Every parent wants the best education for their children, and what could be better than Harvard? Or Yale...or any other top-tier school . . But what can you do to send your son or daughter off in the right direction? I want to share with you the single greatest gift my parents gave me that led me to attend Harvard and MIT (with acceptances from ... [Continue Reading]
FACE IT YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN ARE AVERAGE
The other afternoon, I had the good fortune of chatting with a friend whom I have known for more than thirty years. During our discussion, he was lamenting his dissatisfaction with parents. Specifically, he was irritated by the number of parents who have children who merely strive to be average. My response to his parental annoyance – which you ... [Continue Reading]
Guess Whose Child Will Be The Next World Famous Billionaire
Imagine for a moment that an omnipotent, extraterrestrial, or some being of your choosing – who is of course more benevolent than you – sent you a gift. Further, imagine that the gift you receive weighs approximately 8 pounds and is around 20 inches in length. Upon receiving this gift, you notice immediately that this highly sophisticated ... [Continue Reading]
5 Delicious Reasons To Eat At Olive Garden & Skip Fast Food
I don’t know about you but it seems like the number of hours in a day started to shrink the moment I became a parent. From the moment the doctor said “you have a healthy baby boy”, the sands in the hour-glass appeared to trickle exponentially faster. In reality, I knew the minutes and seconds that signified each day had not changed. It only felt ... [Continue Reading]
How to Get A Million Dollars Without Playing the Lottery
One million dollars, a majestic number don’t you agree. One million dollars, a splendid word that seems to roll off the tongue so easily. Now before we go any further, try saying it with me – one million dollars. Oh, didn’t that feel good? Come on, let’s say it together one more time – one million dollars. Although, one million dollars is not ... [Continue Reading]
Will Your Family Ignore These 5 Essential Strategies This New Year?
A couple weeks ago, I had the honor and privilege of traveling to California with my son and visiting some of the best Universities in the world. I call our father-son time together, the California Dreaming by Plane, Train and Automobile Tour. http://youtu.be/_akwHYMdbsM As proud and excited that I am to be the father of a son who has the ... [Continue Reading]
Tis The Season To Give Gifts That Will Last A Lifetime
Now that we have gorged like bears preparing to hibernate for the winter as we did only weeks ago during Thanksgiving and have shopped until our credit scores dropped just as we did only days ago during Black Friday, maybe now I can get your attention when I say “Tis the Season”. For the record, you might want to note that when I say “Tis the ... [Continue Reading]
The Fourth Reason That You Should Just Say No To Christmas Gifts
Did you miss the first three reasons? Start here! I’ll get straight to the point about the fourth reason we should boycott purchasing Christmas gifts. Christmas gift giving is not only a blindly followed tradition but it is counter-intuitive and counterproductive to raising children. Christmas Gifts Are Just Counter-intuitive and ... [Continue Reading]
2 Accidental Consequences Not Liking Your Job Has On Your Children
No matter where you are in your work day or whatever you are doing, I want to ask you one question. Do you like the work that you do? That's it! Just one question, do you like what you do for a living? Chances are or more accurately statistics indicate that you are not very happy doing what you do for a living. A recent Gallup poll reported that ... [Continue Reading]
What The Dow 15,000, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Spinning Wheel, Rudyard Kipling and You Have in Common
Yesterday after having a not particularly great morning practice, I had a discussion with my only, yet favorite, son. Why would you care that I had a conversation with my son? Well you might care if you knew that the foundation of our conversation would be valuable to you individually and/or as a parent. So without further ado here is today’s ... [Continue Reading]