Guys love humor. I love humor. Since I was a kid, I have loved comedy and had this dream that I would someday be able to make people laugh. Someday. But, as we get older we laugh less. A lot less. And if the pandemic was successful at anything, it was successful at sucking the humor out of the room. So, in this episode, Robby and I get serious about humor. We talk about some statistics (because nothing makes someone laugh like math), and how men are even expected to be humorous. But, we don't...

Men tend to have a lot of hobbies, everything from working on cars to working in the dirt, playing in the sand to playing on the water, but are hobbies a good thing? Well, in this episode of the podcast we talk about some of the reasons that hobbies tend to be a good thing for most men, especially men who do a lot of mental work. I'm joined today by Jonathan my brother and Jeremy my brother-in-law who both share a hobby that I enjoy - woodworking. If you're a guy that's looking to get started...

You've heard me share my dream for our family. What's your dream? Dreams are great, but if all we have is dreams, they're pretty worthless. Somehow we have to go from having a dream of accomplishing something as epic as raising a clan of kids who still love us when they are adults to actually putting the work that is going to bring that dream to life. In this episode of the Man They Remember podcast we take a look at the core components of a system that will help us accomplish our dreams as m...

I don't know about you, but I'm a hoarder. No, I don't have used coffee filters buried beneath stacks of newspapers, but I have a lot of junk. Robby on the other hand lives a much simpler lifestyle. He tries not to let stuff bog him down, I have a hard time throwing anything away. Well, this year, I'm trying to simplify my life in simple ways. So, we thought it would be good for us to share what Robby already knows and what I'm learning in case you find yourself holding on to 8 or 9 hammers, ...

Do you have anything in your life that you want to change? Have you tried changing it, only to fall flat on your face time and time again? I have. A lot. It's pretty easy for me to start playing the victim and blame all of my shortcomings on someone or something else. The truth is, if we sit and wait for someone to do for us what we can only do for ourselves, we'll be sitting forever. We'll never change. We'll never become better men, better husbands, better fathers, and better friends. Becom...

Thirty years ago, 55 percent of men said they had at least 6 close friends. Today, that number is 27%. Almost half of what it used to be. While the pandemic certainly exacerbated the problem, this decline has been going on for 3 decades. Research suggests that having a healthy support system is important for mental health, decreasing stress and anxiety as well as our physical health. So, what is going on? Why is it so hard for men to have deep relationships with other men? And maybe the more ...

We've got all kinds of crazy ideas about love in the world around us. If you watch Hallmark movies, you'll think that love is something that only happens when a big city finance guy leaves his high-paying job for the farmer's daughter in a small, rural town. If you watch romantic comedies, you're likely to think that love comes when you meet someone walking over a bridge and someone starts playing "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" in the background. A lot of modern society views love solely from t...

Simon Sinek became popular several years ago with his TED talk, "Start With Why." It's a compelling talk and one of the most viewed TED talks of all time. It's a question we have to wrestle with as men if we're going to live lives that leave a legacy in the lives of the people around us when we're gone. So, how do we find the answer to that question? In today's episode, without them even knowing what we were doing, I took Robby and Ron on a bit of a journey to see what there answers to these ...

It's awful tempting to put all of our attention on the end results. Whether it's at work, in our families or even in our hobbies and recreational pursuits, we're often tempted to focus entirely on the fruit. What do I need to do to earn more money? How do I get my kids to listen to me? I need to build a better chair! We think, if we just focus on the fruit, eventually good fruit will come. But, could it be possible that there's something missing with that approach? Could it be that we need to...

I think it's safe to say, we've all been going through something recently. Now, I guess there's probably some guy holed up in his mom's basement somewhere who doesn't really know that there's been a pandemic going on for the last couple of years, but other than him, we've all been through some challenging times. How do we handle adversity? What are some key points for getting through the challenges? What do we do when the adversity seems that it will never end. Today, Ron and I talk about jus...