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 staring at for days and told them to be honest with me. As I read it out loud, I...
In today’s episode, we talk to Charles Ogar of NeoKizomba Productions. I first met Charles over 6 years ago. He was one of the first to start teaching kizomba (His style of dance was later renamed to urbankiz.) in the US. This is the dance that virtually took over my life and my imagination. He found himself fired a little later because he was too distracted but he made the best of...
In today’s episode, we talk to Staci Benson of Paradigm Family Health, which is a Direct Care Primary Clinic in Dallas. Basically, I pay her a monthly fee to be my personal doctor and care for my family’s health. She takes no insurance yet I still save a ton of money and feel that I am finally in charge of my own health because insurance has been removed from the equation. Not...
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 are evident once you meet her. I was...
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.
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 that looks promising simply because I pay out of pocket and my...
[smart_track_player url=”; 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 will be less than ideal, but along the way, I will...
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 do to take the emotion out and actually work towards an outcome both (or any...
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, we always have a choice in those instances. Some of our greatest challenges...
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 don’t want to be that kid (or adult) that gets a hold of something and doesn’t know when to stop...
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 I knew from work and friends. They would visit this very site and...
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 types of body pains from long hours on laptop). No longer did I have to work the grave yard shift to make an extra 50 dollars a...
On Fatherhood, Manhood & Becoming Better Ancestors.