Thank Heavens For...

Seven years ago today, God blessed me with a beautiful little girl.  Though I knew nothing about little girls I soon would learn with your guidance.  You softened my heart and taught me about playing "dress up" and the many qualities of horses and why someday, you would be a cowgirl. 

Thank you for being patient with me and teaching me that a dance around the house in a Cinderella dress with a beautiful little girl can warm even the hardest of men's hearts. 

Happy Birthday Nadia. 

Love,

Daddy

The Lazy Blogger

I just wanted to apologize to all the readers here; I have been swamped lately with projects, personal consulting and also looking at new real estate deals.  Plus all my furniture is still somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean? 

I promise to start blogging again regularly very soon.  Meanwhile, check out some of my blogging friends listed below for some great advice. 

Be back soon.....

Waterwalking: Part I

I apologize for not keeping more on top of posting frequently, between a new work schedule, no internet (or furniture for that matter) in my house yet and my family still in Italy; I have been pressed to find time to post frequently. 

How you ever felt like you are not living the life you were supposed to? 

When you were young did you have dreams that are still not fulfilled?

Or worse, did you long forget your dreams and settle for something less than spectacular?

On a scale of 1 to 10 how is your marriage in the areas of honesty, closeness, intimacy, sex, friendship and teamwork? 

Are you and your wife united and accomplishing life goals together?

This week I want to talk about Fear, Comfort Zones, and Stagnation and how staying too comfortable in our marriage, spiritual life, finances or career will ultimately lead to failure. 

A few years ago I was invited to give a graduation commencement speech, being still in my 20's and not considering myself a success I was not sure what to speak on?  I was being paid for this speech so I had to come up with something good, I decided to talk about fear, failures, success and comfort zones. 

My speech talked about that I did not consider my life a success but an adventure.  By being adventurous, taking calculated risks and getting out of my comfort zone, I managed to accomplish a lot at a very young age.  I further stated that some people let fear, doubt and failures push their lives into stagnation and mediocrity, this further leads to unhappiness, divorce, financial problems and a number of other self destructive habits.  I challenged the new graduates to live a life of excitement, a life of adventure, a life of calculated risks and with this will of course come failures.

Failure is part of life and everyone will fail now and again but the truly great people learn from failures and get back up and keep trying.  Those that fail a few times and give up will fall into a life of mediocrity.  A self made multi-millionaire of one of the fastest growing small furniture chains in the US once told me "Lance, the only reason I am where I am today is because of my failures. But with each failure came a lesson and growth." 

In my early 20's, a mentor of mine sat down one day and taught me a lesson on comfort zones.   " Lance, the only way to grow, achieve and succeed is to constantly put yourself out of your comfort zone.  The problem with this is that getting out of your comfort zone requires facing fear, self doubt and relying on faith." 

If you want to be a great husband, father, or a great anything, you will need to learn how to face fear, leave your comfort zone and handle failure. 

In Part II I will discuss why not dealing with fear, comfort zones and failure can ultimately lead to marital, financial, career and spiritual failure and then in Part III we will wrap it up with God's own spiritual lesson on facing our fears and following his true path designed for us. 

-Esse Quam Videri-

Survey on Fathers

This months issue of Men's Health did a survey and article on fathers, I found some of the entries enlightening and right on.

What's the biggest mistake your father made raising you?

"He should've pushed me to strive for more."  - Mark, 23

"Bailing me out of trouble to often."  - Rob, 24

"Sheltering me from the real world too much." - Dennis, 21

Rules From A Stay At Home Dad:

Tackle the daily chores as a team

Don't race to their rescue

Be buddies with your kids

Don't become Mr. Mom

Summer Fitness and Infomercial Mania

So everyone wants to get in shape and look good for the summer, I am athletic but can always lose a few pounds and tone up. 

We haven't had cable living overseas and thus no infomercials trying to sell the latest gadgets and programs.  Late one night I got sucked into this P-90X commercial and decided to give it a try. 

Now understand for my job I run three times a week and do upper body and ab workouts frequently so I was skeptical on buying anything especially from an infomercial...but I have been pleasantly surprised at this program. 

P90X incorporates muscle group workouts, abs, cardio, stretching, yoga, plyometrics and kenpo. 

I lift weights and run but some of these areas were new to me and were very challenging (yoga and plyometrics)

So far I am impressed and I'm well on my way to looking good for the summer. 

Combine this with a good diet like Men's Health Ab's Diet, which actually allows you to eat more frequently and not starve yourself, and you have a great workout program. 

So far my vote is a thumbs up for P90X.

P90x   

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