LISTEN to your KIDS, they are trying to TELL YOU something?

You know what amazes me most as a parent?  The intuition my kids have, it's shockingly accurate, more often than you'd think.  Their awareness and observation skills are not to be underestimated. I like to think of myself as a good judge of character.  Keeping good people around me who have principals, empathy are independent …

Nature and Family, the only way to Relax.

I spent last week at a cottage with my family, my sister her kids, my 3 little ones, my parents and aunt and uncle, oh and daisey my parents dog. We took the scenic route because, well whats more fun than driving a dodge challeneger through the country side.  We like our road trips. One …

Workplace Health and Safety Prepared me for COVID

I worked in an industrial environment for 8 years, with heavy equipment buzzing around the facility at a decent clip, elevated platforms moving about, skid steers motoring around and alot of stationary equipment, that if not respected could leave you with, at the least, a heart pounding scare, and at the worst, one less appendage …

Who doesn’t love T-shirts?

When I was in my 20's my girlfriend's sister came down to visit for a few days. One day she decided that she would help out and do our laundry. This was a very nice gesture. When I got home from work as I walked through the door, hysterical laughter slapped me across the face. …

5 Tips for Starting a blog.

I'm not going to give you some pipedream of expectation here. I'm going to help you start a blog and point you in the right direction to succeed.When I started mine I was trying to release some creative energy. I was at a very low point in life. I had just gone through a divorce …

I need Motivation

I’ve joined ineedmotivation.com as an affiliate.  So heads up this is an affiliate post.  There will be helpful links to self improvement products and courses.  When you purchase a product or course from ineedmotivation.com I will get a commission that will help support the blog at no extra cost to you! Having said that, I …

Parenting SINGLE DAD style

They were all so cute and noodley when I held them for the first time.  Vowing to protect, educate and empower them as I cradled them.Each one getting their own speach about how dad is going to provide for them, comfort them and teach them all about life.Now they are 7, 9 and 12.  They're …

Finding your focus

Lately I've been thinking alot about focus, the mindset it takes to maintain it and what preperation you need to achieve it.It's easier to find than you think, often overlooked and more frequently brushed aside as too simple.  That's a rediculous notion really, we discard simplicity as a cruch or weakness, but ultimately we are …

Finding your purpose

Finding your purpose is like playing hide and seek with a three yr old.  It's right in front of you, but you pretend you don't see it.With all the noise in life we very easily get caught up in distraction.  Everyone seems to have an opinion on what you should do and how you should do …

Proper MANAGEMENT of FEAR, ANXIETY and ANGER, can BOOST productivity, FOCUS and SELF DISCIPLINE.

Whatever struggle you feel, channel that, focus it into competition of self.  For example mine is anger, because I don't have sports to let out the aggression.  I've had to find other ways to channel it.The other day I was playing darts in my garage, I wasn't doing well and I started to get frustrated. …