Dad Improvement

Short on time this week, so y'all get a Lego thought episode. Listen to me ramble while trying to complete the Hulk Buster Lego set! Improvement > Perfection For more follow HERE

This week I was able to talk to Mark Novak, the owner of The Strong Dad Club! Mark is a husband and father of 2. Mark helps busy father's learn how to use what little time they have, to do what they can with what they have, in order to get healthy and strong. My favorite saying of his is that "something is better than nothing." Which I have taken and applied to the majority of areas...

This week I was lucky enough to sit down with George Post. He is a husband and father of three. He works for Maritime Mortgage Corp. George explains why real estate is a great path to build wealth over the long run. We go over the hardships of ownership and having tenants in rental properties. He gives a few tips for what to do if you are new to real estate and have never purchased, as well as the...

Just writing down our goals is a great start, but it doesn't change anything. We have to build our systems to get us where we want to go in life. Right this second we are a product of our current systems, good, bad or indifferent. We have the ability to revisit these systems and revamp them so that they fit the goals we are trying to accomplish! For more follow HERE

We all make mistakes. Honestly trial and and error is like 95% of how I learn. So, when my son asked me if I make mistakes, it seemed impossible that he hadn't noticed the abundance of mistakes I made even in the last 24 hours... Come along with me on this trip down memory lane as I speed ramble about as many mistakes as I can in under a half hour. For more follow HERE

We don't set boundaries in order to punish our children. We set boundaries to help guide them towards success until they are able to do so on their own! For more follow HERE

We're dads, so of course we want our life lessons to come from lawn care. This week I explain 5 things I've learned about lawn care that is also effective in raising my son. For more follow HERE

Little more than halfway through the year! How well are we tackling that goal list? If you're anything like me, some stuff is moving along, and others have just completely been forgotten or abandoned. Maybe some of your goals weren't something you truly wanted to accomplish this year, maybe some were and you just haven't quite gotten around to it. Either way, this episode focuses on ho...

The family and I are on vacation this week, so you get something new. This is something I previously recorded so that I could drop it when I got behind or needed an episode quick. Also the first time you get to see my lovely face, as there is actual video along with this episode. Enjoy watching me fumble through a Lego build as I talk about whatever parenting thoughts come to mind! Improvement &gt...

Jesse is a husband and father of 3 boys. Sounds like a handful, but he still finds time to run his own business, teach his boys work ethic and outdoorsmen skills, and continue to date his wife. I really enjoy chatting with Jesse. I believe that the way he goes about his business is very calculated and thought out. I wanted to bring him on so that people can see a case of somebody starting from scr...

Complacency creeps into all of our lives! We work hard at something and then once we get to a spot we like, we ease off the gas pedal. No more growth is happening and more often than not, we actually regress backwards away from the overall goal! Don't let complacency take over your life. This week I talk about what it is, how to identify it in your own life and what to do about it. For more fo...

We have all had days or weeks when nothing seems to be going right, and sometimes we just don't know how to turn it around. Well, here are the ways I have found to change the trajectory of my week when I fall off the easy life wagon! For more follow HERE

It's human nature, we are making great progress then BAM! We get in our own heads and cause all this great progress to come to a screeching halt! This week I dive into 5 tools to use to keep that progress moving in the right direction, forward! For more follow HERE It would also help tremendously if you would rate the episode if you have felt you learned something!

This week I was lucky enough to sit down with Hayden Pritchard. He is a husband and father of 2. He is a strength training coach who has represented New Zealand in 2 IPF Classic World Powerlifting Championships. He has his PhD from AUT and has wrote numerous articles for Stronger by Science and Weightlifting House. We chat about his early life on the farm and then get into his road to strength and...

This week on the podcast I chat with my wife about the Disney trip our family just got back from. We talk about what we did well and what we could have done better. We also chat about some of the funny stories we have from the week we spent there. We also fill you in on our family's most important rule, Food First! For more follow HERE For my wife's Instagram follow HERE

In this week's special episode I was lucky enough to sit down with Ian Oliver. He is a husband and father of one. He is also the creator of the card game Gudnak, and singer for The Workout, and happens to be my brother. We chat about his first year as a father, and how unprepared everybody is as a parent. We chat about the good and not great parts of parenting. We also get into how the creatio...

Relationships, just like any good thing in your life worth having, takes effort. It takes work to keep the flame of your relationship alive! What kind of work you might ask? Well check out this weeks episode to find out! For more follow HERE

Reading isn't everyone's favorite way of learning new skills. For those that do enjoy reading, here are 5 books that will help 5 different areas of your life! For more follow HERE

There's no magic pill. Improvement > Perfection For more follow HERE

We all want to be able to provide for our children, now and in the future. It's the downfall of being a parent, we just want to make life as easy as possible for our kids. Today I chat about investing for your child's future, school, car, house, wedding, whatever pickle your child finds themselves in etc. Finances are confusing and I'm just here to show you that anybody can figure it o...

This week I a quick reintroduction of who I am and what I'm trying to accomplish. I also pontificate on a few listener questions. 1) What should I do with this mountain of debt? 2) How to stay consistent with fitness? 3) Your journey in life and what got you here? 4) How to make life feel more meaningful? 5) Tips for new parents? Improvement > Perfection For more follow HERE

Instead of not putting out an episode this week, I decided that I should just talk about Rocky for 15 minutes. If anybody would like to talk extensively about the Rocky franchise, I'm always available. For more follow HERE

The man who chases two rabbits, catches neither. It's time for us to admit that we can't multitask. As parents it just becomes too chaotic. We are setting ourselves up for failure! It's time to slow down. Focus on one thing at a time. If you're anything like me, you have about 15 different projects half done. All those unfinished projects become overwhelming, so what do I do? Start...

I have had a handful of fears creep into my life once I became a dad. I know I can't be the only one! For more follow HERE

Does anybody actually like cardio? Lucky for us, more and more studies are coming out in favor of resistance training, (also known as strength training) all the time. This week I explain why resistance training is the superior method of training. This week I also reference @thestrongdadclub who is an incredible wealth of knowledge for dads trying to get in shape. Please, go and check him out! For...