In 2010 I recorded this podcast episode when my kids were 16 and 18. The results are in 12 years later! Did I ruin their lives? Did family and friends dis-own me as a lunatic? After all, me and their mom went to college, and they had a college fund! Education happens so much faster…

They say “Don’t do business with Family…” I disagree. The stakes are definitely higher, but so are the rewards! You must upgrade the whole parent-child relationship to become a peer to peer relationship. Best to start this process when kids are teenagers and the business ideas are low-risk, fun, and feel like play. And when…

Make it a point to take on projects that you know you will never finish or you know will fall apart the moment you step away. This practice will free you from the bondage of attachment and increase your joy! Fatherhood best practices from the Rogue Dad.

How good people learn to believe nonsense. During WW II in the South Pacific, a cargo plane crashed on an island with natives who had never seen a plane before. People, food, and supplies came out of that plane and appeared as a miracle to the natives. Generations later, the natives keep building straw cargo…

You make things. Critics make noise. We all have people in our lives who can’t imagine doing things where they haven’t been formally trained. They can project that on to you and attempt to shut down your progress. Your “outside-the-box” success threatens their “in-the-box” identity. Recognize the pattern and decline their influence.

At age 22 Khaled received an email announcing he won the immigration lottery to come to America. That was the first time he thought about moving here. Khaled tells of life growing up in Algeria and his pursuit of music in a country that does not have a music industry. He set his sights on…

Government Education inverts the natural way your brain learns and develops. This inversion results in being dependent on an authority to validate what you believe or think. Thankfully, this damage can be reversed by learning the Trivium. With practice you can become an Autodidact and learn anything much quicker and with greater confidence in your…

So Many Motivational Speakers lifted themselves up by ingraining in themselves the mantras of motivation. They fill the void of no father with the principles of success and repeat the mantras until they become true for them. Some use the power of these principles for good and others use it for selfish and vain purposes…

When you fall out of your perfect routine, how do you get back on track? Do you reflect and investigate to find out what threw you off your game? Or do you embrace the missteps, the failure, the mistake and own it? Only when you do that, can you repair and rebuild your routine back,…

Computer Science Experts are being thrown overboard as Technology Upstarts collapse. A year ago Software Engineers could name their price. Today, many have lost their jobs, but the bills still come due. Become an Autodidact and learn everything twice as fast with half the effort so you can pivot easily when things change.