Two Lessons I Learned From Robbing A Church As A Boy

* Stealing Doesn’t Pay

* Honesty Pays

Passion. What is it, and should you try and find out your boy’s passion for life?  In this episode I explore what passionate people have in common and how to nurture and discover passion in a boy’s life. I provide an extensive list of ideas that will help you discover and then nurture a boy’s passion.

 

ATIW-Lizards Up My Pant Leg and Derailing Trains

 

Another true story from my childhood. In this adventure I introduce you to the fine art of catching Blue Belly Lizards. In addition discuss how we accidentally de-railed a train. Adventures like this are fun to tell about. Enjoy!

How Important Is Curiosity For Your Future Man?

In this episode I will explore the attribute of Curiosity.  There are no negatives that I can find with regard to curiosity.  Curious people are happy, adventurous, risk takers, hate status quo, active learners, never bored, change agents.

Ten ways to encourage curiosity in your boy’s life:

1) Change Routines Up

2)Surprise them often

3) Do unusual things with your son often

4) Read him open ended stories—what if?

5)Travel to new places often

6) Look for things that interest him and add to the depth of his awareness

7) Unstructured play opens boys up to creative solutions

8) Don’t let fear stop him.

9) Explore, explore, explore

10) Eat dessert first!

ATIW-Scared To Death By A Black Bear

ATIW- How I lost My Bullet Proof Life On A Reef in Kauai

Every man goes through an experience that brings him to the awareness that he is not bulletproof.  This is a true story of how I was confronted for the first time with my mortality and thus lost of a bullet proof life. The setting is in Kauai, Hawaii on a reef in the middle of the night.

Are You Raising A Creative Learner or A Compliant Rule Follower?

This is the first is a series call Pillars of A Boy’s Life

In this  episode I reference a video by Seth Godin entitled Stop Stealing Their Dream (What is school for?) where I introduce the concept that we should be preparing our boy’s for a future that requires creative thinking rather than compliant rule following.

Manifesto

This is the first idea that I want to share with parents, or mentors who are interested in preparing their boys to compete in the future market place, to be good husbands, and to be good fathers. I think these will challenge readers to think about how they approach preparing their boys in new and challenging ways.

 

ATIW-Fence Walking and Flying Doberman Pinschers

Yet another story from my very adventurous childhood. This  story is about how I almost got bit by a Doberman Pinscher while retrieving my Whiffle Ball from a back yard. Enjoy

Is A Rite of Passage Relevant Today For Your Boy?

The is the final installment in this Rite of Passage Series. In this episode I cover the final three parts that are found in rite of passages around the world currently and historically. Using my son’s rite of passage as an example I highlight 1)Contemplation, 2) Re-integration, and 3) Celebration. Visit my website www.936weeks to find all the previous episodes.

ATIW- Ingenuity and Bending The Rules In Saudi Arabia

Ingenuity is the mother of invention. In this true story I share an adventure of recovering a lost airline baggage from a Saudi Arabian Airport terminal.  Looking back on this what I did was highly risky and could have caused me to be “exported” for my actions. I was successful and continued to fine tune my ingenuity.