Archive for the ‘daughters’ Category

The Good Stuff, The Bad Stuff and Other Stuff

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

To all the soupornuts.com subscribers, I apologize for my lack of posting for the past week. I hope that after you read this article you will understand why. The Good Stuff 1. Daddy – Daughter Date Night My two girls and I attended Daddy – Daughter Date Night sponsored and hosted ...

Underdogs and entrepreneurs have “great hearts”

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

We all love stories about underdogs. This is how you can explain why movies like “Rocky”, “Rudy”, and “Hoosiers” do so well at the box office. There is something very inspiring about watching the “little guy” overcome adversity and go on to make a great showing of himself or herself. ...

Do your part - share

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

Happy Thanksgiving. As a parent, I think it is important for each of my girls to have their own possessions. Things they can care for and call their own. I think it is equally important for them to learn to share – first with their family and ...

Learn from your child - fear of failure results in lack of success

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

  Ask any person who is still in the consideration phase of becoming an entrepreneur, why they have yet to launch their business enterprise and you will hear a litany of excuses. When boiled down to the basics, the majority will admit that it is due to a fear of some ...

Tag, I’m it - The Pink Rotater - 1stopforgolf.com

Saturday, November 3rd, 2007

I have been tagged – twice. Brad Bagget at JuiceofChampions and Tristan Loo of SynergyInstituteOnline have each tagged me to participate in The Think Different Challenge. The Think Different Challenge was started by Peter at I will change your life . com. Peter’s premise, though simple is ...

Use your super powers for good

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

I am continuously awed and humbled by the things that my daughters notice, whether it’s something they’ve seen or heard. The fact that they’ve noticed these things is often revealed to me in either a quiet, one on one conversation or while observing the two of them playing together. Children notice ...

Daddy’s girls - for now

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

Having two daughters can be quite a bit of fun. With the first child, you want to experience every new thing that occurs. the first sounds the first time you change the diapers the first time she speaks clearly her first steps her first day at school When the second one comes along, some of those ...

Life from a child’s view

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

Children say the funniest things. My wife and I read to our girls every night at bedtime. We've done this since our oldest daughter was born and our girls make sure that we don' t forget. Sometimes, due to the length of the book, we may only read a chapter, but ...

My daughters have “powers”

Saturday, July 21st, 2007

(This article/post was originally posted on www.soupornuts.wordpress.com back on March 17, 2007.  I have updated it and I will be moving all of my writings to www.soupornuts.com in the following days.) A couple of weeks ago, at the end of a family outing, my wife told me that she needed to stop ...