Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.6.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Teevee.mx On Fatherhood, Manhood & Becoming Better Ancestors. ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.teevee.mx/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Blog](https://www.teevee.mx/blog/) - [The Life-Changing Magic of Breathing (Properly)](https://www.teevee.mx/the-life-changing-magic-of-breathing-properly/) - The most powerful control system for your body is right under your nose, and I have leaned on it since I was a kid navigating high tension chaos. - [Why Every Man Should Learn to Dance](https://www.teevee.mx/why-every-man-should-learn-to-dance/) - Before I started dancing, I didn’t realize how much of myself I’d been holding back. - [Give Your Kids A Good Past](https://www.teevee.mx/give-your-kids-a-good-past/) - “Don’t worry about giving your kids a good future. Give them a good past.” - [The Censor](https://www.teevee.mx/the-censor/) - The Censor (from reading the Artist Way) - [For years I locked away the colors that made me—me.](https://www.teevee.mx/for-years-i-locked-away-the-colors-that-made-me-me/) - For years I locked away the colors that made me—me. - [I Used to Talk a Lot.](https://www.teevee.mx/i-used-to-talk-a-lot/) - I used to talk a lot. They taught me silence in their own colorful way. - [Dopamine Detox UPDATE](https://www.teevee.mx/dopamine-detox-update/) - No social media apps on my phone. It’s been great... my mood’s lighter, and I swear I feel hope all the way down in my pinky toes again. - [Belly Out, Heart Open: A Love Letter to My First Teacher](https://www.teevee.mx/belly-out-heart-open-a-love-letter-to-my-first-teacher/) - Imagine little me at six years old, adorable, obviously. Big belly poking out from under a shirt that’s losing the battle. Hair for days. Like a mini lion cub. - [Triggered: How the Internet Hijacks Your Emotions](https://www.teevee.mx/triggered-how-the-internet-hijacks-your-emotions/) - All they need is curiosity, plus a jolt of fear, anger, or disgust… and you’re hooked. - [Paleteros still bring a smile to my face, even to this day.](https://www.teevee.mx/paleteros-still-bring-a-smile-to-my-face-even-to-this-day/) - Paleteros still bring a smile to my face, even to this day. The sound of their little bells echoing down the block was like magic—it lit up the whole neighborhood. - [Papi siempre se iba a la chingada](https://www.teevee.mx/papi-siempre-se-iba-a-la-chingada-2/) - “Papi siempre se iba a la chingada… hasta que me dieron ganas de alcanzarlo.” - [“Who’s a Good Boy?” A Son’s Turn to Care](https://www.teevee.mx/whos-a-good-boy-a-sons-turn-to-care/) - Who's a good boy? "I'm a good boy," he said. (in spanish of course) Bathing my daddy has become something I look forward to. At first, I agreed because someone had to do it—so why not me? But now, it’s more than just an obligation. - [Facing The Fire With My Younger Self](https://www.teevee.mx/facing-the-fire-with-my-younger-self/) - "Generational trauma is like a fire in the woods, taking down everything in its path until one person in one generation has the courage to turn and face the flames. - [Why People Love Me for saying 'No'—And Sometimes Hate Me for It Too](https://www.teevee.mx/why-people-love-me-for-saying-no-and-sometimes-hate-me-for-it-too/) - In this episode of The Teevee Show Podcast, I’m diving into a topic we often avoid: the art of saying "no." Many of us struggle with the discomfort of rejecting requests, whether it's from friends, family, or colleagues. I’ll share insights on why setting boundaries is so important and how it can actually be liberating. - [The Parenting Paradox: When Stepping Back Is the Hardest Step Forward](https://www.teevee.mx/the-parenting-paradox-when-stepping-back-is-the-hardest-step-forward/) - You know how we think the worry stops once our kids grow up? Spoiler alert: it doesn't. In this episode, I dive into my own experiences as a dad to adult daughters and even a grandpa. From tracking my kid's car during a storm to learning when to step back, I'm sharing it all. - [Don’t Touch the Tortillas](https://www.teevee.mx/dont-touch-the-tortillas/) - Don’t touch the tortillas’ clearly meant ‘grab one and run for it! - [How I Saved My Most Cherished Connections with a Simple Trick](https://www.teevee.mx/how-i-saved-my-most-cherished-connections-with-a-simple-trick/) - Ever notice how relationships can slip away as we get older? It's happened with some of my own family and friends, and I wanted to do something about it. - [Cactus on Your Forehead](https://www.teevee.mx/cactus-on-your-forehead/) - What they once used to insult me has become my crown. I take it as a compliment. - [The $50 Christmas Experiment That Changed My Daughters' Lives & Eliminated Xmas Stress Forever](https://www.teevee.mx/the-50-christmas-experiment-that-changed-my-daughters-lives-eliminated-xmas-stress-forever/) - A $50 Christmas experiment transformed how my daughters understand money, extending far beyond the holidays. - [The Role of Fatherhood in My Personal Transformation](https://www.teevee.mx/the-role-of-fatherhood-in-my-personal-transformation/) - Leading up to the birth of my first daughter, I felt the weight of responsibility and the pressure to grow up. - [Healing My Inner Child has been a Wild Ride](https://www.teevee.mx/healing-my-inner-child-has-been-a-wild-ride/) - This little dude inside of me—the one who’s been secretly running the show—he’s pretty magnificent. Despite the chaos, the obstacles, and the challenges life threw at him, he survived. - [From Crayons to Career Goals: How Parent-Child Connections Shape Careers and Life Lessons](https://www.teevee.mx/from-crayons-to-career-goals-how-parent-child-connections-shape-careers-and-life-lessons/) - Get ready for a captivating episode of The Teevee Show Podcast, where I dive deep into a heartfelt and humorous conversation with my lovely daughter, Fe! - [FINDING FAMILY RESPECT IN UNEXPECTED PLACES (LIKE AISLE 7)](https://www.teevee.mx/finding-family-respect-in-unexpected-places-like-aisle-7/) - Sibling relationships can be as tricky as they come. Growing up, my brother and I were like mismatched socks—never quite fitting together. With a ten-year age gap and having grown up in different countries, our bond felt more like a long-distance call than an in-person chat. - [Major Inflection Points in My Life](https://www.teevee.mx/major-inflection-points-in-my-life/) - Reflecting on the major inflection points in my life, it’s clear that the choices I made and the unexpected turns I encountered have woven together a rich tapestry of experiences that define my journey. - [When the Bird Leaves the Nest: A Father-Daughter Tale of Staying Connected & Soaring Into Adulthood](https://www.teevee.mx/when-the-bird-leaves-the-nest-a-father-daughter-tale-of-staying-connected-soaring-into-adulthood/) - Hey friends! In this episode of The Teevee Show Podcast, I sit down with my daughter Anastacia for a cozy and candid chat about her college adventures. We dive into everything from her initial fears and challenges to the unexpected joys of learning Python and grappling with complex math problems. - [Groove Therapy: Overcoming Insecurities One Dance at a Time](https://www.teevee.mx/groove-therapy-overcoming-insecurities-one-dance-at-a-time/) - Tune in to this episode of The Teevee Show Podcast where my friend Chris and I dive into our personal dance adventures. - [One-Finger Typers](https://www.teevee.mx/one-finger-typers/) - I don’t judge people… except one-finger typers. - [Sneaking Into Comic-Con and Discovering Chicano Park's Hidden Narratives](https://www.teevee.mx/sneaking-into-comic-con-and-discovering-chicano-parks-hidden-narratives/) - Last year, I took a trip to San Diego, hoping to sneak into the sold-out San Diego Comic-Con. The main reason for my trip was to attend a comic writers' meetup, even though I’m not a comic writer—yet. (Stay tuned for that developing story.) - [Exciting News: From Fatherhood to Grandfatherhood](https://www.teevee.mx/exciting-news-from-fatherhood-to-grandfatherhood/) - This episode is a special one where I open up about the highs and lows of my podcasting journey this year, including some unexpected challenges and amazing personal milestones. - [The Art of Meaningful Conversations | The Teevee Show Podcast](https://www.teevee.mx/the-art-of-meaningful-conversations/) - I sit down, again, with my good friend Christopher Sam to dive deep into the art of effective communication. - [Gassy Love](https://www.teevee.mx/gassy-love/) - What is real love? - [Blank Spots in My Memories](https://www.teevee.mx/blank-spots-in-my-memories/) - My mind is forgetful. Or is it? - [Got My Father's Day Wish](https://www.teevee.mx/got-my-fathers-day-wish/) - I got my wish and then some. I love my life. - [My Requests for Father's Day](https://www.teevee.mx/my-requests-for-fathers-day/) - I had a few simple requests this year from my girls. - [Being Old is Awesome](https://www.teevee.mx/being-old-is-awesome/) - Damn, I'm old and I love it. I feel like it's an honor to continue to grow old. I've lived a full life and learned a lot along the way. - [Life is short. Smile a little.](https://www.teevee.mx/life-is-short-smile-a-little/) - I’ve lost a brother. My big brother. I didn’t know him well. I didn’t know his dreams, demons, or passions. I was too little to know what to ask. - [Inked Bonds: Family Crests and the Power of Shared Values](https://www.teevee.mx/inked-bonds-family-crests-and-the-power-of-shared-values/) - Join me as I sit down with the wonderfully insightful Chris Sam on The Teevee Show Podcast. Together, we unravel the intricacies of love, respect, and the delicate balance within relationships that makes them flourish. - [Beyond the Board: A Podcast on Chess, Life, and Learning](https://www.teevee.mx/beyond-the-board-a-podcast-on-chess-life-and-learning/) - In this episode of The Teevee Show Podcast, let as delve into the heartwarming journey of how a simple afterschool game club blossomed into a thriving chess community, transforming the lives of students and parents alike through the strategic world of chess. - [Ughhh... trends](https://www.teevee.mx/ughhh-trends/) - Over and over. Year after year. And back again. - [Money Talks with Mike DeGroat: Unpacking Finance & Fatherhood](https://www.teevee.mx/money-talks-with-mike-degroat-unpacking-finance-fatherhood/) - Join me on the first episode of The Teevee Show Podcast in 2024 where we dive into the intersection of fatherhood, personal development, and the crucial role of finances in our lives. - [Yesterday is Heavy](https://www.teevee.mx/yesterday-is-heavy/) - Yesterday is Heavy. Put it down. - [New Year, New Stories: The Teevee Show Podcast's Passionate 2024 Kickoff!](https://www.teevee.mx/new-year-new-stories-the-teevee-show-podcasts-passionate-2024-kickoff/) - As we step into a brand new year, it's time to embrace new beginnings, celebrate life’s milestones, and fuel our passions. In this latest episode, I'm taking you on a journey through the lessons life has tossed my way, and trust me, there's plenty to share! - [Being Kind Can Be The Best Marketing Strategy](https://www.teevee.mx/being-kind-can-be-the-best-marketing-strategy/) - I was honored to receive an invitation to celebrate my client's 13th anniversary in business—an invitation I accepted without hesitation. Witnessing her remarkable journey in growing her law firm has been an extraordinary experience. From the moment we met, I knew she would accomplish great things. - [Green Light, Red Light: The Trust Game We All Play Unknowingly](https://www.teevee.mx/trust/) - It’s often said that time is our most valuable asset. I disagree. All our decisions are based on our trust level for the person, place, or thing. Managing and understanding trust is one of my foundational pillars to living a happy life. When trust deteriorates, relationships crumble with them. - [The Day I Discovered that I Could Check Out as Many Books as I Desired](https://www.teevee.mx/the-day-i-discovered-that-i-could-check-out-as-many-books-as-i-desired/) - The day I discovered that I could check out as many books as I desired with my library card was when I felt like the luckiest boy in the world. - [Pops raised me like a dog with rabies](https://www.teevee.mx/pops-raised-me-like-a-dog-with-rabies/) - All I wanted was my pops' attention and maybe some affection as a little boy. - [From the Garage Floor: A Journey Beyond Understanding After Divorce](https://www.teevee.mx/from-the-garage-floor-a-journey-beyond-understanding-after-divorce/) - Shortly after my divorce, I moved back into my old room in my parents' garage—a space we never used for parking cars. It was a hit to my ego to have to come back. But I was pretty broke and desperate, and my parents were sorta cool to the idea. I knew they would make it emotionally challenging, but that’s the price I had to pay, plus rent. - [Snap, Crackle, Pop: My Journey from Vanity to Reality](https://www.teevee.mx/snap-crackle-pop-my-journey-from-vanity-to-reality/) - I’m in the absolute best shape of my life. It’s an obnoxious thing to say, but hey, it’s true. Every morning, my reflection in the mirror brings a double-take. First, it’s “Whoa, that’s me!” and then, “I’d tap that.” - [Near-Away Get-Away: A Retreat into Love and Silence](https://www.teevee.mx/near-away-get-away-a-retreat-into-love-and-silence/) - The difference was immediate. As I opened the door to our cabin, silence enveloped me, broken only by the sound of leaves rustling in the wind. - [Unshed Tears: A Father's Proud Goodbye](https://www.teevee.mx/unshed-tears-a-fathers-proud-goodbye/) - Surprisingly, neither my baby girl nor I shed a tear when the time came to leave her at college. Despite being a confident man who's never been ashamed to express my emotions, and despite my daughter's ability to cry with the best of them, no tears flowed that day. - [You are Awesome! Really!](https://www.teevee.mx/validation/) - https://youtu.be/Cbk980jV7Ao I love this video! There are so many way too many lessons I get out of this short film. First and foremost, it is simply appreciating people for who they are and what they have to offer. I have found through my journey that it is so much easier to criticize and be judgmental - [2 Month Anniversary of Quitting J.O.B.](https://www.teevee.mx/quit-day-job/) - It has been two months on my own. WOOHOO! I quit my Manager job two months ago. I quit to be home and watch my daughters grow and be there for their needs. I quit because I think I have more to give the world than I would be able to give at my job. - [The Art of Improv](https://www.teevee.mx/art-of-improv/) - Yes, It is an Art You have probably all seen this show and got a good idea of what improv is. Truth is that there is so much more than this show put on the air. Although what they share is pure genius at times. https://youtu.be/D5BGuOUOHcQ They primarily played games and had to have the - [Writing in the "I" Perspective](https://www.teevee.mx/writing-in-the-i-perspective/) - My writing may seem a little clunky for some people. And others find it educational and even motivational. (I love my readers) I do recognize that my writing needs to improve. My main goal is to share my story. However, I am making serious efforts at improving and making my words flow better and my - [Promises to Self](https://www.teevee.mx/promises-to-self/) - My Blessing I have a strong belief that I can learn almost anything. It is rare when I come across something I like and not believe I can master that given skill. My friends have always said I was a gifted artist and naturally talented. Recently I realized that the truth is that I became - [We Have the Answers](https://www.teevee.mx/we-have-the-answers/) - In the past several years I have made efforts to improve all facets of my life. I have listened to countless hours of audio. I have read all the self-help books I could get my hands on. I became a self-help maniac. Needless to say, after a while it all runs together. It is all - [Being Honest to Myself](https://www.teevee.mx/being-honest-to-myself/) - I always tell myself I am going to do something. Yes, I know talking to ourselves is not considered sane, yet all do it. " Oh, I'll do that tomorrow" " I'll start working out Monday" " I will begin to actually write daily in my blog" " I will wash clothes tonight after the - [Bring Life On](https://www.teevee.mx/bring-life-on/) - No matter how hard I try I can't get it right. Today began month four of my journey of independence. My journey into business. I have had to adapt and change almost daily. However, I do have a sketch of a plan. It involves multiple phases and a ton of new knowledge to cram in - [Change](https://www.teevee.mx/change/) - So over the past 2 years or so I have been going through a "Life Change". I never knew that this is very normal, I think. But as I mature and began to think for myself. I am finding out that a lot of the things that was I taught when I was a child - [Where Have I Been?](https://www.teevee.mx/where-have-i-been/) - I hadn't realized it had been so long since I wrote last. Then I realized the major reason for my absence. My daughters have spent the month of July with me. I have gone swimming at least twice in the last 3 weeks. One week we even went 4 times. I have been playing a - [Promises to Self Revisited](https://www.teevee.mx/promises-to-self-revisited/) - A few months back I wrote a post titled Promises to Self. Time has passed and it was obvious I needed to revisit those promises. I have gone astray like that metaphorical cat. I originally planned on to attend open mic and begin writing and performing my poetry. The schedule for the open mic nights - [Another year wiser](https://www.teevee.mx/another-year-wiser/) - A couple of weeks ago I turned 34. Can you believe it? Even though it is supposed to be a day of celebration for me, I have traditionally used it as an opportunity to thank everyone for their contributions to the past year and to my life. Every "previous year" is always the craziest year. - [Mexican Idol!](https://www.teevee.mx/mexican-idol/) - https://youtu.be/ysSaIQ1elM4 - [Illegal Aliens, Immigration, and Disgust](https://www.teevee.mx/illegal-aliens-and-immigration/) - DISCLAIMER: This may offend some people. I apologize ahead of time. I was born in Mexico (therefore I am Mexican). I know I may not look like it to some people, but it's true. I was brought to the United States illegally when I was about 2-3 years old and have been here since. My - [Improv Master in Training](https://www.teevee.mx/improv-master-in-training/) - Several months back I first wrote about my passion for improv and wanting to get involved. Well, for those that are keeping up, you know I am enrolled and doing this thing! :) I am currently working on an improv site and sharing my journey in improv and all the lessons I am learning. I - [The world opens up!](https://www.teevee.mx/the-world-opens-up/) - This week has been another awesome week. This month is going to be monumental. Well, since I am on the timeline... this lifetime is already one for the ages! :) My apologies! I couldn't help myself. A lot of positive things going on. I am into week 4 of my improv training and making improvements - [Giving Back to The World](https://www.teevee.mx/giving-back-to-the-world/) - From the very beginning I knew I wanted to give back to the community. I knew that if I had a little more time, I would be able to provide some type of gift to the younger generation. My first attempt at doing this very thing was last year at Fe's school for Career Day. - [We Must Be More Like Farmers](https://www.teevee.mx/we-must-be-more-like-farmers/) - A couple of years ago when I was a "training specialist" I came across a wonderful quote that really made a lot of sense to me. "Like farmers we need to learn that we cannot sow and reap the same day" ~unknown We all want that magic pill that will just fix everything. The 24-hour - [Teevee Takes The Stage](https://www.teevee.mx/teevee-takes-the-stage/) - Tonight at 8pm I will take the stage to perform some improv. It is about damn time! I have studied and talked about it for a long time. The anxiousness is huge. The butterflies are proliferating(?). To say that I am nervous would be stating the obvious. One of the biggest benefits of this event - [Who's Mentoring Who?](https://www.teevee.mx/whos-mentoring-who/) - Last week I met with my mentee (real word) for the first time. I almost thought I wouldn't make it on time. I had made a trip to San Antonio for the weekend and decided to drop in on my Tia in Houston Sunday night. I am such a great nephew, even though I haven't - [Boxing? Spar with me!](https://www.teevee.mx/boxing-spar-with-me/) - "Hey is it true you're taking boxing training?" "Yup, I love it. I get to take out some built up frustration and get opportunity to hit and be hit." "That's crazy. Why, would you want to do that?" "Why not?" "You might get hurt." "Yes, I may. Love does the same thing. Yet we all - [Five Years Ago Today...](https://www.teevee.mx/five-years-ago-today/) - I was blessed with a precious present. Perfectly healthy aside from her petit size. Of course I did the obligatory "5 fingers and 5 toes Check?" She was handed to me that night and I cried like a baby with my baby. Being feisty has always been one of her redeeming qualities, even at birth. - [Frustration at Self!](https://www.teevee.mx/frustration-at-self/) - So, as you may know by now, I am pretty busy learning several new things. (If you are unaware of this then take a moment to read the previous post and come back here after that) Although I am happy doing these things and learning new skills, I can't help feel frustrated regularly. I suck - [New Years Resolutions: 2010](https://www.teevee.mx/new-years-resolutions-2010/) - 2009 marked a year of a lot of new things and new people in my life. 2009 was the year of the biggest leap of faith in my life. I have always been one to take risks, but frankly they have been safe risks (aside for that one time, but who's keeping score) This year - [Moving forward an inch at a time...](https://www.teevee.mx/moving-forward-an-inch-at-a-time/) - This has been one of those weeks that I will always remember. It has been a week full of events that will go down in Teevee history. My older daughter turned 7 on December 9th. My little big girl is getting so big, and already taking her piece of the world. I did not have - [The quiet skinny kid wants to get hit!](https://www.teevee.mx/the-quiet-skinny-kid-grows-up/) - Well, I am obviously still that skinny kid. Lanky and long. I was the oldest of the youngest kids that have been raised here in the U.S. My older brother and sister were reared in Mexico. Growing up I had to be self-motivated to excel in school. My parents couldn't speak English, so I couldn't - [Self Management](https://www.teevee.mx/self-management/) - One of my biggest challenges in the last year has been managing myself. My ability to manage my energy and focus has been a daily struggle that has me up at night sometimes. I obviously have never worked for myself as my own boss. In my career as an employee (even as a manager) I - [No Monuments or Buildings Named After Me Please](https://www.teevee.mx/no-monuments-or-buildings-named-after-me-please/) - Maybe I am strange. Scratch that. I am strange by most people's accounts. Some may even say I am unique if they feel like being friendly. But I have no burning desire to see my name engraved on a statue or have building named after me. And despite being a man, I don't have any - [One Year Anniversary of Independence Day](https://www.teevee.mx/one-year-anniversary-of-independence-day/) - One year ago, on March 1st, I quit my job as a retail manager for a grocery store. It was not a lucrative job by any means, but it was one that I did enjoy because it allowed me to be around people. I know that sounds crazy, but I actually do like people even - [Minimalism? Yes I Want to Become a Minimalist](https://www.teevee.mx/minimalism-yes-i-want-to-become-a-minimalist/) - Since my divorce in 2007 I have been on a slow journey in removing excess from my life. A lot of it has been out of necessity. I left with very little other than my clothes, laptop, and books and was perfectly fine with it. (A minimalist by accident) That experience began to teach me - [Week in Review: Feb. 28](https://www.teevee.mx/week-in-review-feb-28/) - Another week in the books! Another interesting week indeed. One of the highlights of the week involved me being recommended for a commercial audition. Yes, ME! Although I am an improv actor, I am not an actor in the acting sense of the word. One of my fellow improvisers, Theresa, thought I fit their criteria. - [Socialization and the Hula Hoop Challenge](https://www.teevee.mx/socialization-and-the-hula-hoop-challenge/) - The great Ashley Ambirge recently wrote on her blog, The Middle Finger Project, about Socialization (wonders if that should be capitalized) and the fact many of us are robots. She defines Socialization as the "the inheritance of the norms, customs, values of a culture". Although society needs structure, I agree that this should not be - [Tattoos: Message For My Daughters?](https://www.teevee.mx/tattoos-message-for-my-daughters/) - It is 8am and I am fully awake. I have a ton of things to do. Work out, call a friend about scheduling a time to practice improv, talk to my programmer (deadline!!!), see my nephew's team play for the championship of their basketball tournament (insert proud uncle smile). However, the biggest thing on my - [Teevee Tattoo Ustream Recording](https://www.teevee.mx/teevee-tattoo-ustream-recording/) - Well for those of you that may be interested in viewing my journey to get my tattoo I now have the video below. Someone asked me how long I had thought about getting this done. The truth? It design has been in my head for over 10 years. The feeling of actually having it now - [Giving Back and Appreciating Life](https://www.teevee.mx/giving-back-and-appreciating-life/) - I am divorced and every other weekend I get my daughters and shower them with love, discipline, values, lessons, laughter and whatever else I can sprinkle in our short time together. This morning I dropped off my daughters at their mother's house. Sometimes I wonder where I would be without them? What if I was - [Hula Hooping Familia!](https://www.teevee.mx/hula-hooping-familia/) - I was inspired after reading a post by the lovely Ashley Ambirge on her blog The Middle Finger Project (Yes, the nerve!) She challenged her readers to go out and hula hoop in public and make fools of themselves for a 100-dollar reward! (yes, the nerve!) Well, although I didn't do that completely as she - [Beautiful Day](https://www.teevee.mx/beautiful-day/) - It is a beautiful day to say I miss you and when I see you well...I'm going to kiss you. It's a beautiful day to say I care. Because with each passing day I become wiser and find a new gray hair. And the wiser I become the more I realize there's no day like - [My Minimalist Struggles](https://www.teevee.mx/my-minimalist-struggles/) - At the end of February, I wrote a blog post and said that I was going to adopt the Minimalist philosophy. Being a minimalist is many things to many people, but essentially it involves removing anything that doesn't add direct value to you or your life. For example, my book collection and movie collection. Many - [Bad Habits and Yoga Immersion](https://www.teevee.mx/bad-habits-and-yoga-immersion/) - "Tighten your core, tighten your core !!!" Jay Stylz, my salsa mentor and instructor screams at me during my personal private lessons. Again and again. "Plant your feet firmly when you land!" "Don't collapse when you come out of turns!" He yells at me over and over again. The truth is he may not be - [No Television! (sorta)](https://www.teevee.mx/no-television-sorta/) - DISCLAIMER: I do have one television that was given to me 2 years ago. It is at least 10 years old and does not have a converter thing-a-ma-bopper. I used it for my girls to watch their Disney movies. But now I don't have a DVD player and haven't watched anything on it in - [Dance Challenge: Just Brought Sexy Back](https://www.teevee.mx/dance-challenge-just-brought-sexy-back/) - < update> Jenny just posted the video. Enjoy. Teevee Shaking What His Momma Gave Him This video was "birthed" and inspired by Jenny McCoy at workinonaramp.com. She challenged her readers to a dance off. Being the competitive person, I am I felt obligated to submit a video. She is even giving a trophy to the - [Dallas Boxing Training and Pure Exhaustion](https://www.teevee.mx/dallas-boxing-training-and-pure-exhaustion/) - One of my passions since about the beginning of the year has been my boxing training. It is one of the few things that allows me to let go of all my aggression that I may have built up throughout the week. Jay Sanchez of The 10th Street Dallas Boxing Gym has been my guide - [They Said](https://www.teevee.mx/they-said/) - She said: Daddy I miss you, and when I see you, I'm gonna kiss you. He said: In life there are no such things as real friends. She said: I don't know where I'd be without you. I wouldn't have known where to begin. She said: You always make me smile. They said: DUDE! I - [Teevee On TV Despite Not Having a TV (Spanish Video)](https://www.teevee.mx/teevee-on-tv-despite-not-having-a-tv/) - Yes! I don't have a television yet I was on TV. All my loyal readers may remember that I was mentoring in my community ;) I have continued to mentor and have a blast getting to know my mentee. The leader at the LULAC Center where I meet with my mentee, Otis Gray, asked me - [Really? Mexican?](https://www.teevee.mx/really-mexican/) - "Yessir" I told him. "Straight-off-the-boat-Mexican!" I had to defend him on the basketball court and I wasn't looking forward to it. I had noticed earlier that he had a sick handle and an amazing shot from long range. He couldn't have been taller than 5'6". I had just finished lifting weights and was super tight - [Thank You!](https://www.teevee.mx/birthday-thank-you/) - Thank you to all of you that have been a part of my journey. Some of you have shared a classroom with me. Many of you have shared a laugh. On a rare occasion I may have even had a drink with you. If nothing else, we definitely have a memory together. Thank you again! - [Cultivating Creativity](https://www.teevee.mx/cultivating-creativity/) - Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. - Picasso I have had an interest in art as far back as I can remember into my little wee years. I think this may be true for though for any kid when he is young. We are - [Intense | 2010 In A Word](https://www.teevee.mx/intense-2010-in-a-word/) - This year has been a year of incredible emotions. I have never felt so alive in my life. INTENSE. Unfortunately, with all that "life feeling" stuff, there has also been some very low lows. It has not been all peachy. I have had to re-evaluate myself and my journey. And after careful consideration and 20/20 - [On Perfection](https://www.teevee.mx/on-perfection/) - Today is day 2 of the Reverb10 writing challenge. Each day this month you are given prompts to help you write on a topic. Leo Babauta , one of my online minimalism mentors, gave the prompt today. It was: Writing. What do you do each day that doesn’t contribute to your writing — and can - [Moment of Vividness and Life](https://www.teevee.mx/moment-of-vividness-and-life/) - She handed me the paper folded up with the words "To: Daddy" written very carefully in her best handwriting. Delicately, with her watching over me, I opened it up and saw the most beautifully illustrated family picture you can imagine: Daddy, her sister, and her. The family picture had the most beautiful rainbow you have - [Cultivating Sense of Wonder](https://www.teevee.mx/cultivating-sense-of-wonder-reverb10/) - There is nothing like seeing someone perform their ART! My sense of wonder is through the roof when I am in the presence of these artists. Let me give you an example. It's good I promise. Read on. I started doing improv late 2009 with this little improv training company named Dallas Comedy House. They - [Letting Go](https://www.teevee.mx/letting-go/) - In the past 330 days or so I have let go of (unrealistic) expectations. Especially as it relates to women and love interests. What do I mean by this you wonder... Well, let's just say that if I meet a woman I'm attracted to, I don't begin to run her through an mental inspection to - [Independence Day](https://www.teevee.mx/independence-day/) - It wasn't an easy decision. I have two precious daughters that depend on me to provide for them. The decision was painful. SERIOUSLY! I remember my gut hurting and my mind aching. There were so many things to consider and so many things to fear. What's that stat about new businesses? 9 out of 10 - [Forgiveness](https://www.teevee.mx/forgiveness/) - Forgiveness is defined as the "process of concluding resentment, indignation or anger as a result of a perceived offense, difference or mistake." A few years ago, when I was going through my NLP training, my trainer defined the process of forgiveness in a way I had never heard before. Susan Stageman (my trainer) said forgiveness - [Latino Leaders are In Short Supply](https://www.teevee.mx/latino-leaders-are-in-short-supply/) - I have been attending a lot of networking events and connecting with a lot of great people in the last several months. I was given an invitation to attend a networking event this past week by one of those very connections. Are you still following? The speaker for the event was Maria Quintana (VP of - [4 Stages of Learning (My First Prezi)](https://www.teevee.mx/4-stages-of-learning-my-first-prezi/) - This is my first attempt at a "PREZI". It is simply an online tool for presentations. I plan on using it to replace PowerPoint. It is a more appealing way to present and keep the audience engaged in my presentations. This is a very simple first attempt and excited at the elements I will be - [Best Father In Dallas?](https://www.teevee.mx/best-father-in-dallas/) - Far from the best but one that cares. One that is involved and making every effort to make the Girls the leaders they are destined to become. - [Raul Magdaleno and Hispanic College Fund](https://www.teevee.mx/raul-magdaleno-and-hispanic-college-fund/) - In the past several years I have been working hard to get to the point to be able to give back to my community. I have worked and hustled to meet people in the community that could show me what needs to be done. One of my big questions had been just exactly could I - [Brad Pitt Fight Club Body and Workout](https://www.teevee.mx/brad-pitt-fight-club-body-and-workout/) - Have you seen Fight Club? Did you see Brad Pitt and Edward Norton's body in and wonder what their workout was like? The first time I saw it and saw Brad Pitt I immediately felt like I had a chance of getting that Hollywood Body and Physique. You have seen these Hollywood actors and probably - [My Thoughts on Fourth of July](https://www.teevee.mx/my-thoughts-on-fourth-of-july/) - My parents smuggled into this country when I was 2 years old. They did the same thing for the rest of my brothers and sisters, including my two baby sisters who were actually born here. Yes, I know that makes no sense. I didn't truly know that I was illegal until I was a teenager - [Dallas Hottest Man](https://www.teevee.mx/dallas-hottest-man/) - So, am I Dallas Hottest Man? Probably not. Or wait... maybe I am. Some women are amazing for my ego and tell me the dumbest things. Others, not so much. I am just not their cup of tea. That's life, eh? In my younger years I truly would have be completely heartbroken. In the short - [Most Interesting Man in Dallas](https://www.teevee.mx/most-interesting-man-in-dallas/) - Dallas Renaissance Man It's true! Well maybe not. Whenever I meet a new lady friend (and guys as well) I am paid the compliment that I am a modern-day Renaissance Man. This makes me quite happy and bubbly. I know a lot about a lot. I enjoy to do so many things and am passionate - [Move | Eat | Learn Now!](https://www.teevee.mx/move-eat-learn-now/) - I have so much thought around these videos and how they speak to me. But I prefer to let them speak to you. I will be silent. For now. - [Daughters' Success Portfolio](https://www.teevee.mx/summer-2011-building-success-portfolio/) - I share a story from his summer of 2011 with his daughters. Lessons from the inside. - [Building a New Ritual](https://www.teevee.mx/building-a-new-ritual/) - When I was much younger, I was persuaded into believing that I could do anything by all the propaganda out there. Although my parents did the best they could, they weren't the ones that fed this to me. But I did believe it. An extension of that is believing that I can change things about - [Energy is Truly is Magnetic](https://www.teevee.mx/energy-is-truly-is-magnetic/) - "Everything is energy and that's all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics." ∼ Albert Einstein I posted this on my Facebook wall today and didn't realize how much - [Parenting Rule #1](https://www.teevee.mx/parenting-rule-1/) - Be the image of what you want your children to become. Learn and be it. They love and want to be you. Respect the rule. Call it a law if it makes it easier. Read more.... - [Christmas, Thanksgiving, & Minimalism](https://www.teevee.mx/christmas-thanksgiving-minimalism/) - I am a marketer and a minimalist. In fact I became a minimalist to become a marketer. I had to adopt a minimalist philosophy if I could ever seriously consider becoming my own boss and starting my own company. If I had not removed all excess from my life, I would have continued working at - [19 Year Old Launches Company After Turntable.fm and Pinterest](https://www.teevee.mx/19-year-old-launches-company-after-turntable-fm-and-pinterest/) - Sahil Lavingia taught himself photoshop at a very young age. Went on to learn web design and then later got knee deep in iPhone development on his own time and motivation. He then went on to be heavily involved in the development with turntable.fm and Pinterest. And NOW... he launched his own product and company - [Memories- That's All We Have](https://www.teevee.mx/memories-thats-all-we-have/) - Memories: Who are we without them? I would argue that we are simply a shell. Our body does not equal our personality. Memories. - [You Cannot Not Influence](https://www.teevee.mx/you-cannot-not-influence/) - It's just not possible. We influence those around us. Sometimes with our word. Sometimes not. Sometimes we persuade. Sometimes we anger. Yet we influence. - [Growth. Time. Love.](https://www.teevee.mx/growth-time-love/) - I'm sitting here listening to them breathe. I pause to focus and get emotional every time I allow myself to experience a burst of memories that take me through the last few years of life. When they were younger, that I could carry them in my forearms facing down. I imagine this is a bit - [Our Family Rituals](https://www.teevee.mx/our-family-rituals/) - "AGUIRRE!" we shout as we drive by the Aguirre Roden building on Central Expressway. Sometimes I am not paying attention when we drive past it and jump in my seat when they scream it from the back of the car. "AGUIRRE!" Family rituals. I don't personally know Pedro or Peter Aguirre yet from the Aguirre - [Personal ephiphanies while in hurricane harbor](https://www.teevee.mx/personal-ephiphanies-while-in-hurricane-harbor/) - So, I've been in Florida for the past 7 days and while out here I have made some personal observations. In the process I have decided to make some changes in my life and lifestyle. I have also made a few personal commitments (see list below) I feel as if this trip has allowed me - [Shhh she's asleep](https://www.teevee.mx/shhh-shes-asleep/) - As she lays there's breathing very deeply I am reminded how much life really is about the small things. Read More... - [There are no friends in life](https://www.teevee.mx/there-are-no-friends-in-life/) - https://youtu.be/M6MpgfZAgzw - [No Apology](https://www.teevee.mx/no-apology/) - [Mindset of the successful and unsuccessful...](https://www.teevee.mx/mindset-of-the-successful-and-unsuccessful/) - [Brooklyn Castle](https://www.teevee.mx/brooklyn-castle/) - I'm eager to see this awesome documentary with the girls when it comes out later this month. I even contributed to their Kickstarter campaign to help them get it in more theaters and I think that entitles me to DVD of the movie. Remind me to tell you our story of the Oak Cliff Chess - [MEET! East Dallas Networking Event](https://www.teevee.mx/meet-east-dallas-networking-event/) - A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending the MEET! East Dallas Networking event. It was basically a MEGA networking event put together by 6 active business networking groups in East Dallas. It was a huge success and the best part was that all the proceeds from the event went to a local - [TOMÁS ALVAREZ teaches kids to beat life’s troubles with rhymes](https://www.teevee.mx/tomas-alvarez-teaches-kids-to-beat-lifes-troubles-with-rhymes/) - "I am HipHop!" KRS One I grew up listening to hiphop and rap in the 90's. It now is more accepted than it obviously was when I a kid because of the topics and "in your face attitude" of the art. A Lovely Day Trailer from Kerri Gawryn on Vimeo. However, it can be appreciated - [Entourage's Adrian Granier Challenges Brooklyn Castle Champion](https://www.teevee.mx/entourages-adrian-granier-challenges-brooklyn-castle-champion/) - https://youtu.be/GJCikDSoS0U So maybe you have figured out my love for chess (even though I suck at it at the moment). Or maybe you had no idea I love and support( I contributed to their Kickstarter.com campaign) the movie Brooklyn Castle. Well, I DO! Check out this video of the star of HBO's Entourage challenging one - [Pervert...](https://www.teevee.mx/pervert/) - [A People's History of American Empire by Howard Zinn](https://www.teevee.mx/a-peoples-history-of-american-empire-by-howard-zinn/) - The history books don't tell us any of the gory details of the events that shape our world history. Some of it is purely to keep it simple and easy to digest. However, to ignore the truth and paint our country as some type of angelic nation seems to be pure nonsense. The truth is - [Replaced](https://www.teevee.mx/replaced/) - [3 Years Later](https://www.teevee.mx/3-years-later/) - Almost 3 years ago to the date I put into effect some really big changes in my life. I signed up for several classes and trainings that were going to push me out of my comfort zone more than ever before. Salsa. Improv. Boxing. Communication. I was not happy with who I was and had - [How to change the world...](https://www.teevee.mx/how-to-change-the-world/) - [Climb the goddamn mountain...](https://www.teevee.mx/climb-the-goddamn-mountain/) - [Goodbye (for now) 2012: Familia Aguirre](https://www.teevee.mx/goodbye-for-now-2012-familia-aguirre/) - https://youtu.be/14A8unSmXrw - [Avengers Assemble and Rip the MIC](https://www.teevee.mx/avengers-assemble-and-rip-the-mic/) - https://youtu.be/sQwlSUC7gfM - [Oh her roar...](https://www.teevee.mx/oh-her-roar/) - [I'm not trying...](https://www.teevee.mx/im-not-trying/) - I'm not trying to be right. I'm trying to do right. -Teevee - [Bastards!](https://www.teevee.mx/bastards/) - [Shane Koyczan- More Often Than Sometimes](https://www.teevee.mx/shane-koyczan-more-often-than-sometimes/) - Shane Koyczan - Giants of the Forest - Episode Eleven from Amazing Factory Productions Inc. on Vimeo. - [Acro Yoga- Briohny Smyth returns to the mat](https://www.teevee.mx/acro-yoga-briohny-smyth/) - https://youtu.be/nL4kfGpa5E8 - [Yoga Master: Briohny Smyth](https://www.teevee.mx/yoga-master-briohny-smyth/) - https://youtu.be/loszrEZvS_k - [Rules to Success](https://www.teevee.mx/rules-to-success/) - There are 2 rules to success: 1. Always leave them wanting more. - [Americans - a Public Service Film by Kid Rock & Sean Penn](https://www.teevee.mx/americans-a-public-service-film-by-kid-rock-sean-penn/) - This is perfect! I have been feeling beat down and torn with the political climate everywhere. Let's get the election over with and get back to work. https://youtu.be/oSQJ2ULuhb8 - [On Alzheimer's: INTUITION & EQUALIBRUM - IMAGINING](https://www.teevee.mx/onalzheimers-intuition-equalibrum-imagining/) - https://youtu.be/q4LItOvKyjI The TRUE meaning behind the lyrics: http://rapgenius.com/Intuition-imagining-lyrics - [One teach 2. Teach 4. Teach More.](https://www.teevee.mx/one-teach-2-teach-4-teach-more/) - It starts with one. The initial spark. The flicker. That 1 teaches 2. Much like I have tried to teach my two. Those 2 teach 4. Yet in reality they teach more. They spread. Like a virus. Like a fire. Dreams, right? Impossible! Yet it is possible. Everything we see around us was once a - [I'm IN LOVE <3](https://www.teevee.mx/im-in-love/) - They are running around in their panties. Blasting their music. Dancing. Singing. Being free. Ana just ran over to me show me her night gear. Her old pj's. An overwhelming feeling of love and happiness flooded over me. My eyes teared up. My heart is pitter-pattering faster than usual when they are around me. Fe, - [Anastacia doing yoga pose](https://www.teevee.mx/anastacia-doing-yoga-pose/) - [TEDxAsheville - Adam Baker - Sell your crap. Pay your debt. Do what you love.](https://www.teevee.mx/tedxasheville-adam-baker-sell-your-crap-pay-your-debt-do-what-you-love/) - https://youtu.be/9XRPbFIN4lk - [Facebook Has Ruined Dating](https://www.teevee.mx/facebook-has-ruined-dating/) - Facebook Has Ruined Dating - [Hecho en Mejico (movie trailer)](https://www.teevee.mx/hecho-en-mejico-movie-trailer/) - My mother country is full of culture and dynamic personalities. https://youtu.be/h-huA2o6OOY?list=UUi8e0iOVk1fEOogdfu4YgfA - [Volver Volver Crunk Remix](https://www.teevee.mx/volver-volver-crunk-remix/) - https://youtu.be/nD4Vklbxf3o I love this remix/mashup for many reasons. Among them include is the fact that one of the biggest iconic performers in Mexico is on it. And then take into account that some very hardcore raw rap lyrics are mashed up alongside make for a controversial track. But I also take something else away from - [The Science of Dogs](https://www.teevee.mx/the-science-of-dogs/) - [David Kelley: How to build your creative confidence](https://www.teevee.mx/david-kelley-how-to-build-your-creative-confidence/) - https://youtu.be/16p9YRF0l-g Creativity is a passion of mine. I believe we are all born with it and systematically lose it. Yet it's still there. Science proves it. Pick up that pencil and draw. Start writing your book. Start living your love. - [Joaquin Zihuatanejo - John's Poem](https://www.teevee.mx/joaquin-zihuatanejo-johns-poem/) - Silence can indeed be golden. https://youtu.be/F6s4OszVwP4 - [Colin Wright - Extreme Lifestyle Experiments](https://www.teevee.mx/colin-wright-extreme-lifestyle-experiments/) - https://youtu.be/W6cAR2eQHUU - [How do you recognize an intelligent man?](https://www.teevee.mx/how-do-you-recognize-an-intelligent-man/) - Q:How do you recognize an intelligent man? A: Someone who confesses to know nothing -Christopher Hitchens - [George Watsky- Ninjas in Paris (goes hard!)](https://www.teevee.mx/george-watsky-ninjas-in-paris-goes-hard/) - LOVE THIS! https://youtu.be/xKLRGJYna-8 - [MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS - SAME LOVE feat. MARY LAMBERT](https://www.teevee.mx/macklemore-ryan-lewis-same-love-feat-mary-lambert/) - "No freedom 'til were equal. Damn Right I support it!" "No law is going to change us. We have to change us" https://youtu.be/hlVBg7_08n0 - [It's much easier to change how you react to immaturity...](https://www.teevee.mx/its-much-easier-to-change-how-you-react-to-immaturity/) - Remember this: It's much easier to change how you react to immaturity than it is to change how immature people act. - Derek Halpern - [People inspire you or...](https://www.teevee.mx/people-inspire-you-or/) - [How bad do you want to succeed?](https://www.teevee.mx/how-bad-do-you-want-to-succeed/) - I still remember the long sleepless nights I stayed up when I first started my business. Some nights I still do this. Not necessarily something I wanted to do... but work had to be done. Dues had to be paid. https://youtu.be/viBWUmhBV3Y - [12-Year Old Child Reveals One of the Best Kept Secrets in the World](https://www.teevee.mx/12-year-old-child-reveals-one-of-the-best-kept-secrets-in-the-world/) - https://youtu.be/JHQOX8EVNmE - [Edgar Allan Poe- A Dream Within A Dream](https://www.teevee.mx/edgar-allan-poe/) - [What Makes a Great Prezi (presentation)](https://www.teevee.mx/what-makes-a-great-prezi-presentation/) - Prezi machine: what makes a great prezi? on Prezi - [Why Republicans say you SHOULDN'T vote for Romney.](https://www.teevee.mx/why-republicans-say-you-shouldnt-vote-for-romney/) - https://youtu.be/ByzxFQSlyDA - [Hustling](https://www.teevee.mx/hustling/) - [Science of Persuasion VIDEO](https://www.teevee.mx/science-of-persuasion-video/) - https://youtu.be/cFdCzN7RYbw?list=UU8IMseLCZx2BZe3thxHXnog - [10 Years and Counting!](https://www.teevee.mx/10-years-and-counting/) - [Design can be art.](https://www.teevee.mx/design-can-be-art/) - “Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated.” - Paul Rand - [On aging and my father](https://www.teevee.mx/on-aging-and-my-father/) - Perhaps this is normal. I have to be. I think of my father a lot. So much it almost seems wrong. It makes me sad. It makes me weary. Although there are some good memories as well. I look into the mirror and I see him. Staring at me. I imagine it has to do - [Goofy Grin](https://www.teevee.mx/goofy-grin/) - [Family Activities New Years 2013 Family Activities](https://www.teevee.mx/family-activities-new-years-2013-family-activities/) - Learning photoshop Pregnancy talk / bird and bees Watercoloring Schedule writing Dancing Eating daddy's world famous salad. Sneaking into daddy's bed nightly Toasting in the new year Playing Solitaire Writing random songs - [In Memory of Aaron Swartz - A Genius Lost](https://www.teevee.mx/in-memory-of-aaron-swartz-a-genius-lost/) - https://youtu.be/CzNXDdjtXQI - [How to Traverse the Friend Zone....](https://www.teevee.mx/how-to-traverse-the-friend-zone/) - [EXTREME OWNERSHIP (No Excuses)](https://www.teevee.mx/no-excuses/) - EXTREME OWNERSHIP (No excuses) If you’re bored. Find a hobby. Anything. Go to Meetup.com and search anything which intrigues you. Just pick something. Take action. Be bold and make a decision. If you don’t like your new hobby, pick a new one. You have permission to change your mind. Often. You will eventually make this - [My mornings](https://www.teevee.mx/my-mornings/) - The light eventually punches through the blinds and I open my eyes. Eventually. Most days my mind wakes me before my body is truly ready to rise. I find it funny most days. Other days I want to punch my mind. It took me years to realize that I have a very particular way to - [Big wallets](https://www.teevee.mx/big-wallets/) - "Your wallet is so small Mr. Teevee" "My daddy hates big wallets" - [I miss them.](https://www.teevee.mx/i-miss-them/) - I still call them my daughter. My son. I was their daddy. They called me daddy. Things happened. Life happened. I'm still involved... as much as I can. It's my duty as father. As a man. Now they call me by name. When asked about them by my friends I still get tongue tied. How - [Anastacia recites Family Tree by Joaquin Zihuatanejo](https://www.teevee.mx/anastacia-recites-family-tree-by-joaquin-zihuatanejo/) - [Fe Aguirre : Featured Poet at Dallas Youth Poetry Slam](https://www.teevee.mx/fe-aguirre-featured-poet-at-dallas-youth-poetry-slam/) - https://youtu.be/qzqVl-TXre8 - [On Karma](https://www.teevee.mx/on-karma/) - Every week we discuss many things. Until recently most are black and white. Right and wrong. Up and down. One of the biggest lessons which was covered this week was that of karma. Energy. It's one of the topics I am passionate about Anastacia did not want to let her older sister borrow her new - [Management, Parenting, Leadership (all basically the same thing)](https://www.teevee.mx/management-parenting-leadership-all-basically-the-same-thing/) - It's all the same. Really. I shit you not. Some may argue with some of the specifics and they would have a marvelous time doing so with themselves. When I was in management (15 years or so) I couldn't help but feel like I was parenting on some scale. Do this. Don't do that. Oh, - [Daddy...](https://www.teevee.mx/daddy/) - You know... I'm almost 11. Yes. I know. :-/ Well. I still love you. I don't hate you. That's great. Love hearing you don't hate me. And I'm almost a teenager right? Just about. :-/ Your friends are all wrong. I will always love you even when I'm a teenager. They don't know what they're - [Anastacia and her class crush Footloose](https://www.teevee.mx/anastacia-and-her-class-crush-footloose/) - https://youtu.be/HVPOLt-3Suk - [Why am I always doing so many things?](https://www.teevee.mx/why-am-i-always-doing-so-many-things/) - How and why do I do so many things? Click play and hear me talk a bit about why I do why I do. Why is this so important to me. Why? - [Learning to Learn = Super Hero!](https://www.teevee.mx/learning-to-learn-super-hero/) - "LEARN TO LEARN" is the last thought I finish my speeches when I've done my Career Day presentations. This is the reason I do so many things with my daughters (most of which are free). I want them to feel like they can learn anything. It's usually all skill based and just requires time and - [Prodigy hyper-polyglot Tim Doner has been teaching himself languages since he was 13.](https://www.teevee.mx/prodigy-hyper-polyglot-tim-doner-has-been-teaching-himself-languages-since-he-was-13/) - https://youtu.be/Km9-DiFaxpU - [The Holstee Manifesto: Lifecycle Video](https://www.teevee.mx/the-holstee-manifesto-lifecycle-video/) - https://youtu.be/QDmt_t6umoY - [The haters are in the room (and so are your biggest fans)](https://www.teevee.mx/the-haters-are-in-the-room-and-so-are-your-biggest-fans/) - One of the biggest lessons I am working to impart on the girls during the summer (because they are getting older and they are beginning to be confronted with it) is to always be aware that "haters"/critics and fans will always be in the room. Look for them. They will always be there. Both. Sometimes - [Morning run and chess](https://www.teevee.mx/morning-run-and-chess/) - If it's important to you, it will be important to them. This morning we went for a short run and will be extending the distance daily. As soon as we got home Fe challenged me to a game of chess. This makes me happy and giddy. And then she went on to crush me. Bad. - [In the moment (lessons from my daughters)](https://www.teevee.mx/in-the-moment-lessons-from-my-daughters/) - Perhaps I need to be more in the moment. Committed. While watching Fe eat a peach today I became mesmerized by her passion for the peach. Although this may seem like an exaggeration, I promise it isn't. She had begged me to let her eat it in the car on the way here but told - [Fe and Anastacia perform at DaVerse Lounge: Season 9!](https://www.teevee.mx/fe-and-anastacia-perform-at-daverse-lounge-season-9/) - Post by Teevee Aguirre. - [They will never have to write that poem](https://www.teevee.mx/they-will-never-have-to-write-that-poem/) - They will never write that poem. And they will never write those words They will never write about the father who wasn’t there. The father who didn’t care. who didn’t run his fingers through their hair. They will never have to write those words of pain of the father that didn’t show them how to - [Sad](https://www.teevee.mx/sad/) - I miss them - [Be Impeccable With Your Word](https://www.teevee.mx/be-impeccable-with-your-word/) - Say what you mean. Mean what you say. People should be able to set their watches to the words you say. They should know the time of day. When I was young, we would say: Don't just talk about it. Be about it. Don't be a flake. No one likes flakes unless they're in a - [I love you. I appreciate you.](https://www.teevee.mx/i-love-you-i-appreciate-you/) - We are all products of our upbringing. Good or bad. My father was an alcoholic. Beat me. Beat us. Yet, I loved him. I wanted to be him. I wanted him to love me. As a child I never heard many words of encouragement. Much less of love. In talking to other Mexican children from - [Take the long way](https://www.teevee.mx/take-the-long-way/) - [Teevee Physical Progress](https://www.teevee.mx/teevee-physical-progress/) - Unlike many people I have always been a really skinny guy. As you can see in the picture. The picture below was taken approximately 2-3 years ago. Interestingly enough, and I had already gained some weight from a couple of years back. I never liked that version of me. I felt like I had a - [The first time](https://www.teevee.mx/the-first-time/) - For the first ever He held me. He hugged me. With a tight embrace. Face pressed up against me. I felt love. Pride. Joy. For the first time ever. He made me feel loved. He made me feel like a good son. Just with a hug. He pulled me in close. For the first time - [My car got "broken into" on Valentine's Day and broke my heart...](https://www.teevee.mx/my-car-got-broken-into-on-valentines-day-and-broke-my-heart/) - Watch the video and find out how I reacted. https://youtu.be/1-l-_7Cp9vE Make sure to subscribe to my Youtube Channel on the right! Share your thoughts in the comments or simply nod your head in agreement or shake your head in disagreement. Thank you. - [Her Struggle](https://www.teevee.mx/her-struggle/) - It's easy for me. I'm just her son. I can't truly understand, How far she has come. How hard it must be to raise a boy to raise a man. To teach him to work hard and be all that he can. I look back at her struggle and feel her pain. Her children she - [Dominique Christina - "The Period Poem"](https://www.teevee.mx/dominique-christina-the-period-poem/) - https://youtu.be/4vu2BsePvoI - [This is not a "I hate the Heat" Post, It's a "I Love This Game" Post](https://www.teevee.mx/this-is-not-a-i-hate-the-heat-post-its-a-i-love-this-game-post/) - Post by Teevee Aguirre. - [Memories & Experiences](https://www.teevee.mx/memories-experiences/) - That's what I try to give them to the best of my ability with my limited resources. Most on the cheap despite appearances. We all tell stories about our childhoods. Those stories are a part of our identity. What we did or didn't do? Who we did them with? Why they are important to us? - [On Discipline and Corporal Punishment](https://www.teevee.mx/on-discipline-and-corporal-punishment/) - He loved me. I love him. He tried. But he was wrong. And that's ok. I've struggled coming to terms with many of the scars, both internal and external, from my childhood. I was disciplined and slapped around quite a bit. During one of these disciplining sessions, my father slapped me on the side of - [How Starting my Own Business Ruined my Life](https://www.teevee.mx/how-starting-my-own-business-ruined-my-life/) - I'm coming up on 7 years since I quit my management job. 7 years! Holy shit! This article hits so close to home that I almost feel that I could have written it. (If was better with the written word) I had a couple of supportive girlfriends (not at the same time, that would just - [The beginning (again)](https://www.teevee.mx/the-beginning-again/) - Always starting something new. Well, almost always. So many good things are going well in my life, yet so many things yet to come. And to accomplish these new things I have to break some of the old ways of doing things. Which only seems right. As a part of this effort, I needed to - [My Daughters as Accountability Partners](https://www.teevee.mx/my-daughters-as-accountability-partners/) - My daughters scare me. They motivate me. The inspire me. They make me want to do things I never thought was possible. I'll explain just how in a bit. I am in a perpetual state of self-improvement. I want to become a leaner, meaner, highly effective machine. I have to be more effective and efficient - [January 2016 Random Check In](https://www.teevee.mx/january-2016-random-check-in/) - Current Time & Date January9, 2016 7:33 AM #NowPlaying - Clique - Jay-Z & Kanye Damn I am wired! Woke up wide awake. Seriously. Almost as if I was running late to work. I know you know that feeling. Thinking. A shit-ton. New ideas flooding my mind. But first let me get some breakfast. Done. - [RE: Love and Hate](https://www.teevee.mx/re-love-and-hate/) - Energy flows where attention goes. Someone smarter than me originally said that. Demonstrate that what makes you happy. Show the world that beauty. That energy. Others will share it with you. Focus your energy on what you dislike or hate and that is all you will see. That is what you will attract. Misery loves - [I've Got Mad Dad Skills!](https://www.teevee.mx/ive-got-mad-dad-skills/) - I try to be the best father I can. The best man I can. For them, as much as for me. I was a decent guy before. But being a father made me realize I really had to step up and bring my skills up. Leadership. Management. Modeling. Conversation. Public speaking. Social awareness. Even when - [EP 002: Re: The Struggle to Feel As If My Work is Real Work](https://www.teevee.mx/ep-002-re-the-struggle-to-feel-as-if-my-work-is-real-work/) - It took me several years to acknowledge that the work I do is WORK to myself. I no longer had dirty clothes and rough hands from the manual labor. (Now people believe I could be a hand model for Olay) I no longer had aches and pains (although I would go on to have other - [8 Years Later.](https://www.teevee.mx/8-years-later/) - This Mexican’s Independence Day 8 years later…. and I’m still here. Thank goodness because several little people were counting on me. As my time to walk away was approaching in 2009, I decided to put on this very website the graphic below. I swear. I then told my entire social network. Not facebook, but people - ["MY GREATEST FAILURE WAS MY DIVORCE"](https://www.teevee.mx/my-greatest-failure-was-my-divorce/) - I told this to my daughter as we were discussing lessons from the chapter she was reading in “The Obstacle is the Way” by Ryan Holiday. In this chapter the author hammers the point of always maintaining power while living life and running across obstacles. Shit happens. Good and bad. Some even tragic. Yet, - [A PARENTING STORY: THE RULE OF 3 (How Not to Be Annoying)](https://www.teevee.mx/a-parenting-story-the-rule-of-3-how-not-to-be-annoying/) - A PARENTING STORY: THE RULE OF 3 (How Not to Be Annoying) My girls were getting older. They were talking a lot about a lot and obviously annoying each other a lot. And as you can imagine; repeating themselves all the time. I caught myself telling them to chill out and stop being annoying. You - [WE ARE PROBLEM SOLVERS!](https://www.teevee.mx/we-are-problem-solvers/) - I have my girls repeat this when they’re stuck in the blame game and not actually finding solutions. We find possible solutions. Get to the ROOT cause of the problem and offer options, possible scenarios to take, & weigh the pros and cons. Are we looking at the problem objectively or subjectively? What can we - [17Oct23: New domain & Bitcoin](https://www.teevee.mx/17oct23-new-domain-bitcoin/) - [smart_track_player url="http://teevee-podcasts.s3.amazonaws.com/newWebsiteAndBitcoin.mp3" title="New Domain & Learning Bitcoin" ] Welcome to my new and improved website! Well not so new, but the domain is fancy! Am I right? I now have a new goal with this site and will be taking imperfect action to accomplish this goal. I will be podcasting/vlogging 2-3 times a week. The production - [I'm an adult! I finally have a personal doctor!](https://www.teevee.mx/im-an-adult-i-finally-have-a-personal-doctor/) - I’m an Adult… FINALLY! In today’s broadcast, I share my experience and experiment in finding a personal doctor. I haven’t seen a doctor in over 10 years. What can I say, I’m a healthy bastard. Or am I just stubborn? Well, I finally broke down and signed up for an experimental business model, but one - [Marcos Cervantes : The Life Juggernaut](https://www.teevee.mx/marcos-cervantes-the-life-juggernaut/) - My guest, Marcos Cervantes, and I have known each other since high school. GO SKYLINE RAIDERS! I reached out to him about two weeks ago and asked him if he'd be interested in joining me for my podcast. He said YES right away. - [How to Prepare for the Future Automation of Everything](https://www.teevee.mx/how-to-prepare-for-the-future-of-automation-of-everything-melissa-flores-davis/) - In today’s episode, we talk to Melissa Flores Davis, a former teacher and founder of the non-profit Never Not Learning. Their mission: “Is to provide the kids of Oak Cliff with low-cost or free creative learning experiences that help them build skills, pursue their passions and prepare for 21st Century careers.” Her passion and knowledge - [Staci Benson: Direct Primary Care Clinic with a Focus on Personal Care](https://www.teevee.mx/staci-benson-direct-primary-care-clinic-dallas/) - In today's episode, we talk to Staci Benson of Paradigm Family Health, which is a Direct Care Primary Clinic in Dallas. We talk about how to save money on your healthcare without using insurance. Insurance is still a valuable instrument... but not always. - [Charles Ogar: On Pursuing Dance Passion and Becoming a Fulltime Dancepreneur](https://www.teevee.mx/charles-ogar-on-pursuing-dance-passion-and-becoming-a-fulltime-dancepreneur/) - In today's episode, we talk to Charles Ogar, the founder of Neo Kizomba. He is one of the the individuals that has pushed urbankiz in North America. - [10 Years Ago I Was Broke and Living at My Mom's House](https://www.teevee.mx/10-years-ago-i-was-broke-and-living-at-my-moms-house/) - The months leading up to 2010 and the new decade were stressful. I had quit my job earlier in the year so you can imagine how I was feeling. I was living in my parent’s garage and it was a huge hit to my ego. I originally left in 1995, assuming I would never go - [My Baby Girls Are No Longer Babies](https://www.teevee.mx/my-baby-girls-are-no-longer-babies/) - My girls have become prolific writers, orators, and performers. Yesterday I picked them up from their mothers like I do every year after Christmas and told them I needed their help. I’m working on a new piece for my daddy page and needed some feedback on how to improve it. It’s been something I’ve been - [How Khan Academy Helped My Daughters Through Distance Learning](https://www.teevee.mx/how-khan-academy-helped-my-daughters-through-distance-learning/) - Khan Academy Helped My Daughters Through Distance Learning My kids, like everyone else’s, are doing distance-learning. Basically, it’s the idea of learning away from an actual school and mainly online. I was worried about my daughters keeping up with the work and being able to stay on schedule since I’m not there with them - [Small Trips in Time](https://www.teevee.mx/small-trips-in-time/) - Small Trips in Time October 2008. Fe (5) and Anastacia (3) I was divorced and working on my side hustle. I became intoxicated with the idea of quitting my job and being more involved in my daughters’ lives. I would be an idiot to quit my steady job. Or would I be a genius? One - ["Are you working on having a son?"](https://www.teevee.mx/are-you-working-on-having-a-son/) - I am the father of two brilliant young ladies. Anyone following me knows this withing 5 minutes. But I get this question fairly often, “Are you working on having a son?” or some variation of it. I am not at all. I’ve never felt that I had to have a son to feel complete. Part - [Lessons in Scarcity After Divorce](https://www.teevee.mx/lessons-in-scarcity-after-divorce/) - That scarcity taught me to appreciate and maximize everything. I only had a few hours with them. It scared me straight since there was little to no time to waste. It's almost as if there's a countdown every weekend. Tick-tock. Tick-tock. Tick-tock... Every conversation mattered. Every choice mattered. Every activity mattered. A little dramatic, I - [My Marriage Was My Biggest & Best Failure](https://www.teevee.mx/my-marriage-was-my-biggest-and-best-failure/) - https://youtu.be/r-gVYLtApNg My marriage was my best and biggest failure. It sounds so dramatic, but it's true. Growing up, I always wanted to be married. It's heavily ingrained in my culture, and I was looking forward to having my own family. My mom was putting a ton of pressure on me to get married. NOW! I - [How to Install Family Pride](https://www.teevee.mx/how-to-install-family-pride/) - As a young father, I came across so many individuals who despised their family and family name. I found this heartbreaking. I had to change that with my daughters. If I could instill a sense of pride in being an Aguirre, then many other lessons would be easier to teach. - [Becoming Superheroes](https://www.teevee.mx/becoming-superheroes/) - Knees weak, arms are heavy. I stood there. Nervous and sweaty in front of a room full of little boys and girls. - [I'm Finally The Man I've Dreamed of Becoming](https://www.teevee.mx/im-finally-the-man-ive-dreamed-of-becoming/) - I'm 45. If anyone asks me in conversation, I freely answer. I never say: Oh my, you know that it's not polite to ask a gentleman his age, right? - [I love washing dishes](https://www.teevee.mx/i-love-washing-dishes/) - I enjoy washing dishes and cleaning the kitchen after eating. Seeing the kitchen and dining area after it’s all done is satisfying. This first became a “thing” when I read an article by Leo Babauta in 2010 that impacted the way I approach all the mundane but necessary tasks of the day. wash your bowl - [I Hated my Smile](https://www.teevee.mx/i-hated-my-smile/) - I hated smiling in photos. I didn't like my smile and made sure never to do it. I felt like I looked like an idiot. It's not hard to avoid smiling if you're unhappy with your life. It was the last year of my marriage, and I was going through old photos of myself with my daughters. - ["Will You Be My Friend?"](https://www.teevee.mx/will-you-be-my-friend/) - I hated smiling in photos. I didn't like my smile and made sure never to do it. I felt like I looked like an idiot. It's not hard to avoid smiling if you're unhappy with your life. It was the last year of my marriage, and I was going through old photos of myself with my daughters. - [Portfolio of Success = Confidence](https://www.teevee.mx/portfolio-of-success-confidence/) - They can shoot a basketball with decent form. They throw and catch a football (often better than most boys). They can write with power and vulnerability, step on stage, and share their truth with a room full of people. They can draw, paint, shoot, and edit. I'll stop there. - ["I Will Never Drink"](https://www.teevee.mx/i-will-never-drink/) - “I will never drink,” screamed little 7-year-old Teevee. Hearing my father vomit in the toilet after a long night of drinking is a memory I will have eternally etched in my mind. - [Shortcuts Are a Longer Road in Disguise](https://www.teevee.mx/shortcuts-are-a-longer-road-in-disguise/) - There are no shortcuts. - [Daddy Issues](https://www.teevee.mx/daddy-issues/) - I became acutely aware of what the term "daddy issues" meant as I started dating after my divorce. I had a ton of them. This fact is apparent to anyone who has read my writing for any length of time. - [I Quit to Become a Business, Man](https://www.teevee.mx/i-quit-to-become-a-business-man/) - I QUIT! 12 years ago today, I quit my job and became a business, man. Now that I was divorced, I would only see my daughters every other weekend. In that same time frame, I found myself working in retail management after having an excellent office job for a couple of years. - [My Identity is No One Thing](https://www.teevee.mx/my-identity-is-no-one-thing/) - I think a lot. A lot! My mind is difficult to tame. One of the topics that occupies a great deal of time is my identity. My image. I see myself a very incredibly diverse and unique individual. I am no one thing. No one culture. No one color. I am Mexican by birth. I - [Ode to Ramen](https://www.teevee.mx/ode-to-ramen/) - Oh, Ramen. You get such a bad rap. You're incredibly bad for us. But you keep us afloat during the lean times. You just can't beat 10 for $1. - [Protecting My Daughters' Mindsat All Costs](https://www.teevee.mx/protecting-my-daughters-mindsat-all-costs/) - One of my worst nightmares as a father is imagining my daughters as 30-year-old adults struggling to cope with their childhood stories and traumas. As children of divorce, this seems inevitable. - [Creating Intentional Childhood Memories & Stories](https://www.teevee.mx/creating-intentional-childhood-memories-stories/) - One of my worst Only having my daughters every other weekend forced me to be intentional with my parenting. I didn't have time to waste. I couldn't help but notice that as adults, we're constantly telling stories from our childhood. Pay close attention, and you'll hear it sprinkled in many conversations.nightmares as a father is imagining my daughters as 30-year-old adults struggling to cope with their childhood stories and traumas. As children of divorce, this seems inevitable. - [My Baby Girl’s Best Poem Ever](https://www.teevee.mx/my-baby-girls-best-poem-ever/) - I got this urgent text from my baby girl, Anastacia. I freaked out, thinking something was wrong. Super Daddy was ready to launch into action. - [How to Meditate Easily](https://www.teevee.mx/how-to-meditate-easily-how-to-meditate-easily-biggest-lesson-from-my-four-year-meditation-journey/) - "All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone." Blaise Pascal - [We're All Imposters](https://www.teevee.mx/were-all-imposters/) - Imposter Syndrome seems to be something that we all feel. Are we all faking it? Or are we overly worried about how we are perceived? - [The Haters are in the Room](https://www.teevee.mx/the-haters-are-in-the-room-bedtime-stories-with-my-daughters/) - The haters are in the room. Girls, not everyone is going to like you. Ever. No matter how kind, respectful and helpful you are, there will be someone in the room that will likely be annoyed by you and think you're conceited or that you think you're "All that!" - [Vulnerability Buys You Freedom](https://www.teevee.mx/vulnerability-buys-you-freedom/) - "Vulnerability Buys You Freedom" James Altucher said this on the Rich Roll podcast and found myself nodding vigorously in agreement. For me, not having to worry about being "exposed" in some way is such a liberating feeling. - ["There Are No Friends"](https://www.teevee.mx/there-are-no-friends/) - "There are no friends." This is what my father would tell me as a kid. I had trouble accepting it, but he insisted on it throughout my entire childhood. I have to assume he was telling me this to protect me, right? - [You Always Have a Choice](https://www.teevee.mx/you-always-have-a-choice/) - You always have a choice in any given moment or conversation. We know this intellectually, but we tend to reply with our first instinctive thought. - [How to Raise Confident Children](https://www.teevee.mx/how-to-raise-confident-children/) - To me, confidence is a superpower, and I believe virtually all children have it at birth. They're tiny squishy organisms with no idea what they can and can't do. - [I'm Lost](https://www.teevee.mx/im-lost/) - I feel lost. For the past 18 years, I have spent a portion of each day wondering what I could do to support and love my daughters. - [How to Get Your Kid to Stop Asking Why](https://www.teevee.mx/how-to-get-your-kid-to-stop-asking-why-the-answer-lies-within/) - Do you ever find yourself in the endless loop of "whys" with your kid and wonder why? - [My Girls Come Home Again](https://www.teevee.mx/my-girls-come-home-again/) - They come home today. It's the single month out of the year I have with both my girls full-time. This has been our reality since the divorce. But this year, it's different. Damnit. - [How my Daughter Taught me to Breathe](https://www.teevee.mx/how-my-daughter-taught-me-to-breathe/) - It was one of the absolute most challenging periods of my life. My marriage was falling apart, and I was barely maintaining my sanity. Somehow I had to keep it together. My girls needed their father to figure it out. They needed a father figure. - [How I Taught My Kids To Stop Being Annoying](https://www.teevee.mx/how-i-taught-my-kids-to-stop-being-annoying-the-rule-of-3/) - It was one of the absolute most challenging periods of my life. My marriage was falling apart, and I was barely maintaining my sanity. Somehow I had to keep it together. My girls needed their father to figure it out. They needed a father figure. - [Dave Chappelle is Wrong ( and Right About Twitter)](https://www.teevee.mx/dave-chappele-is-wrong-and-right-about-twitter/) - I heard my favorite stand-up comic say that Twitter is just a bathroom wall in a recent interview. The funny thing is that I thought the same thing just last year. I've had a Twitter account since 2009 but didn't use it much because it seemed too toxic. - [My Ex Upgraded After Me](https://www.teevee.mx/my-ex-upgraded-after-me/) - My ex-girlfriend upgraded after me. I'm sure all my exes upgraded. At least, I hope they did. I hope they found the love and companionship that they were looking for and upgraded. - [How to Empower Our Children with 3 Simple Words](https://www.teevee.mx/how-to-empower-our-children-with-3-simple-words/) - "The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice." - Peggy O'Mara That's a lot of power and responsibility to bear as parents, but of course, it's true. - ["Baby, I Love Your Curly Hair"](https://www.teevee.mx/baby-i-love-your-curly-hair/) - I've learned that a woman's hair is a large part of her identity. It can provide a great deal of pride or shame. The struggle became apparent when I was dating. Numerous women admitted that their hair was actually curly. But they would wake up early every day to straighten it. - [Fun & Simple Games for Dads on a Budget](https://www.teevee.mx/fun-simple-games-for-parents-on-a-budget/) - I was so broke 12 years ago that I would just go to sleep at night to quell the hunger pains. Money was scarce since I had just quit my job, and I was still figuring to generate opportunities for my new business. I had to be creative and thrifty with anything I chose for my daughters. Here are some of our favorite cheap, fun, and engaging solutions that I found for play. - [My Childhood is Coded in Spanish](https://www.teevee.mx/my-childhood-is-coded-in-spanish/) - Todas mis historias y memorias de me niñez están codificadas en español. Translation: All my stories and memories from my childhood are coded in Spanish. - [The Time I Hired a Former Criminal](https://www.teevee.mx/the-time-i-hired-a-former-criminal/) - Todas mis historias y memorias de me niñez están codificadas en español. Translation: All my stories and memories from my childhood are coded in Spanish. - [Playing Small Serves No One](https://www.teevee.mx/playing-small-serves-no-one-this-fathers-story/) - I don't have all the answers; I just have my stories. I have no parenting degrees or any real-world certifications from some institution of high knowledge. Some might say I'm full of shit. But my life is real and full of experiences. - [Why I Called My Kid Ugly](https://www.teevee.mx/anticipating-the-teasing-bullying-why-i-called-my-kid-ugly/) - Slut. Ugly. Bitch. Wetback. Skinny. Fat. Stupid. Smartass. Arrogant. What would they be called? What words would be used to insult my baby girls or make them feel "less than"? - [I've Been Waking at 5am for 3 Years- This is my Biggest Lesson](https://www.teevee.mx/ive-been-waking-at-5am-for-3-years-this-is-my-biggest-lesson/) - Despite not being a "morning person," I've been waking up at 5am for three years. The feeling of waking up and getting a lot of work done made me happy and accomplished. I could meditate, read, write, study, or get started on significant projects with few distractions. - [The Best Day Of My Life- 15 Years in the Making](https://www.teevee.mx/the-best-day-of-my-life-15-years-in-the-making/) - Despite not being a "morning person," I've been waking up at 5am for three years. The feeling of waking up and getting a lot of work done made me happy and accomplished. I could meditate, read, write, study, or get started on significant projects with few distractions. - [I hate my father](https://www.teevee.mx/i-hate-my-father/) - I hate my father. On most days, I just can't understand him. On other days I can't stand him. Today is much worse, and I have to get to school. Let me explain. It's my responsibility to get the trash to the front of the house every Monday and Thursday morning for the trashmen to pick up. It's a simple job except for the fact that the neighborhood cats and dogs rip the bags every time. - [How to Stop Feeling Overwhelmed- The Brain Dump](https://www.teevee.mx/how-to-stop-feeling-overwhelmed-the-brain-dump/) - My oldest daughter looked sad, exhausted, and overwhelmed, so I asked: Baby, what's on your mind? She listed a ton of tasks and obligations that were stressing her out. Oh? This would be a perfect time to flex my daddy mentoring muscles and share one of my favorite exercises. The brain dump. - [The Hangry Chronicles](https://www.teevee.mx/🤤-the-hangry-chronicles-florida-vacay-day-1/) - I'm writing this from Florida after a hellavu drive across the south. We drove almost 12 hours and arrived late last night. We couldn't find anywhere to eat because "everyone in Florida" must be hungry at the same time. - [Florida Man Hits On Daughter - Father Reacts](https://www.teevee.mx/florida-man-hits-on-daughter-father-reacts/) - "Hey! Hey! Hey baby!" I'm witnessing my big girl get "hit on" for the first time in real-time. We had arrived at the restaurant to eat dinner hours earlier. While we're patiently waiting in the car, I see another car park beside us slowly. - [🛒 How Working as a Sacker Helped Give me an Unfair Advantage](https://www.teevee.mx/🛒-how-working-as-a-sacker-helped-give-me-an-unfair-advantage/) - Sometimes it may seem that you are wasting your life away, and you're going nowhere fast. Most of my family and friends felt this way about me when I was younger. They thought I had so many talents that weren't being leveraged by working in a grocery store. They weren't wrong. But they weren't right either. - [Creating Your Value & Getting Paid Your Worth](https://www.teevee.mx/creating-your-value-getting-paid-your-worth/) - "You don't get what you deserve in life; you get what you negotiate." I said this to my oldest child in a conversation about her photography business. If you don't feel that you're getting paid enough, negotiate for a better rate next time. - [The Hardest Day of the Year as Their Father](https://www.teevee.mx/the-hardest-day-of-the-year-as-their-father/) - The day has come for them to go home to their mother. We've done this every year for the past 13 years; you'd think it would get easier. It doesn't. I'm still filled with sadness and heartache. But, I could focus on the great memories we created this past month. Yea, let's do that. - [How Swallowing My Ego Allowed Me to Raise Resilient Daughters](https://www.teevee.mx/baby-mama-drama-go-buh-bye/) - A Facebook friend messaged me and said, "I have never heard you speak poorly of their mother." "You're quite astute," I replied. As a rule, I never speak badly about my ex-wife (or any ex). I chose her. - [🤨💬 How to Have The Bestest Conversations Ever](https://www.teevee.mx/how-to-have-the-bestest-conversations-ever/) - What creates the best conversations? Questions. Ask better questions, get better answers. Said better, ask better questions and people feel the urge to share; and sometimes overshare. They'll share secrets they've never shared. They'll tell you stories they thought they forgot. Crazy, right? - ["Screw College! I'll Be An Artist"](https://www.teevee.mx/screw-college-ill-be-an-artist/) - As an immigrant kid with almost no English skills, my pencil and paper allowed me to create a world where all the characters spoke my language. In my mind, I found refuge. An old friend told me he had to drag me out of the house to play. As the years passed, I mastered the - [How to Make a Decision (Part 1)](https://www.teevee.mx/how-to-make-a-decision-part-1/) - Years ago, I had a friend ask me at dinner: "You've only been sitting for 2 minutes, and you already chose your meal. WTF! How?" It was late. I was tired and hungry. We had just wrapped up a full day of training at a dance festival. I had no energy to waste. "Simple," I told her, "I just picked the first thing that looked delicious. And voila." - [I Won't Quit, But...](https://www.teevee.mx/i-wont-quit-but-i-will-cuss-the-whole-time/) - I won’t quit. Can’t stop. Won’t stop. But I’ll cuss the whole time! - [When You're Drunk in Love](https://www.teevee.mx/when-youre-drunk-in-love/) - When you're drunk in love. It's a cool feeling. Hit me one more time, bartender. - [Bad Day...](https://www.teevee.mx/bad-day/) - There are days when it seems like you can't catch a break. Today was that day for me. Good thing there's always tomorrow. Tomorrow is still on deck, right? - [There are Days When...](https://www.teevee.mx/there-are-days-when/) - There are days when... it seems like you can't catch a break. Today was that day for me. Good thing there's always tomorrow. Tomorrow is still on deck, right? - [Your Relationships are Your Stories](https://www.teevee.mx/your-relationships-are-your-stories/) - “Your relationships are your stories. Write well and edit often.” ⁦ - [My name Will Become an Asset](https://www.teevee.mx/my-name-will-become-an-asset/) - Working to ensure that... my Name becomes an asset for generations to come. I’m having fun along the way. - [No Gray Sweats](https://www.teevee.mx/no-gray-sweats/) - “Oh no! I've seen the memes. You're not walking out of here with gray sweatpants.” - My GF - [Friends Are Forever, Right?](https://www.teevee.mx/friends-are-forever-right/) - Years ago, I had a friend ask me at dinner: "You've only been sitting for 2 minutes, and you already chose your meal. WTF! How?" It was late. I was tired and hungry. We had just wrapped up a full day of training at a dance festival. I had no energy to waste. - [A Zoomish Selfie](https://www.teevee.mx/a-zoomish-selfie/) - A zoomish self-portrait of Teevee the Great. - [I can Finally Touch my Toes](https://www.teevee.mx/i-can-finally-touch-my-toes/) - Not to brag, but... I can finally touch my toes. While in yoga class, I just magically reached, and there were my little piggies within my reach. I've never been able to touch them even when I was a young, spry fellow. - [Meet Passion Perry](https://www.teevee.mx/meet-passion-perry/) - Meet Passion Perry He wants to do it all. If only there were more hours in the day he would pursue even more passions. - [Bet on Yourself.](https://www.teevee.mx/bet-on-yourself/) - Bet on yourself. - [You’ll have to Work Late](https://www.teevee.mx/youll-have-to-work-late/) - You’ll have to work... into the late hours of the night. But it will be worth it. - [Stop Skipping the Upgrade](https://www.teevee.mx/stop-skipping-the-upgrade/) - Stop skipping the upgrade. Update your source code. - [A Day of My Life](https://www.teevee.mx/a-day-of-my-life/) - A day in the life of Teevee. - [Some days you have ideas, but...](https://www.teevee.mx/some-days-you-have-ideas-but/) - Some days you have ideas... upon ideas, but can’t execute. Let’s try again tomorrow. - [We are still doing “show and tell”](https://www.teevee.mx/we-are-still-doing-show-and-tell/) - “Research shows that more than 40% of what we talk about is related to our own personal experiences and stories” - Jonah Burger So nothing has changed. We’re just big kids. We are still doing “show and tell” as adults. It’s part of being human. - [Biking East to West in Austin](https://www.teevee.mx/biking-east-to-west-in-austin/) - My gf and I rented bikes yesterday while visiting Austin. We thought it would be cute to ride the trail around the Colorado River in Austin. This was my observation as we made ourselves east. And we are cute though. - [When your subconscious is...](https://www.teevee.mx/when-your-subconscious-is/) - When your subconscious is eager to get the day started… at 2am. So here we are. - [Hold space for your friends](https://www.teevee.mx/hold-space-for-your-friends/) - Hold space for your friends and family. We all need someone we can trust with our vulnerabilities. Start by being the trusted safe space for others. - [I’ll Finally be Able to Smile](https://www.teevee.mx/ill-finally-be-able-to-smile/) - I’ll finally be able to smile in full splendor when taking pictures with my babies… in 2 years. Maybe. I’m finally getting Invisalign to get a beautiful grill next month. Stay tuned. - [Things aren't What they Seem](https://www.teevee.mx/things-arent-what-they-seem/) - Things aren't what they seem online or anywhere else. I actually have 7 kids and can't stand any of them. - [Life Inside Your Head](https://www.teevee.mx/life-inside-your-head/) - You live most of your life inside your head. Make sure it’s a nice place to be. - [Good Old Days](https://www.teevee.mx/good-old-days/) - “If we had only known that those were the good old days we talk about today” - [They Go Home](https://www.teevee.mx/they-go-home/) - [Sex is Cool, But...](https://www.teevee.mx/sex-is-cool-but/) - Yea, sex is cool. But have you ever spent an hour looking for a song but only remember one lyric from that song. Then you find it. That’s hella cooler. 😂 - [Where will you be in 10 years?](https://www.teevee.mx/where-will-you-be-in-10-years/) - Where will you be in 10 years? Where were you 10 years ago? I'm ready but not ready. - [The limit is not the sky.](https://www.teevee.mx/the-limit-is-not-the-sky/) - "The limit is not the sky. The limit is the mind" - Wim Hof - [My Happiness is Cheap](https://www.teevee.mx/my-happiness-is-cheap/) - “My happiness is cheap, so I can always afford it” - Chris the BFF Happiness is an inside job and it’s way cheaper. - [You get just one life.](https://www.teevee.mx/you-get-just-one-life/) - You get just one life. One! Why aren't running like we're on fire towards our craziest dreams? - [Books should be Labeled](https://www.teevee.mx/books-should-be-labeled/) - "Books should be labeled... like supplements: With the intended effects on the cover." @seanstews I've read 6 books that changed the direction of my life and bent and altered my beliefs in ways that have allowed me to build my life intentionally. - [HipHop- a Culture and Music](https://www.teevee.mx/hiphop-a-culture-and-music/) - Happy Belated to HipHop 🎤- a culture and music that was birthed in the streets of New York on August 11, 1973. It was supposed to be a fad. It was supposed to ruin the youth. Yet it's still here and everywhere. We even have our own "get off my lawn" old heads. - [On Growing Old Elegantly](https://www.teevee.mx/on-growing-old-elegantly/) - My smile is crooked, and I’m missing a tooth. I nicknamed myself Toothless. - [Confidence is a comfort with failure](https://www.teevee.mx/confidence-is-a-comfort-with-failure/) - "Confidence is not a belief... in success, it's a comfort with failure." @iammarkmanson In baseball, the best hitters miss 7 out of 10 times. In basketball, the best miss 1 out of every 2 shots. Keep shooting. Keep swinging. Keep showing up. - [What if we could see...](https://www.teevee.mx/what-if-we-could-see/) - What if we could see... the bleeding, swelling, and trauma on people's minds? Maybe then mental health would be more of a priority. Luckily mental health is becoming less stigmatized and more mainstream. - [Me at Mid-life](https://www.teevee.mx/me-at-mid-life/) - Other 40-somethings: Buy Lambo. Me: Buy new Drawing Tablet, and brushes, and paper, and textures, and... - [Love is a verb](https://www.teevee.mx/love-is-a-verb/) - "Love is a verb. It is not a permanent state of enthusiasm. It’s not about finding the right person. It’s about being the right person” - @EstherPerel - [Sometimes you have to be a Lion](https://www.teevee.mx/sometimes-you-have-to-be-a-lion/) - "Sometimes you have to be a Lion, so you can be the lamb you really are." - Yvonne Reed - [Me? You? Us?](https://www.teevee.mx/me-you-us/) - Me? You? Us? A constant balancing act between brain and heart. - [Do One Today.](https://www.teevee.mx/do-one-today/) - Do one today. Maybe 2 or 3. - [You’re brilliant, beautiful leaders](https://www.teevee.mx/youre-brilliant-beautiful-leaders/) - They've been preparing... for this moment their entire lives. “You’re brilliant, beautiful leaders. You’re brilliant, beautiful leaders. You’re brilliant, beautiful leaders.” - [I read Rich Dad Poor Dad](https://www.teevee.mx/i-read-rich-dad-poor-dad/) - I read Rich Dad Poor Dad by @therealkiyosaki right after the divorce in 2007. Until that point, I never believed I could be a businessman. I was mentally broke. That inflection point altered the entire course of my life. I changed the way I spoke about money with my daughters. - [Your 2030 lifestyle](https://www.teevee.mx/your-2030-lifestyle/) - "Your 2030 lifestyle... will be determined by your 2021 decisions" @earnyourleisure Plus you get a couple of extra days for leap year. Make them day count. - [Work on Yourself](https://www.teevee.mx/work-on-yourself/) - Teacher, what does it mean "to work on yourself" It means: to stop waiting for others to change. - [Letter from the Out There](https://www.teevee.mx/letter-from-the-out-there/) - Hi, I'm coming to you from the Out There. Not here, but Out There. People always talk about the fear they have about putting themselves Out There. It's as if it's a mystical land of enchantment and creativity. But why the fear? Why the apprehension? The Out There is very much like the place you - ["What you don't say...](https://www.teevee.mx/what-you-dont-say/) - "What you don't say is separating us" Some conversations are tough. So we choose not to have them. Resentment builds as the years move on. At some point, the words never said drive a wedge that is almost impossible to undo. Now what? - [Tic Tac Love](https://www.teevee.mx/tic-tac-love/) - Heart wins! Brain: How about best 2 out of 3? - [My Creative Process](https://www.teevee.mx/my-creative-process/) - Is your creative process different? - [Evolve or Repeat?](https://www.teevee.mx/evolve-or-repeat/) - "A lesson will be repeated until learned." Somehow you will find yourself back in the same spot. Same question. Same challenge. Same decision. You have two choices. Evolve or repeat. - [The first 46 years](https://www.teevee.mx/the-first-46-years/) - HALFTIME. The first 46 years of my childhood have been fantastic. - [Being a trophy boyfriend](https://www.teevee.mx/being-a-trophy-boyfriend/) - BEING A TROPHY BOYFRIEND is exhausting. - [Perdona me Mami](https://www.teevee.mx/perdona-me-mami/) - "PERDONA ME MAMI. I was just playing soccer with the boys in the yard." I didn't know it then, but we were poor. My mom would be furious when I came back from playing with the boys with grass stains & knee tears in my pants. That's all I had to play in and, well, - [kiss my booboos](https://www.teevee.mx/kiss-my-booboos/) - "Baby! I need you to kiss my booboos." I got my flu shot today. Plus gallons of blood drawn to get tested to make sure I'm growing old well. Don't let the rugged manly exterior fool you. I'm a big baby. - [You think your pain](https://www.teevee.mx/you-think-your-pain/) - "You think your pain... and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read." -James Baldwin - [Mind on my money](https://www.teevee.mx/mind-on-my-money/) - Mind on my money, money on my mind. Tupac's been bumping in the background. Money is the storage of value. Value = Labor (This can include time, energy, creativity, etc.) I'm down the rabbit hole of crypto, fiat currency, inflation, leverage .... - [this framework has saved me](https://www.teevee.mx/this-framework-has-saved-me/) - The older I get, the more this framework has saved me from hating myself later. - [A Dollar that's Losing](https://www.teevee.mx/a-dollar-thats-losing/) - Make those dead presidents do the laps. "A dollar that isn't moving is a dollar that's losing." @wallstreet504 - [4 windows to the world](https://www.teevee.mx/4-windows-to-the-world/) - Four siblings with... 4 windows to the world. We each had to keep our heads together until we were able to walk our own paths. - [BOOS don't block dunks](https://www.teevee.mx/boos-dont-block-dunks/) - "BOOS don't block dunks" - Black Mamba Mental note to self: Research origin of boos. It's such a quirky thing to voice disapproval. #sketcheveryday - [Meditations in the Morning](https://www.teevee.mx/meditations-in-the-morning/) - Meditations in the morning tend to be very chatty. Do them anyway. Just sit and let your mind do what it must. - [web3 rabbit hole](https://www.teevee.mx/web3-rabbit-hole/) - Down the web3 rabbit hole I go. Just me? - [Life Experiments](https://www.teevee.mx/life-experiments/) - "Live life like a series of Experiments" Because that's what they are. Little by little you find the right blend that makes us uniquely you. - [As their father...](https://www.teevee.mx/as-their-father/) - As their father, I've always tried to protect them and their beautiful minds from any and all harm. Yet they still feel pain. They still feel sadness. But to be human is to feel all range of emotions. Silly daddy. - [Born Inherently Creative](https://www.teevee.mx/born-inherently-creative/) - "We are all born inherently creative." -Alan Moore But then what happens? Life. Let's get back to this place of creativity. Our inner child yearns to paint some walls. - [Yesterday's price](https://www.teevee.mx/yesterdays-price/) - "Yesterday's price is... not today's price!" As Fat Joe would say.... - [Nobody is thinking of you as an imposter](https://www.teevee.mx/nobody-is-thinking-of-you-as-an-imposter/) - "Nobody is thinking... of you as an imposter. They are busy thinking about themselves." -@ryanholiday Every great creative person I've met has felt like an imposter. Yet, I've never heard of an instance when someone called them an imposter. Fascinating. - [Damn you captcha!](https://www.teevee.mx/damn-you-captcha/) - Damn you captcha! BABE! What are crosswalks again? - [Ideas are the new oil](https://www.teevee.mx/ideas-are-the-new-oil/) - "Ideas are the new oil" @naval And I have a few million of them when I’m trying to go sleep. - [We struggle with Compliments](https://www.teevee.mx/we-struggle-with-compliments/) - We don't like criticism. We hate hate. But we struggle with compliments. We make no sense. - [There is nothing to writing](https://www.teevee.mx/there-is-nothing-to-writing/) - "There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed." Ernest Hemingway And bleed I do- as often as I can. - [People can swallow the pill](https://www.teevee.mx/people-can-swallow-the-pill/) - "People can swallow the pill because it's on a shirt" @virgilabloh RIP to the great artist, designer, DJ, stylist.... - [I reached the tipping point](https://www.teevee.mx/i-reached-the-tipping-point/) - I reached the tipping point. The marriage wasn't working. On Xmas Eve 2006, I called it. I looked around, saw the gifts, and felt numb. But it also felt right and that would be the beginning of the rest of my life. - [PSA Don’t eat the last cookie](https://www.teevee.mx/psa-dont-eat-the-last-cookie/) - PSA Don't eat the last cookie. A lot of people think I’m wise and smart. I’m not. I’m just a survivor. Follow me for more relationship advice. - [If you want a connection](https://www.teevee.mx/if-you-want-a-connection/) - "If you want connection- communicate If you want to disappoint- make them guess." @millennial.therapist What if we actually expressed and communicated? Nah, they should be able to read our minds, right? - [Parents are the first influencer](https://www.teevee.mx/parents-are-the-first-influencer/) - Parents are the first influencers... that children have in their lives. We are their first heroes. They believe and follow our every action, thought, and belief. Then what happens? - [When Big Boys Cry- A Story of Art and Tears](https://www.teevee.mx/when-big-boys-cry-a-story-of-art-and-tears/) - When Big Boys Cry- A Story of Art and Tears A year ago, I stumbled across Naval's teachings. He made me realize that I had a stack of skills that I had developed in the last 30 years of my life that I was undervaluing. Naval essentially gave me permission to create and build my - [Some people like what you do](https://www.teevee.mx/some-people-like-what-you-do/) - "Some people like what you do, some people hate what you do, but most people don't give a damn." -Charles Bukowski Focus on those who give a damn. They're easy to spot. - [My daughter has gotten "hit on" twice](https://www.teevee.mx/my-daughter-has-gotten-hit-on-twice/) - My daughter has gotten "hit on" twice while driving on the freeway in the last few weeks. Seriously. How successful is this approach? Boys, do better. Don't be a fucking idiot and get someone hurt. - [Focusing is about saying no](https://www.teevee.mx/focusing-is-about-saying-no/) - "Focus is about saying no." -Steve Jobs In a world filled with distractions and hundreds of open tabs that you will "get to later"- saying no allows you to stay laser-focused. Easier said than done. Especially when you have to say no to people. - [I asked my mom recently](https://www.teevee.mx/i-asked-my-mom-recently/) - I asked my mom recently: Of all the worries you had about your children, how many of them came true? She replied: Very few. But yet she worried about all the potential things that could go wrong making herself miserable and sad. - [Make this year special](https://www.teevee.mx/make-this-year-special/) - This year. Let’s all make this year special. 1% better every day. Compound that growth. - [Last year I met a lot of new people](https://www.teevee.mx/last-year-i-met-a-lot-of-new-people/) - Last year I met a lot of people and made new friends. I couldn’t help but wonder how I did it. Ps Yes. I still draw a sun in the corner of my art. Sometimes. - [I wish I could remember](https://www.teevee.mx/i-wish-i-could-remember/) - I wish I could remember the last time... they ran into my arms & then I tossed them in the air. The glee & laughter would set the tone for the ride home. They'd tell me about their week and all the new friends they made. Then they'd ask about our plans for the weekend - [Promise to My Babies](https://www.teevee.mx/promise-to-my-babies/) - It has always been vital that my babies trust that their father was a man of his word. "I want you to set your clock to my word." - [things cannot be bought](https://www.teevee.mx/things-cannot-be-bought/) - "A fit body, a calm mind, a house full of love. These things cannot be bought- they must be earned." @naval Find happiness the old fashioned way... earn it. - [Something my daughters taught me](https://www.teevee.mx/something-my-daughters-taught-me/) - Something my daughters taught me: I learned I was pretty. - [Look Pops! I'm on TV!](https://www.teevee.mx/look-pops-im-on-tv/) - My smile is crooked, and I’m missing a tooth. I nicknamed myself Toothless. - [The Power of Influence and Inspiration](https://www.teevee.mx/the-power-of-influence-and-inspiration/) - A lot of what I have written in this blog to this point has been on a deeper level. Lessons I have learned after a lot of trial and error. Joseph,a great friend of mine, asked me once why I was so smart. To which I humbly replied," I am not smart at all, I - [13 Years since I Walked Away](https://www.teevee.mx/13-years-since-i-walked-away/) - 13 years since I walked away... from my dependable job with benefits and reliability. Still standing and thriving. Don’t be fooled by the hype. It’s not easy. It’s not recommended for the faint of heart. But I had to bet on myself and went all in. Plus I don’t have a heart. - [When I was Just Getting Started](https://www.teevee.mx/when-i-was-just-getting-started/) - When I was just getting started... I felt that if I had more information and training- I would be successful. Now here we all are. Drowning in information. Lacking execution. Afraid to fail so we look for more information to distract us. - [One body. One mind.](https://www.teevee.mx/one-body-one-mind/) - "Your entire life happens inside your body. It's the one home you will always occupy and can never sell… Everything is downstream from how your body is functioning.” @jamesclear This quote shook me. It refocused me to take care of my mental and physical wellbeing. One body. One mind. That's all we get. - [Make Them Feel Something](https://www.teevee.mx/make-them-feel-something/) - That's a lot of damn pressure to carry. But you're carrying it whether you realize it or not. - [My Most Precious Asset](https://www.teevee.mx/my-most-precious-asset/) - That's a lot of damn pressure to carry. But you're carrying it whether you realize it or not. - [BRO-DATE WITH DAUGHTER'S BOYFRIEND](https://www.teevee.mx/bro-date-with-daughters-boyfriend/) - I am the model for manhood for my daughters. It became clear that this burden and responsibility were mine as their father and the first man in their lives. - [My Best Decision as A Father](https://www.teevee.mx/my-best-decision-as-a-father/) - That's a lot of damn pressure to carry. But you're carrying it whether you realize it or not. - [How to A Become a Better Dad Especially After Divorce](https://www.teevee.mx/how-to-a-become-a-better-dad-especially-after-divorce/) - Start resolving your own shit. Yea, I said it. Get therapy. Find support groups. Get a mentor. - [Be a Good Ancestor or Else...](https://www.teevee.mx/be-a-good-ancestor-or-else/) - That's a lot of damn pressure to carry. But you're carrying it whether you realize it or not. - [Dads: Want to Lose Your Kids Trust in 3 Simple Steps?](https://www.teevee.mx/dads-do-you-want-to-lose-your-kids-trust-in-3-simple-steps/) - Want to lose your kids' trust? Here's are three simple tips to ensure this happens. - [How to Give Your Kids a Bigger Worldview and Appreciation Without Traveling the World](https://www.teevee.mx/how-to-give-your-kids-a-bigger-worldview-and-appreciation-without-traveling-the-world/) - Despite not traveling the world- I've been able to give my girls a much larger worldview through my circle of friends and passions. I've only been able to realize this by looking back on my life and connecting the dots. - [Short Conversation That Eliminated Future Shame For My Daughters](https://www.teevee.mx/short-conversation-that-eliminated-future-shame-for-my-daughters/) - "Girls, I have a little secret to share." They were nine and seven at the time, and it was time for a real conversation. - [Science Says "Show & Tell" is Needed & Natural Despite Becoming Big Babies/Adults](https://www.teevee.mx/science-says-show-tell-is-needed-natural-despite-becoming-big-babies-adults/) - Remember "show and tell" in school? You got to stand up in front of the class and shine. You would show your new doll, pet rock, or construction truck to the entire class. Good times. - [Hope by Anastacia - A Spoken Word Poem](https://www.teevee.mx/hope-by-anastacia-a-spoken-word-poem/) - Hope by Anastacia - A Spoken Word Poem - [How Quitting Can Help You Become Confident, Successful, and Wise](https://www.teevee.mx/how-quitting-can-help-you-become-confident-successful-and-wise/) - I've quit more times than I can count throughout my life. I love the idea of learning new skills and becoming better. But then my insecurities, financing, or logistics become too difficult to bear. - [Valuable Lessons That Pixar & Marvel Can Teach Us to Become Better Dads](https://www.teevee.mx/valuable-lessons-that-pixar-marvel-can-teach-us-to-become-better-dads/) - Storytelling is an essential skill to being a better parent and father. Learning to tell a vivid story can help you capture and retain your kids' attention and teach valuable lessons. Dads can learn from the storytellers at Marvel and Pixar. - [The Moment I Decided to Quit My Job During the Great Recession](https://www.teevee.mx/the-moment-i-decided-to-quit-my-job-during-the-great-recession/) - The Moment I Decided to Quit My Job During the Great Recession It was a moment that I'll never forget because ski-masks and big guns were involved - [Most Precious Asset](https://www.teevee.mx/most-precious-asset/) - "My written words... are my most precious asset. They are also a history of my life.” -Derek Sivers My words, stories, and life have value. If only to my daughters. - [Becoming Comfortable With Life's Bloody Reality - A Story for #GirlDads](https://www.teevee.mx/becoming-comfortable-with-lifes-bloody-reality-a-story-for-girldads/) - #Girldad started trending and became cool. But showing up is more than hashtags and feeling good about ourselves. - [How & Why I Programmed My Kids to Follow Stoic Philosophy ](https://www.teevee.mx/how-why-programmed-my-kids-to-follow-stoic-philosophy/) - "Dad, I'm a Stoic. You made me a Stoic!" It's true. I have been intentionally programming my girls from the very beginning. - [Story from Recovering Comic Book Addict](https://www.teevee.mx/story-from-recovering-comic-book-addict/) - I once had thousands and thousands of comics. Today I bought my first books from an actual comic shop in over 20 years. It felt exhilarating to support a new local business in my area. - [How I Taught My Daughters to Practice Safe Debt & Money Management](https://www.teevee.mx/how-i-taught-my-daughters-to-practice-safe-debt-money-management/) - A dad spends a lot of time worried about keeping our kids safe. Having open and candid conversations around money is as vital as conversations about sex. - [How a Clueless But Observant Man Prepared His Daughters for Life](https://www.teevee.mx/how-a-clueless-but-observant-man-prepared-his-daughters-for-life/) - How a Clueless But Observant Man Prepared His Daughters for Life We all have secret powers developed in childhood that become our unfair advantage. Mine? - [There Are Good People All Around Us in Spite of What the Headlines Want us To Believe](https://www.teevee.mx/there-are-good-people-all-around-us-in-spite-of-the-headlines-want-us-to-believe/) - There Are Good People All Around Us in Spite of What the Headlines Want us To Believe My daughter called me nervous and afraid. Her car had stalled in the middle of the road… Read the story with a happy ending below. - [Hater or Critic? Choose Wisely Dads](https://www.teevee.mx/hater-or-critic-choose-wisely-dads/) - Haters are everywhere. Critics are everywhere. But haters and critics aren't the same. Hate is stupid. Yet, critics and criticism have value. They provide the feedback needed to improve your craft, art, and life. - [How Successful Writers Push Past Distraction & Write Consistently](https://www.teevee.mx/how-successful-writers-push-past-distraction-write-consistently/) - "You have permission to not write. But you don't have permission to do anything else." Neil Gaiman Virtually everyone author that we admire struggles to write. Almost everyone author that we admire struggles to write. Yet they still push themselves. How? - [Saturday Morning Mental Dumps](https://www.teevee.mx/saturday-morning-mental-dumps/) - I woke up early on a Saturday, and there weren't any cartoons or a bowl of Frosted Flakes waiting for me. - [How My Passion Creates My Biggest Stress- A Dancers Story](https://www.teevee.mx/how-my-passion-creates-my-biggest-stress-a-dancers-story/) - My dance passion has introduced me to my closest friends and my fantastic girlfriend. I've met people from all over the world and learned so much about life. Read the story about why it stresses me out so much. - [Being a StepFather is Hard- Being an Ex-Step Father is Harder](https://www.teevee.mx/being-a-stepfather-is-hard-being-an-ex-step-father-is-harder/) - This was the most challenging part of the divorce. I was still my kids' dad. But I was no longer anything to my stepchildren. - [How I Raised Perfect Daughters Who Always Followed my Instructions](https://www.teevee.mx/how-i-raised-perfect-daughters-who-always-followed-my-instructions/) - What can I say? I was a perfect dad. Or was I? Read the story below. - [How to Get Your Kids to Follow Your Directions and Without Screaming](https://www.teevee.mx/how-to-get-your-kids-to-follow-your-directions-and-without-screaming/) - Does it seem like your kids never follow your directions? What if I told you that there was a technique that would help ensure that they understood your instructions and almost guaranteed they would follow through without needing to scream like a maniac who lost his keys. - [Raising Smart Ass Kids - A Proud Dad Tells All](https://www.teevee.mx/raising-smart-ass-kids-a-proud-dad-tells-all/) - Over the years, I've had a few people tell me that my daughters were smartasses. This came as a shock to me because I hadn't noticed it. My daughters and I will debate and argue, but disrespect wasn't something I ever detected. Was my bias showing? - [I Tried Leaving Before Embarrassing My Daughter - A Dad's Story](https://www.teevee.mx/i-tried-leaving-before-embarrassing-my-daughter-a-dads-story/) - I was trying to leave without embarrassing my daughter. My girlfriend tried to stop me. She was insisting to turn around to congratulate and hug my baby girl. She and her team had just wrapped up a band competition and were hanging out waiting for their bus. - [When a New Habit Becomes a Ritual and Why Meditation Makes the World a Better Place](https://www.teevee.mx/when-a-new-habit-becomes-a-ritual-and-why-meditation-makes-the-world-a-better-place/) - Today is the 4th anniversary of being able to shut my eyes for more than 2 minutes without losing my mind. - [Dads Would Die for Their Kids But Won't Live For Them](https://www.teevee.mx/dads-would-die-for-their-kids-but-wont-live-for-them/) - This is a call to action to all dads. If you love your kids, you will be mad at me and do something about it. - [My Last Court Ordered Summer with My Daughters](https://www.teevee.mx/my-last-court-ordered-summer-with-my-daughters/) - This will be my strangest and most emotional summer as a dad. It's the bridge to the other phase of my parenting journey. On the last day of school, I would be waiting for them to jump in the car. Then we would drive into the horizon. - [How Being Awkward & Dorky Can Influence People - My Formula for Success](https://www.teevee.mx/how-being-awkward-dorky-can-influence-people-my-formula-for-success/) - It pays to be you; all awkward and genuine you. You've been practicing all your life. You become memorable for your genuine personality. I was reminded of this lesson yesterday on a sales call. - [How I Trained My Daughters to Amplify Their Voices to Heard and Felt](https://www.teevee.mx/how-i-trained-my-daughters-to-amplify-their-voices-to-heard-and-felt/) - I shouted this to my 11 and 9-year-old daughters as we drove down the freeway with the windows rolled down. They were in the back seat of our old run-down Honda Civic, so it was especially noisy. - [Our Moment Above Everyone Else](https://www.teevee.mx/our-moment-above-everyone-else/) - She could have chosen anyone, but my daughter chose me. - [When Arguments Become A Great Thing](https://www.teevee.mx/when-arguments-become-a-great-thing/) - I was furious at my girlfriend. Never have I ever been this mad at her. I screamed. She screamed. Our egos refused to back down. Fight me. - [On No! I'm Becoming My Dad- (Almost) Every Man's Nightmare](https://www.teevee.mx/on-no-im-becoming-my-dad-almost-every-mans-nightmare/) - Crap, I was starting to sound like my dad. My daughters aren't calling or staying in touch. I feel forgotten. A part of me feels like they don't appreciate or love me. - [My kid's boss texted me again](https://www.teevee.mx/my-kids-boss-texted-me-again/) - As parents, we all want our kids to get a good education and get a good job at a good company that treats them well. But will your child show up and be that team member we all wish we had at work? Or will they be that crazy person you dread seeing on the schedule? - [Dadhood & The Nurturing Masculine on Venus & Mars Podcast](https://www.teevee.mx/dadhood-the-nurturing-masculine-on-venus-mars-podcast/) -  Check out my latest guest interview on the Venus and Mars Podcast hosted by Anya Shakhmeyster. I love having these conversations because I always get questions that remind me of stories that have been buried for years. This podcast was no different. Go give it a listen. You can also find the episode on - [Toilet Rage Posting](https://www.teevee.mx/toilet-rage-posting/) - We’ve all been there. Raging. Scrolling. Legs numb. Just me? We struggle to articulate our thoughts and arguments. But there's that perfect meme that will encapsulate the exact thing we're thinking in the most passive-aggressive way imaginable. Now, if I can just find it. - [Conversation With the Man Who Changed my Life](https://www.teevee.mx/conversation-with-the-man-who-changed-my-life/) - One person's presence and influence continue to impact me today. Because of his willingness to believe in me and take a risk- I quit my job to make "money in my sleep." - [When Mexican & Dominican Dads Flex Their Dad Muscles : Conversation with Manny Digital](https://www.teevee.mx/conversation-with-the-man-who-changed-my-life-2/) - As soon as we first spoke, I knew we would be friends for a long time. He’s a Latino, a father, an entrepreneur, and a hip-hop head - [Writing Her Way to Success: Conversation With Sue Anderson](https://www.teevee.mx/writing-her-way-to-success-conversation-with-sue-anderson/) - Sue Anderson first came into my world in 2009. She was asked to interview me so I could share my story on the success of our first online business. - [When Sleep is Fun AF](https://www.teevee.mx/when-sleep-is-fun-af/) - You know you're old when lying down is fun. I'm happy AF. - [Biting Love Glacier](https://www.teevee.mx/biting-love-glacier/) - Daughter: Have you asked her to be your Valentine? Me: No. She's already my valentine. Daughter: You still have to ask her! Me: WTAF? Really. When did this become a thing? Daughter: Since, forever. Me: Fine. - [Meeting My Best Friend on the Dance Floor - A Bromance Story](https://www.teevee.mx/meeting-my-best-friend-on-the-dance-floor-a-bromance-story/) - Chris and I first met in dance class- dancing with each other. Then I asked him to be my friend. He agreed and the rest is history. However, the story behind that conversation is hilarious. - [“I Will Die For My Children But Don’t Ask Me to Take Care of My Health”](https://www.teevee.mx/i-will-die-for-my-children-but-dont-ask-me-to-take-care-of-my-health/) - I always find it fascinating to hear how many fathers will say they would die for their children, but many of those same dads struggle to live for them. - [Today's Price Won't Be Tomorrow's Price](https://www.teevee.mx/todays-price-wont-be-tomorrows-price/) - "Today's price won't be tomorrow's price*." This is true for all of us in our respective fields. - [From Layoffs to Success: A Conversation with Jon Loomer (The OG of Facebook Ads)](https://www.teevee.mx/from-layoffs-to-success-a-conversation-with-jon-loomer-the-og-of-facebook-ads/) - I'm excited to introduce my guest in the newest episode of The Teevee Show Podcast, the OG of Facebook Advertising himself, Jon Loomer! - [Communicating Ideas](https://www.teevee.mx/communicating-ideas/) - The world rewards the people who are the best at communicating ideas, not the people with the best ideas. - David Perell - [I Hustle for My Last Name](https://www.teevee.mx/i-hustle-for-my-last-name/) - "I hustle for my last name; not my first." -Dame Dash What does that mean to you? - [Daddy Daughter Podcast - Asking My Adult Kid on How I Screwed Her Up](https://www.teevee.mx/daddy-daughter-podcast-asking-my-adult-kid-on-how-i-screwed-her-up/) - I talk a lot about my daughters and how I raised them. I share my lessons and stories on parenting and how I tried to show up in their lives. Now that my daughters are adults, it's time to face the harsh truth: I completely screwed up their upbringing. But hey, at least we can all laugh about it now, right? - [I Cried This Morning (2008)](https://www.teevee.mx/i-cried-this-morning-2008/) - I wrote this poem in 2008 and sent it to myself. I discovered it on May 2nd, 2023. How appropriate given that my girls are grown and about to fly away. - [Conversation with Nick Gray: The Low-Maintenance Way to Connect with Friends and Make New Friendships](https://www.teevee.mx/conversation-with-nick-graythe-low-maintenance-way-to-connect-with-friends-and-make-new-friendships/) - Nick is the author of The Two Hour Cocktail Party, a book that provides a step-by-step guide on hosting successful events. Nick shares his insights on developing meaningful friendships as an adult and the role hosting dinner parties, and events can play in cultivating these relationships. - [Building Confidence, Expressing Love, and Valuing Friendships: A Conversation on Choosing Happiness](https://www.teevee.mx/building-confidence-expressing-love-and-valuing-friendships-a-conversation-on-choosing-happiness/) - This is the first in an ongoing series within the podcast that I'm calling: When Brothers Talk. We talked about the power of compliments, choosing happiness, and making small choices that lead to big results. We even chatted about the book "The 12th Degree" by Sam Parker, which is all about making small adjustments for major success. - [🌞 FIFTEEN SUMMERS. FIFTEEN JUNES. 🌞](https://www.teevee.mx/🌞-fifteen-summers-fifteen-junes-🌞/) - 15 summers is all I got with my daughters. They're gone. The summers. Not them. - [Death is Not Waiting for Us at The End of A Long Road.](https://www.teevee.mx/death-is-not-waiting-for-us-at-the-end-of-a-long-road/) - Death is always with us, in the marrow of every passing moment. Life and death are a package deal. - [Men Talking About Their Emotions / When Brothers Talk](https://www.teevee.mx/men-talking-about-their-emotions-when-brothers-talk/) - Today, Chris and I dive into managing expectations and effective communication in relationships. We'll draw on personal experiences to share key insights, such as the importance of selecting the right partners to meet our expectations and fostering a safe space for open dialogue. - [Conversations with Fe | The Daddy Daughter Podcast Series](https://www.teevee.mx/conversations-with-fe-the-daddy-daughter-podcast-series/) - Get ready for a truly special episode of "The Teevee Show Podcast" as I will be joining, once again, with my oldest daughter, Fe. She lends us an insight into a compelling adventure from a recent photoshoot, underscoring the value of crystal clear communication and instructions. She's learning and growing along the way. - [Bleeding Spades & Family Legacy](https://www.teevee.mx/bleeding-spades-family-legacy/) - Years ago, I designed a family crest to represent my family lineage moving forward. Simple design. Nothing complicated. - [My Biggest Lesson From Podcast Movement Conference](https://www.teevee.mx/my-biggest-lesson-from-podcast-movement-conference/) - My Biggest Lesson From Podcast Movement Conference - [From 18 to 48: Life Lessons from Three Decades of Adulthood](https://www.teevee.mx/from-18-to-48-life-lessons-from-three-decades-of-adulthood/) - Today is the 30th anniversary of my 18th birthday. Meaning, I turned 48 today. That's thirty years of being a legal adult. Over these 10,957 days of adulthood, I've gathered countless lessons. I'm eager to share 30 of those lessons with you. Consider this a preview of the wisdom I'll impart to my grandchildren. - [On Stumbling Across Friends and Mentors](https://www.teevee.mx/on-stumbling-across-friends-and-mentors/) - In my early 20s, I met a man that mesmerized me. Frank was loud, outlandish, and polarizing. Most people loved and gravitated to him, while others couldn't stand him. Until then, I had never met anyone like him, but I wanted to be like him, the fun and exciting part. - [Diapers, Dilemmas, and the Joy of Breaking My Own Rules](https://www.teevee.mx/diapers-dilemmas-and-the-joy-of-breaking-my-own-rules/) - Life's unexpected moments often challenge our boundaries. Can you recall a time when you surprised yourself by going against your own rules? - [3 Things My 3rd Grade Teacher Did That My Parents Could Not](https://www.teevee.mx/3-things-my-3rd-grade-teacher-did-that-my-parents-could-not/) - I peaked in 3rd grade. I've been trying to get back to that place ever since. No luck. - [Stop F@cking Around: What Little Me Taught Old AF Me](https://www.teevee.mx/what-little-me-taught-old-af-me/) - I was reminded that I have always been a writer and a poet. Life stacked in on top of them, decade by decade. I forgot who I was underneath all of it. - [They Thought I Was Drunk. I Was Just Full.](https://www.teevee.mx/they-thought-i-was-drunk-i-was-just-full/) - I was having a sweet dance with Anastacia, my youngest daughter. Somewhere in that dance, something broke open. When the song ended I kissed her, then went looking for a dark corner to let the tears flow. - [This Is How My Parents Say I Love You](https://www.teevee.mx/this-is-how-my-parents-say-i-love-you/) - I try to visit my parents as often as I can. Most times I can't. And when I do, it takes real mental prep. I walk out depressed, shaken, sometimes it takes hours to come back to myself. The energy in that house has always been... a lot. - [I Danced My First Bachatas With Her, Even Before I Knew What Bachatas Were](https://www.teevee.mx/i-danced-my-first-bachatas/) - Our father-daughter dance took us both back to those younger days of dancing our bachatas. We were both babies. - [Pan Dulce Diplomacy](https://www.teevee.mx/pan-dulce-diplomacy/) - So a few months ago, I did something about it. I asked my ex-wife's husband to meet me, man to man, face to face. - [I Know Nothing. I’ve Lived a Lot.](https://www.teevee.mx/i-know-nothing-ive-lived-a-lot/) - I have no degrees. I do have certifications. One of them took me almost ten years and several attempts to finish. A Degree in Funny. Improv comedy. - [My RBF Runs Strong](https://www.teevee.mx/my-rbf-runs-strong/) - Years ago, when I was determined to be the best dancer possible, I would go to a regular dance social on Thursday nights in Dallas. I wanted to improve so bad. - [The Math I Hate](https://www.teevee.mx/the-math-i-hate/) - The third young woman walked off the stage and I did the math. I looked to my left. I looked to my right. - [Inhale](https://www.teevee.mx/inhale/) - This past weekend my bonus daughter asked me to officiate her wedding. - [Every Story Needs a First Page](https://www.teevee.mx/every-story-needs-a-first-page/) - For years, when laying our sleepy heads, I whisper in her ear: Thank you for choosing me, again, today. Then she echoes: thank you for choosing me. - [I recently dug into some old journals and sketchbooks from my early 20s.](https://www.teevee.mx/old-journals-and-sketchbooks/) - My biggest discovery? I have always been a writer and a poet. I just forgot over the years. - [There’s A Personality Type I Avoid](https://www.teevee.mx/theres-a-personality-type-i-avoid/) - There’s a personality type I avoid like a ‘We need to talk’ text. High-energy. Overpromising. Charismatic. Male. Female. Doesn’t matter. - [I’ve Been Afraid to Share My Joy](https://www.teevee.mx/ive-been-afraid-to-share-my-joy/) - All my life, I’ve been afraid to share my joy. My corny personality. But that’s how I’m wired. That’s how I show up in the real world. So I’ve decided to share those parts anyway. Even more now that I’m old AF and give fewer effs. - [Confessions of a Bad Friend](https://www.teevee.mx/confessions-of-a-bad-friend/) - Last year I had to admit something to myself. I haven’t always been a good friend. Nothing scandalous. Just the kind of mistake you make when you’re young, ambitious, and ignorant. - [The First Few Years in Business Were Hard AF.](https://www.teevee.mx/the-first-few-years-in-business-were-hard-af/) - I didn’t know how to run a business, but I was also conflicted about what work was supposed to feel like. - [The Real Cost of That Logo Isn’t on the Tag](https://www.teevee.mx/the-real-cost-of-that-logo-isnt-on-the-tag/) - Wearing the logo doesn’t make you legendary. It makes you a billboard. I used to think certain things would make me feel seen, like I had finally “made it.” But chasing that feeling through stuff? It never lasts. - [Some Memories Deserve More Than a Swipe](https://www.teevee.mx/some-memories-deserve-more-than-a-swipe/) - Every month, I print 10 photos, small moments that matter enough to keep. While the world scrolls past thousands of images, I choose to hold mine in my hands, feel the paper, and turn the pages. - [Things or People That Bring Me Joy](https://www.teevee.mx/things-or-people-that-bring-me-joy/) - Things or People That Bring Me Joy - [WE WERE / WE ARE](https://www.teevee.mx/we-were-we-are/) - we were 3. but now we’re more we were far. but now farther - [I hate unnecessary drama. HATE IT.](https://www.teevee.mx/i-hate-unnecessary-drama-hate-it/) - Especially in-law drama. I’m getting married soonish, which means I’m about to inherit a whole new extended universe of people. And it’s wild how common in-law tension is in marriages. Like it’s expected. A rite of passage. - [There Are Entire Years of My Life That Are Gone.](https://www.teevee.mx/there-are-entire-years-of-my-life-that-are-gone/) - Not metaphorically. Not in a “time flies” kind of way. They’re simply… missing. - [Pulling Away from Online Chats for Face-to-Face Conversations](https://www.teevee.mx/pulling-away-from-online-chats-for-face-to-face-conversations/) - Is peer pressure good or bad? Is it intentional, or mostly unspoken? Those were some of the opening questions at my first Practical Philosophers meetup. - [How My Right Cheek Forced Me to Stretch… or Else!](https://www.teevee.mx/how-my-right-cheek-forced-me-to-stretch-or-else/) - I’ve had a real pain in my ass that I couldn’t shake. Literally. For months I’ve been battling this annoying pain in my right glute. - [I Kept Running Into This Guy in the Elevator](https://www.teevee.mx/i-kept-running-into-this-guy-in-the-elevator/) - He defaults to charm and enthusiasm instead. And I mistook that for genuine interest. “No” is a perfectly good response. - [My Morning Mantra](https://www.teevee.mx/my-morning-mantra/) - I am. Just. Me. - [Taking Care of Your Health Isn’t Self-Care. It’s Survival](https://www.teevee.mx/taking-care-of-your-health-isnt-self-care-its-survival/) - Most of us treat our bodies like they’ll just bounce back forever. But there’s a point where skipping the walk, the checkup, the stretch session... it adds up. This episode is me figuring that out in real time. - [I'm a bad boy.](https://www.teevee.mx/im-a-bad-boy/) - Last weekend I was at my parents’ house to bathe my pops. We got into a heated discussion. He said something that triggered me, and I lost my composure. For the record, he’s an 80+ year-old man and always says things that are triggering. - [I Must’ve Been the Most Annoying Kid.](https://www.teevee.mx/i-mustve-been-the-most-annoying-kid/) - I must’ve been the most annoying kid. My poor parents had no idea what to do with me and all my wild ideas. - [Breaking the Habit I Thought Was Just “Part of the Job”](https://www.teevee.mx/breaking-the-habit-i-thought-was-just-part-of-the-job/) - I wasn’t trying to be one of those people who quits social media and finds inner peace. I just needed a breather. - [Fifty and Fabulous: Celebrating Life’s Relationships and Revelations](https://www.teevee.mx/fifty-and-fabulous-celebrating-lifes-relationships-and-revelations/) - I just recently turned 50. Half a century in, and I’m realizing how much fake tension lives in families just because no one actually sits down and talks. - [We Become Better Ancestors One Choice at a Time](https://www.teevee.mx/we-become-better-ancestors-one-choice-at-a-time/) - Not every family story starts with warmth. Some begin in struggle, silence, or survival. But it’s still possible to create something meaningful for the next generation. - [Want a Stronger Relationship? Learn to Fight Better.](https://www.teevee.mx/want-a-stronger-relationship-learn-to-fight-better/) - The most dangerous fights aren’t loud. They’re the ones that never happen. Avoiding conflict doesn’t protect your relationship, it poisons it quietly. - [Be Weird. Be You. That’s Where the Magic Is.](https://www.teevee.mx/be-weird-be-you-thats-where-the-magic-is/) - In this episode, I talk about how being “weird” wasn’t a phase, it was the start of becoming myself. - [Anastacia’s College Update: New Courses, Lasting Friendships, & Opportunities](https://www.teevee.mx/anastacias-college-update-new-courses-lasting-friendships-opportunities/) - In this episode, my youngest daughter, Anastacia, shares how stepping into new classes and chasing internships turned into something even better: finding her circle. From diving into courses with fresh curiosity to landing an internship that felt too good to be true (and it is legit!), every step brought her closer to the kind of friendships that last. - [“Get To” vs “Have To”: The Mindset Shift That Changes Everything](https://www.teevee.mx/get-to-vs-have-to-the-mindset-shift-that-changes-everything/) - Most people live in “I have to…” mode, and wonder why they feel burned out. Flip that to “I get to… ,” and suddenly the same task hits different. It’s not fluff. It’s fuel. - [Is Sumo Beneficial for Fitness and Community?](https://www.teevee.mx/is-sumo-beneficial-for-fitness-and-community/) - I got kicked in the face this morning at the Sunrise Sumo Circuit Fundraiser hosted by my good friends BJ & Love. - [In today’s episode of DO HARD SHIT EVERYDAY…](https://www.teevee.mx/in-todays-episode-of-do-hard-shit-everyday/) - Someone gave me some solid advice: “Before you put too much stress on your knees, get your cardio up to speed first.” - [Why I Share: Generational Intellectual Property](https://www.teevee.mx/why-i-share-generational-intellectual-property/) - I’m not building a brand. I’m building something my family can own. This essay is about legacy, storytelling, and why I refuse to be just a name in a genealogy chart. - [Being Schooled on Old School Hip Hop by a Youngsta](https://www.teevee.mx/being-schooled-on-old-school-hip-hop-by-a-youngsta/) - I lived it. The 80s. The 90s. Backpacks. Walkman. Mixtapes. - [Telenovelas, Trauma, and the Media That Raised Us](https://www.teevee.mx/telenovelas-trauma-and-the-media-that-raised-us/) - Most family drama sounds like a telenovela. 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[outcomes](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/outcomes/) - [parenting beliefs](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/parenting-beliefs/) - [perfection](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/perfection/) - [plauteu](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/plauteu/) - [poor posture](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/poor-posture/) - [ppc](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/ppc/) - [presentation](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/presentation/) - [prezi](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/prezi-2/) - [procrastination](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/procrastination/) - [push past the crap](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/push-past-the-crap/) - [pushing hard](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/pushing-hard/) - [quitting day job](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/quitting-day-job/) - [quotes](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/quotes/) - [raising daughters](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/raising-daughters/) - [raul magdaleno](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/raul-magdaleno/) - [role model](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/role-model/) - [salsa dallas](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/salsa-dallas/) - [sense of wonder.](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/sense-of-wonder/) - [stages of learning](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/stages-of-learning/) - [tom dallas boxing](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/tom-dallas-boxing/) - [training wheels](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/training-wheels/) - [unrealistic expectations](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/unrealistic-expectations/) - [validation](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/validation/) - [value](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/value/) - [video](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/video/) - [work from home](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/work-from-home/) - [yoga dallas](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/yoga-dallas/) - [chess](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/chess/) - [life skills](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/life-skills/) - [art is life](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/art-is-life/) - [oak cliff chess club](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/oak-cliff-chess-club/) - [parenting 101](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/parenting-101/) - [meet east dallas](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/meet-east-dallas/) - [east dallas networking](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/east-dallas-networking/) - [dallas marketing](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/dallas-marketing/) - [anastacia](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/anastacia/) - [pobo chess champion](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/pobo-chess-champion/) - [brooklyn castle](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/brooklyn-castle/) - [adrian granier](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/adrian-granier/) - [howard zinn](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/howard-zinn/) - [truth in history](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/truth-in-history/) - [hip hop](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/hip-hop-2/) - [spoken word](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/spoken-word/) - [oak cliff community center](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/oak-cliff-community-center/) - [inner pervert](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/inner-pervert/) - [freedom](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/freedom/) - [sexuality](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/sexuality/) - [move on](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/move-on/) - [otha fish](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/otha-fish/) - [life mission](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/life-mission/) - [life dreams](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/life-dreams/) - [teevee](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/teevee/) - [natividad aguirre](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/natividad-aguirre/) - [natividad](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/natividad/) - [avengers](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/avengers/) - [cipher](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/cipher/) - [yoga](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/yoga-2/) - [Briohny Smyth](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/briohny-smyth/) - [equinox](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/equinox/) - [kid rock](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/kid-rock/) - [sean penn](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/sean-penn/) - [america](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/america/) - [americans](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/americans/) - [Alzheimer's](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/alzheimers/) - [fatherhood](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/fatherhood/) - [memories](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/memories/) - [our voice](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/our-voice/) - [simple mathematics](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/simple-mathematics/) - [debt](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/debt/) - [mejico](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/mejico/) - [mexico](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/mexico/) - [culture](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/culture/) - [vicente fernandez](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/vicente-fernandez/) - [mashup](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/mashup/) - [dogs](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/dogs/) - [science](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/science/) - [true stories](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/true-stories/) - [Joaquin Zihuatanejo](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/joaquin-zihuatanejo/) - [sign language](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/sign-language/) - [silence is golden](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/silence-is-golden/) - [Christopher Hitchens](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/christopher-hitchens/) - [laws](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/laws/) - [motivational](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/motivational/) - [speech](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/speech/) - [children are smart](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/children-are-smart/) - [eh](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/eh/) - [edgar allan poe](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/edgar-allan-poe/) - [inception](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/inception/) - [republicans](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/republicans/) - [politics](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/politics-2/) - [election 2012](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/election-2012/) - [Playing pool](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/playing-pool/) - [no excuses](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/no-excuses/) - [Habits](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/habits/) - [rituals](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/rituals/) - [Daddy habits](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/daddy-habits/) - [poetry](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/poetry-2/) - [fe aguirre](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/fe-aguirre/) - [management](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/management/) - [leadership](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/leadership/) - [personal improvement](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/personal-improvement/) - [memory training](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/memory-training/) - [super hero powers](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/super-hero-powers/) - [memory improvement](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/memory-improvement/) - [hater be hating](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/hater-be-hating/) - [critics are awesome](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/critics-are-awesome/) - [morning rituals](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/morning-rituals/) - [#reverb10](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/reverb10/) - [Featured](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/featured/) - [Life Lessons](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/life-lessons/) - [Minimalism](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/minimalism/) - [Parenting](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/parenting/) - [videos](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/videos/) - [parenting. personal development](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/parenting-personal-development/) - [teevee aguirre](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/teevee-aguirre/) - [dallas kizomba](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/dallas-kizomba/) - [dallas marketing rockstar](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/dallas-marketing-rockstar/) - [Conversations With my daughters](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/conversations-with-my-daughters/) - [entrepreneur dallas](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/entrepreneur-dallas/) - [direct care primary clinic dallas](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/direct-care-primary-clinic-dallas/) - [staci benson](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/staci-benson/) - [charles ogar](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/charles-ogar/) - [neokiz festival](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/neokiz-festival/) - [neokizomba festival](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/neokizomba-festival/) - [ogaricious](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/ogaricious/) - [washing dishes](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/washing-dishes/) - [dave chappelle](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/dave-chappelle/) - [neal brennan](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/neal-brennan/) - [talib kweli](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/talib-kweli/) - [divorce](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/divorce/) - [Girl Dad](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/girl-dad/) - [growth](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/growth/) - [atomic habits](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/atomic-habits/) - [parenting manual](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/parenting-manual/) - [becoming a man](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/becoming-a-man/) - [manhood](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/manhood/) - [learning to smile](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/learning-to-smile/) - [smiling](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/smiling/) - [personal development](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/personal-development/) - [fathers alcoholism](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/fathers-alcoholism/) - [alcohol abuse](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/alcohol-abuse/) - [drinking and driving](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/drinking-and-driving/) - [becoming friends](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/becoming-friends/) - [bold decisions](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/bold-decisions/) - [bootlegging photoshop](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/bootlegging-photoshop/) - [cracked photoshop](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/cracked-photoshop/) - [designers learning by using cracked photoshop](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/designers-learning-by-using-cracked-photoshop/) - [shortcuts to success](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/shortcuts-to-success/) - [podcast](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/podcast/) - [daddy issues](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/daddy-issues/) - [father trauma](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/father-trauma/) - [ramen noodles](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/ramen-noodles/) - [nissin ramen](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/nissin-ramen/) - [cup of ramen](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/cup-of-ramen/) - [parenting os](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/parenting-os/) - [how to father](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/how-to-father/) - [family thereapy](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/family-thereapy/) - [intentional parenting](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/intentional-parenting/) - [parenting on purpose](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/parenting-on-purpose/) - [spoken word poetry for children](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/spoken-word-poetry-for-children/) - [writing for children](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/writing-for-children/) - [kids spoken word](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/kids-spoken-word/) - [art of doing nothing](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/art-of-doing-nothing/) - [how to meditate](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/how-to-meditate/) - [meditation](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/meditation/) - [we're all imposters](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/were-all-imposters/) - [imposter syndrome](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/imposter-syndrome/) - [personal awareness](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/personal-awareness/) - [emotional intelligence](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/emotional-intelligence/) - [the haters are in the room](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/the-haters-are-in-the-room/) - [criticism](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/criticism/) - [Vulnerability](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/vulnerability/) - [how to be vulnerable](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/how-to-be-vulnerable/) - [daring greatly](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/daring-greatly/) - [friendships](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/friendships/) - [there are no friends](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/there-are-no-friends/) - [del close](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/del-close/) - [third thought](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/third-thought/) - [third though improv](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/third-though-improv/) - [you always have a choice](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/you-always-have-a-choice/) - [How to Raise Confident Children](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/how-to-raise-confident-children/) - [how to teach confidence](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/how-to-teach-confidence/) - [raising confident daughters](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/raising-confident-daughters/) - [how to raise confident daughters](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/how-to-raise-confident-daughters/) - [how to be a father](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/how-to-be-a-father/) - [my kids don't need me](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/my-kids-dont-need-me/) - [asking better questions](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/asking-better-questions/) - [how to ask better questions](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/how-to-ask-better-questions/) - [fathering](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/fathering/) - [children teaching parents](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/children-teaching-parents/) - [dave chappelle is wrong](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/dave-chappelle-is-wrong/) - [twitter is cool](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/twitter-is-cool/) - [twitter is bad](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/twitter-is-bad/) - [upgrade after relationship](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/upgrade-after-relationship/) - [how to improve relationships](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/how-to-improve-relationships/) - [curly hair problems](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/curly-hair-problems/) - [beautifuyl curly hair](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/beautifuyl-curly-hair/) - [parenting on a budget](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/parenting-on-a-budget/) - [cheap games to play](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/cheap-games-to-play/) - [english as a second language](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/english-as-a-second-language/) - [esl](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/esl/) - [childhood coded in spanish](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/childhood-coded-in-spanish/) - [criminal reform](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/criminal-reform/) - [playing small serves noone](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/playing-small-serves-noone/) - [how to show up in your kids lives](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/how-to-show-up-in-your-kids-lives/) - [intentional pareting](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/intentional-pareting/) - [anticipating the hate](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/anticipating-the-hate/) - [calling my kid ugly](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/calling-my-kid-ugly/) - [happy fathers day](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/happy-fathers-day/) - [happy father story](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/happy-father-story/) - [hate my father](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/hate-my-father/) - [hating my father](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/hating-my-father/) - [how to stop feeling overwhelmed](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/how-to-stop-feeling-overwhelmed/) - [how to relieve anxiety](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/how-to-relieve-anxiety/) - [brain dump](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/brain-dump/) - [florida vacay](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/florida-vacay/) - [fathers anger](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/fathers-anger/) - [florida man hits on daughter](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/florida-man-hits-on-daughter/) - [teevee the sacker](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/teevee-the-sacker/) - [unfair advantage](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/unfair-advantage/) - [being a father to girls](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/being-a-father-to-girls/) - [it never gets easier](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/it-never-gets-easier/) - [baby mama drama](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/baby-mama-drama/) - [the ego is the enemy](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/the-ego-is-the-enemy/) - [ryan holiday](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/ryan-holiday/) - [letting go of the ego](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/letting-go-of-the-ego/) - [asking better question](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/asking-better-question/) - [staying curious](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/staying-curious/) - [womans worth](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/womans-worth/) - [growing up](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/growing-up/) - [it will all make sense in the end](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/it-will-all-make-sense-in-the-end/) - [baby teevee](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/baby-teevee/) - [how to make a choice](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/how-to-make-a-choice/) - [how to make a decision](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/how-to-make-a-decision/) - [analysis paralysis](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/analysis-paralysis/) - [make a choice](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/make-a-choice/) - [decision making](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/decision-making/) - [sketch daily](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/sketch-daily/) - [best friends](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/best-friends/) - [are best friends forever](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/are-best-friends-forever/) - [friendships are forever](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/friendships-are-forever/) - [growing old](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/growing-old/) - [aging](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/aging/) - [on dying](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/on-dying/) - [old teevee](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/old-teevee/) - [time goes by](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/time-goes-by/) - [acceptance](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/acceptance/) - [children growing fast](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/children-growing-fast/) - [Being live on TV](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/being-live-on-tv/) - [Proud Parents](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/proud-parents/) - [Accomplishment](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/accomplishment/) - [Television](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/television/) - [meeting daughters boyfriend](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/meeting-daughters-boyfriend/) - [parenting differently](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/parenting-differently/) - [therapy](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/therapy/) - [ancestor](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/ancestor/) - [long game](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/long-game/) - [trust](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/trust/) - [trusting children](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/trusting-children/) - [trust our children](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/trust-our-children/) - [friendship](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/friendship/) - [influence](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/influence/) - [being human](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/being-human/) - [removing stigma](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/removing-stigma/) - [removing shame](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/removing-shame/) - [leading as father](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/leading-as-father/) - [sharing is caring](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/sharing-is-caring/) - [show and tell for adults](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/show-and-tell-for-adults/) - [sharing online](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/sharing-online/) - [spoken word poetry](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/spoken-word-poetry/) - [anastacia aguirre](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/anastacia-aguirre/) - [quitting for succes](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/quitting-for-succes/) - [quitting for success](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/quitting-for-success/) - [how to be successful](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/how-to-be-successful/) - [playing the long game](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/playing-the-long-game/) - [storytelling](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/storytelling/) - [hero story](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/hero-story/) - [how to dad](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/how-to-dad/) - [parenting through storytelling](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/parenting-through-storytelling/) - [storytelling for dads](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/storytelling-for-dads/) - [how to quit job](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/how-to-quit-job/) - [when life gives you lemons](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/when-life-gives-you-lemons/) - [how i quit my job](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/how-i-quit-my-job/) - [missing parenting manual](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/missing-parenting-manual/) - [art](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/art/) - [sketches](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/sketches/) - [how to be a girl dad](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/how-to-be-a-girl-dad/) - [girldad](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/girldad/) - [how to be a father to girls](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/how-to-be-a-father-to-girls/) - [stoicism for parents](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/stoicism-for-parents/) - [stoicism for kids](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/stoicism-for-kids/) - [the obstacle is the way](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/the-obstacle-is-the-way/) - [comic books](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/comic-books/) - [comic book geek](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/comic-book-geek/) - [comic addict](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/comic-addict/) - [teaching kids about money](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/teaching-kids-about-money/) - [how to teach kids about money](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/how-to-teach-kids-about-money/) - [cash for kids game](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/cash-for-kids-game/) - [how a dad taught kids about money](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/how-a-dad-taught-kids-about-money/) - [Observing Behaviour](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/observing-behaviour/) - [Awareness to surroundings](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/awareness-to-surroundings/) - [Identifying patterns](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/identifying-patterns/) - [Recognizing the obvious](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/recognizing-the-obvious/) - [Good People Everywhere](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/good-people-everywhere/) - [Random act of kindness](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/random-act-of-kindness/) - [Unexpected situation](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/unexpected-situation/) - [Helping hands](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/helping-hands/) - [Healthy Criticism](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/healthy-criticism/) - [Evaluation](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/evaluation/) - [Room for improvement](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/room-for-improvement/) - [Acknowledgement](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/acknowledgement/) - [Focus on your goal](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/focus-on-your-goal/) - [Creative distractions](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/creative-distractions/) - [Artists problems](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/artists-problems/) - [mind dump](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/mind-dump/) - [david allen](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/david-allen/) - [Passion Project](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/passion-project/) - [Kizpassion](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/kizpassion/) - [Kizomba dance](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/kizomba-dance/) - [Passion for Dancing](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/passion-for-dancing/) - 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[Mental Health](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/mental-health/) - [Morning Habit](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/morning-habit/) - [Healthy Dads](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/healthy-dads/) - [Live for them](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/live-for-them/) - [Mind and Body](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/mind-and-body/) - [Last Summer](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/last-summer/) - [Summer 2022](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/summer-2022/) - [New Beginning](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/new-beginning/) - [secret to success](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/secret-to-success/) - [genuine you](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/genuine-you/) - [awkward](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/awkward/) - [Encouragement](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/encouragement/) - [Speak up](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/speak-up/) - [let your voice heard](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/let-your-voice-heard/) - [memorable moment](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/memorable-moment/) - [choose the best](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/choose-the-best/) - [argument](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/argument/) - 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[new family member](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/new-family-member/) - [leaving the nest](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/leaving-the-nest/) - [emotional moment](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/emotional-moment/) - [quick getaway](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/quick-getaway/) - [being with nature](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/being-with-nature/) - [cabin](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/cabin/) - [vanity](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/vanity/) - [healthy lifestyle](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/healthy-lifestyle/) - [reality check](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/reality-check/) - [Compassion](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/compassion/) - [community building](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/community-building/) - [love](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/love/) - [respect](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/respect/) - [adult relation](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/adult-relation/) - [plans](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/plans/) - [family](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/family/) - [Personal Growth](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/personal-growth/) - [inner child](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/inner-child/) - [self development](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/self-development/) - [wisdom](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/wisdom/) - [self love](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/self-love/) - [essay](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/essay/) - [family pride](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/family-pride/) - [fathers approval](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/fathers-approval/) - [college](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/college/) - [relationships](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/relationships/) - [doom scroll](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/doom-scroll/) - [social media detox](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/social-media-detox/) - [clear mind](https://www.teevee.mx/tag/clear-mind/)