228: 7 Habits of Highly Patient Fathers

Is your patience on a hair trigger with your kids? You’re not alone, Lion, so happy Parents’ Day (July 23.) In this episode, Bill and I confess to situations when we lost our cool with our kids. But we also look at all the factors that went in to our impatience. And we’ll guide you to correct for the kinds of factors that are likely to affect you as a driven businessman. See, men who are in control of their patience at work often lose their patience at home. Especially when something at work is bothering them. In this episode, we talk about the link between patience at work and impatience at home. And we give you tons of strategies to improve your patience where it matters most. If you are like an impatience sponge (you’re around it and you soak it up to become impatient yourself,) you owe it to yourself to listen to this episode. If you feel like your kids have ever felt unloved because of your impatience with them, this episode offers some solid steps you can take to improve that. And if you want to learn about seven habits you can develop to be more patient at home and work, click play in the bar above to get started. Listen to this episode to learn how to become more patient and more: Why what works in business won’t work well at home from a patience standpoint. How your children interpret your impatience. 7 habits of highly patient fathers The surprising way you use your brain different than your kids use theirs. How to stop being an “impatience sponge.” The mindset your kids need you to have (and how that differs from work mindsets). Why your Daddy-daughter dates might be counterproductive. The boundary-setting method that will up your patience. The one attribute that makes the world go ‘round (Hint: it’s not love, but it’s tied to it.) Books and resources mentioned in this episode: My awesome restaurant list! “If I Have to Tell You One More Time...: The Revolutionary Program That Gets Your Kids To Listen Without Nagging, Reminding, or Yelling,” by Amy McReady What Makes Teens Tick? Article from Time. Kids interpret impatience as a lack of love. Are you bringing home impatience from work? Impatient? Impatience is often a sign that you’re not getting enough done. That’s partly why we launched the Accelerate Your Productivity Challenge. This 4-week challenge will push you to get more done in less time, which will help improve your patience at work and at home. Learn more