Being a Dad

Movie Review of Your Kids

by Michael Holland      As you eat breakfast, make mental notes on some aspect of each of your kids’ activities from the previous day or evening.   Visualize the situation and make a mental movie of the impact of the activity or behavior had on them and/or others. During your afternoon commute home, take [...]

By |2016-03-21T17:26:15-04:00February 26th, 2016|Fathering Moments|0 Comments

Trending Well as a Man and Father

by Michael Holland     As my friend Jerry says, you can have a bad day or bad month or even a bad year,  but it’s pretty hard to have a bad 5 years.  And what is important in life is not individual days or months, but your trend line.  And the measure of your success [...]

By |2018-12-04T15:47:33-05:00February 19th, 2016|Man-Up Moments|0 Comments

When the Season of Life Doesn’t Turn Out Like You Thought

By Michael Holland We plan and guide and push and pull our kids towards paths that we envision will help them be successful in life.  What's been so interesting for us over the last couple of years is how different the paths our kids have taken have been from our vision.  I find myself in [...]

By |2016-02-13T16:01:20-05:00February 13th, 2016|Fathering Moments|Comments Off on When the Season of Life Doesn’t Turn Out Like You Thought

Walking PhD Reading List – Books Read in 2011 – August through December

In pursuit of  my self-described Christian Businessman PhD, I am on a quest to read 100 books to increase my knowledge, exposure and intellect.  These are the books I read from August 2011 through December 2011. True Measure of a Man Richard E. Simmons III John Adams David McCullough Surprised By Joy: The Shape of My [...]

By |2018-12-04T15:47:35-05:00December 31st, 2011|Man-Up Moments|0 Comments