You Can’t Teach Discipline – Here’s What I Learned at West Point

Recently, I was discussing my time at West Point with a family member.  She asked if my experience there taught me discipline.  I took a moment to think about it, then I responded by saying you can’t teach discipline. I wasn’t trying to be witty or anything like that with my response. This is simply […]

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Maximize Potential by Nurturing the Nature of Athletes in Youth Sports

I’m a firm believer in the idea of nurturing the nature of a child in order to maximize potential.  However, I didn’t always think this way.  Rather, it took researching the concepts of strengths psychology made popular by Don Clifton to convince me.  Through this research I became a big fan of the concepts shared […]

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Do You Have an Angry Dad Button?

One of my favorite blogs to read is called All Pro Dad.  Today, they had a post that hit home titled 3 Angry Dad Scenarios That Hurt Your Children. As the father of two boys, I face 2 of the 3 scenarios shared on a regular basis.  I addition, I agree with this article in saying […]

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