Posted on: November 8, 2012

A Critical Question for Every Man and Every Father

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  At the age of nineteen during my freshman year at college, I decided I wanted to become a pilot, so I went for it. When you train to be a pilot, you have to go through many hours of ground school and flight training. One thing you learn in flight school is that a critical responsibility of a pilot is to do a preflight inspection before he and hi...

Posted on: June 12, 2012

5 Reasons Why Home is the Hardest Place to Lead

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  Yes, it can be tough leading your team at the office.  But I would suggest that it’s even tougher to lead your team at home.  Here are five reasons why: You can’t fire your children.  You’re a parent forever, no matter what. There is no paid or unpaid time off. You are always on the job. There are no salaries, bonuses or raises.  ...

Posted on: November 29, 2011

Lead For God’s Sake

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  I receive a lot of unsolicited books at my office and am not able to read most of them. However, one day I received one of those books from a guy named Todd Gongwer.  For some reason, even though it was in the middle of my work day, I didn’t set the book aside but picked it up and started reading the first chapter. Then, I continued with the sec...

Posted on: June 1, 2011

A Dream Dies…Then What?

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  When a dream dies, when the thing you’ve wanted for so long is gone, there is a real sense of loss. And you can’t just plug in any dream in place of the old one.  What you can do is learn how to dream again by grieving, growing and grabbing. Allow yourself to grieve. It’s okay to feel badly about your loss.  It’s okay to let yourself ex...

Posted on: May 20, 2011

Triple Crown: 3 Races You Must Win

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  The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing consists of three races. In the United States, the races that compose the Triple Crown are: Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes—these are the most important races that a horse needs to win on the track. There’s an even more important triple crown that you and I need to win in the race o...

Posted on: November 30, 2010

How Can You T.A.P. into Your Strengths

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  You have great natural resources, sometimes also called strengths, which you can T.A.P. into. You’ve probably had these gifts most, or all, of your life. You just didn’t know it, and you don’t know how to tap into them.  Here’s how you can identify and put your natural resource to work. T—stands for Take. Take a personal inventory of ...

Posted on: November 1, 2010

Congrats Coach Dungy!

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We are proud to celebrate with All Pro Dad spokesman, Tony Dungy, who was added to the Indianapolis Colt's Ring of Honor. Tony Dungy has been a champion coach, husband, mentor and friend for decades. I can't think of a more honorable man to be included in the Colts Ring of Honor. Watch our favorite Coach Dungy commercial and then leave him a congratulatory n...