By Michael Holland In pursuit of my self-described Christian Businessman PhD, I started on a quest in early 2010 to read 100 books to increase my knowledge, exposure and intellect. I achieved that goal in late 2012 and now, each year, I strive to read as many books as possible while also listening to [...]
by Michael Holland Smallifying is a nifty, innovation term which basically means to break large, snarly obstacles down into relatively small, manageable problems. You become more agile as you solve each minor problem and learn ways to improve the final solution. As a men and fathers, we are presented with countless snarly situations as we [...]
by Michael Holland In our fast-track worlds, we all develop a priority system that helps us to make sure we are accomplishing as much as humanly possible. The reality is that we’re actually over-committed most of the time, which results in us stealing a bit of time from here and a bit of [...]
by Michael Holland I hiked Cascade Mountain in the Adirondacks with some men recently on a drop-dead gorgeous day. I'm sure we expelled a good bit of sweat to reach this mountain's bald summit, but the 360-degree view of the surrounding mountains, valleys, and lakes of the Adirondacks was certainly worth it. To the east [...]
by Michael Holland "Why is it so hard for my friend who's Catholic to understand I'm a Follower of Jesus Christ?" What a great question my then son brought to us late one night. I love these fathering moments: the ones when you are put on the spot to answer for a 15-year-old a question [...]
by Michael Holland Building functional families requires work, dedication and investment of time. And it’s the latter one that trips up most men as they try to manage the tension between home and work. Men rationalize that the time we invest at work is for the benefit of our families to a point that we [...]
by Michael Holland Men are hurting. We don't show it and we don't want to dwell on it because, well, we are men. But some men are hurting more than others, and they are walking a very fine line. While we don't know when a man is at this point, we do at times get [...]
By Michael Holland We fathers work hard to provide for our families. We work to instill core beliefs in our kids that will ideally guide them to develop critical thinking skills. So when my 17-year-old daughter came to me one night and asked for a favor, I was a bit surprised: she wanted to [...]
by Michael Holland I'm inspired by a post of Brett & Kate McKay, The 4 Qualities of a Statesman, which encouraged me to reflect upon my personal leadership style at home and in my business. In every aspect of our lives, we can choose to be politicians or statesmen. Though we use the [...]
by Michael Holland As fathers, we race through our days, slaying the beasts in the wilderness to create a safe home at night. Sometimes we're so busy protecting our kids that we forget to take the time to actually see how they engage with the environment surrounding them. More importantly, we sometimes forget to watch [...]
