?

Is there something – or someone – holding you back in life?

Each level of success and stages of life have upper limit challenges we must break through.

Listen as we converse on this important topic to share:

• Self-sabotage and its affects on your future success
• What habits, routines and self-talk can you identify that may be holding you back?
• Our own challenges and breaking through the ceilings we had created
• How to work in your zone of excellence and calling
• Where passion, money and talents converge

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Most of us want to travel more, explore and live adventurously.  As an entrepreneur, how could you approach business and family travel differently?  How could you set up systems and routines to leverage both types of travel so everyone can win?

In this episode we offer a paradigm shift when it comes to travel. Approaching a business trip as an opportunity for your family could be rewarding on many levels. Anticipate and plan accordingly…you might just travel more and see your travel budget be maximized.

Listen as we tackle:

-How to not be so narrow-minded when it comes to separating work and family

-Know and set expectations with your family before you go…not during the trip

-Conversations to have and ways to ensure success with the family and business

-How to guard against shackling yourself to your zip code and too many commitments

-Aligning your schedule with your values

(As always, consult your CPA or tax attorney – we don’t play one here or on TV)

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Do you know how to purposefully engage in conferences and events?  Would you like strategies to make the most of your investments of time, energy and relationships?

Listen as we share valuable tips, resources and stories on making the most of attending top conferences.  There is an art and science to succeeding – and having fun during the process.

• Paradigm shift on what conferences can do for you now and in the future
• What if you really don’t feel like going?
• How to correctly build relationships before arriving
• Why building in experiences matters most
• Best follow-up tips after the conference

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Billy Graham left us a gift when he said he wished he would have spent more time with his family than anything else.

Listen as we dissect this and give practical tips on how to succeed.

As an entrepreneurial father, why is investing in your wife and kids the most important thing?  What implications does our time and attention have on their lives and future?  How do you truly delight in your children?

We discuss massive changes that were needed in our own lives and the fruit seen in our homes.

Hear how scheduling intentional, devoted time with each child pays dividends.

Work on being present and engaged – fulfilling your family’s needs of your presence and involvement in their lives.

There is no substitute for a father and his intentional time – both quality and quantity.  What can you adjust in your schedule to become more engaged with each member of your family?

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In living the entrepreneurial life you have more time to travel. If freedom and flexibility in your work and life are top values – as they are to most entrepreneurs – then more travel is likely.

How will you plan to travel with kids?  Know some top mistakes people make and how to avoid them?  Hear some of our horror stories – and how we’ve learned to avoid and improve so that traveling is now a part of our normal lives.

Hear as we break down:

• List of valid complaints if traveling with kids
• How to set yourself up for success
• Top tips on air travel with little ones
• Why airport lounges could be a game-changer for your family
• Adjusting your mindset on travel vs. vacation

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. -Mark Twain