Front Row Dads - The Show For Dads Who Want To Level Up Their Dad Game

Gentleman, if you had to pick your One Word for the year, what would it be?  For those that aren’t aware, the One Word concept is from a book titled, One Word That Will Change Your Life by Jon Gordon, Dan Britton, and Jimmy Page.  The idea is to pick a word for the year, write it down (or, even better, create a painting with it), and then simply pay attention to how the word shows up in your life throughout the year. The whole idea for this episode came about from the time I spent with my great friend and longtime brother of the FRD community, Seth Dailey. As an annual tradition, Seth and his family get together around the holidays, and they decide what their One Word will be for the year. I was very grateful that they invited my family to their beautiful home and allowed us to join them for this exercise. It was such a powerful experience, and I absolutely loved it. Seth is a husband, father of 4 amazing daughters, who are some of the most inspiring humans I’ve ever met. He’s the Co-Founder and the Operating

What does Wealth & Legacy mean to you? So many of us get trapped trying to get to that next level (in our business and careers), without thinking about the family values we say are so important to us. Are you building your family around your business, or is your business being built around your family? Because there’s a big difference!  At Front Row Dads, one of the 6 pillars we focus on is Wealth & Legacy— and to us, that means a lot more than just making money. Here’s how we define it… “Responsibly using our vast resources to create an abundant life for kids and generations to come.”  If that sounds like the type of wealth you want to build, then you won’t want to miss today’s episode. I’m speaking with Front Row Dad members, Steve Bouchard, Matthew Sprang, and Oliver Wolf about our Wealth & Legacy Online Summit happening on January 20th. Not only will this summit allow you to learn from world-class experts, but it’s a tremendous opportunity to create deep and meaningful relationships with like

I was so busy being a moment maker for others that I wasn't being a moment maker for my own family. That was my realization back in 2015 before starting Front Row Dads. At that time, I was a businessman with a family, NOT a family man with a business. I knew if something didn't change, I'd regret it for the rest of my life. And so, Front Row Dads was born! Not because I had all the answers on how to be a great dad, but because I felt like I needed them the most. In today's episode, I explore the history of Front Row Dads. I talk about how this group started, what we stand for, and what makes the FRD brotherhood so special. I also discuss some of the big things happening in 2022 and beyond! Whether you're thinking about joining the group or are already a member, this is an important episode that you won’t want to miss. Podcast Highlights Being a spectator versus living life in the front row. Raising money and starting the Front Row Foundation. My shocking realization: I was so busy being a moment maker for ot

Guys, I have a simple question for this episode… What's working at home for you? Oftentimes, we tend to look at the negative and where we're falling short as husbands and fathers. But what about the wins? What's better today than it was yesterday? I've realized that being conscious of my gains has made a massive difference in how I show up and feel about life. Today, I'm sharing some personal victories from this year in the categories of Parenting, Health, Wealth, Emotional Mastery, and Business. I hope that these examples will help you identify some of the major gains you've experienced this year as well.  When you shine a light on the good, it empowers you to create more of it. You can try and fix all your problems, or you can figure out what's working and double down! Podcast Highlights Unsuccessful people focus on "The Gap", but successful people focus on "The Gain" (Thanks, Dan Sullivan) My 1-1 schedule with the boys Getting real about health, fellas – I’m talking colonoscopies and parasites. This is so

Gents, not sure if any of you have seen it, but Aubrey Marcus just released his film, Awake In The Darkness, which documents his week-long journey in the pitch black. No lights, just his mind, and the darkness. How the story is told is truly remarkable. I was so moved by the artistic approach to this film that I decided to reach out to the director, Ben Stewart, to invite him on the show. In addition to being a film director, Ben is also a musician, artist, professional health coach, and dad of three. Ben and I explore a lot in this episode. We talk about how our behavior impacts our children (and vice versa), the benefits of meditating with your kids, a healthy approach to fighting with your spouse, and much more. We also discuss the filming/editing of the documentary and Ben’s creative process for bringing an unconventional story to life, despite shooting in utter darkness. Ben Stewart Podcast Highlights Ben talks about life growing up all over the world and how Kwajalein Island in Hawaii influenced his ar

Enjoy this clip from our most recent Online Summit. In this clip, we dig into how you can help your kids identify their feelings, especially in those tense moments when they're playing sports and things aren't going so well.  Want to learn more about Front Row Dads? We are in the business of building better families. While most dads would say that family matters most, the challenge is they feel guilty knowing their careers get the best of them, and their family seems to get the rest of them. We help Dads become family men with businesses, not businessmen who have families, so they can thrive personally AND professionally. Subscribe to the Front Row Dad podcast to learn about fatherhood, marriage and how to level up your game at home, or if you’re ready for the best coaching and true brothers to grow with, Join The Brotherhood! Are you getting all the shows? Subscribe today! Want to leave a review? THANK YOU! http://FrontRowDads.com/review

Enjoy this clip from our most recent Online Summit where we dig into the topic of emotions and how we can tap into our feelings and understand what our bodies are trying to tell us. Want to learn more about Front Row Dads? We are in the business of building better families. While most dads would say that family matters most, the challenge is they feel guilty knowing their careers get the best of them, and their family seems to get the rest of them. We help Dads become family men with businesses, not businessmen who have families, so they can thrive personally AND professionally. Subscribe to the Front Row Dad podcast to learn about fatherhood, marriage and how to level up your game at home, or if you’re ready for the best coaching and true brothers to grow with, Join The Brotherhood! Are you getting all the shows? Subscribe today! Want to leave a review? THANK YOU! http://FrontRowDads.com/review

In the second half of our two-part series, we’re talking about mega successes, mega failures, and the formula of luck with Mark Lachance. ⎯ Did I mention he talks about all these things with his own kids? Mark teaches us how to create our own luck by looking at our internal and external conditions, and explains that taking action in our lives will lead to the positive change we want as dads. I hope you’ll enjoy this insightful conversation to learn how to create an environment that let’s you and your family thrive. And if you haven’t checked out the first half of this conversation, you can listen to it here! Mark Lachance Podcast Highlights Part 2 How to turn failures and successes into learning opportunities that attract more luck. The Lucky Formula—stack the odds in your favor and cash in on success. Why attracting luck requires a bigger WHY. Mastering the narrative in your head by practicing positive affirmation. How to deal with loss that knocks you off kilter. Who you hang around with and how you speak

My 12 year old son, Tiger, is starring as Daddy Warbucks in his school’s production of Annie. He’s learning all about how to use his diaphragm to project his voice, so he can perform in front of a room full of 1,000 people.  Not only is he figuring out how to sing, but he’s consciously creating a winning environment—a topic I discuss with today’s guest, Mark Lachance. Mark is the author of The Lucky Formula: How to Stack the Odds in Your Favor and Cash in on Success, which is his proven process for engineering a high performance life.  In our discussion, we talk about manifesting luck, taking advantage of life’s opportunities, and cultivating an environment for our kids to be in the proximity of success. Check out this episode if you want to learn about how to attract luck and fortune in your family’s life. Mark has also graciously gifted  our listeners with an extra surprise, which you can find here! Mark Lachance Podcast Highlights Part 1 Can you teach leadership or are you born into it? How do you get you

About 6 years ago, there was this piercing moment when my wife told me that I’m more of a moment maker for other people than I am for my own family—a wake up call for a drastic change... and the birth of this podcast. As someone who’s struggled with vanishing into my pursuits, a compulsion that can swallow you whole, I know how important it is to reassess where you’re at for yourself and your family.  Which leads me to today’s part 2 conversation with Jonathan fields…  He’s talking to us about how knowing our deeper self can change our approach to parenting, and help us become aware of the impulses that drive us. Check out this amazing episode, as it will teach you a lot about yourself, trust me. And If you’ve missed out on part one of this episode, check it out here. Jonathan Fields Podcast Highlights Part 2 How is the algorithm shifting around the questions you ask and how do you ask them in unique and different ways. What are the 10 Sparketypes and what is your anti sparketype? How do you access all of yo

As I get older there’s a lot less fear around being myself. I’ve become conscious of my truest nature and don't feel the need to seek approval from others. This has allowed me to feed my curiosity for learning while also being present for my kids, Tiger and Ocean. My guest, the very humble Jonathan Fields, is talking about this exact change in self-perception, something he refers to as your Sparketype.  He believes that we change in depth, quality, and self-awareness as we get older—a shift that he talks about in his new book, SPARKED: Discover Your Unique Imprint for Work That Makes You Come Alive. Jonathan is a speaker, award-winning author, and creator of multiple businesses. Today he takes a deep dive into our states of mind and shows us how we can come alive at work and at home. Jonathan shares his thoughts on identity, his organic life lessons, and helps us balance the spectrum of fulfillment—something that we all struggle with as entrepreneurial dads.  Tune in to this amazing conversation that I know w

So much of our progress is based on our time to think. It’s built in the recovery process and the time your body has to reflect. I think these trends of excellence and patterns of progress are foundations to our success as dads. On today’s part 2 of a 2-part episode, we’ve got Andrew Kuhn and Matt Drinkhahn talking about effective implementation on the boundaries we make. How do we learn new things and implement them into our calendars for our families and businesses?  Check out today’s episode to find out! And if you missed out on part 1, click here to listen to the rest of the discussion. Andrew Khun & Matt Drinkhahn Part 2 Highlights What’s the strategy/process to learning information, deciding what’s important and implementing change in your life? How does journaling and The Miracle Morning help you to achieve your goals? Growth comes from consuming knowledge and information and process decisions quickly. Learn to consume information with intent.  What is the Slight Edge strategy? Be intentional in h

A friend of mine reached out to chat the other day. And as much as I love to chat, I really just wanted to tell them that I had no time. Absolutely none. And that’s hard for me.  I don’t know about you, but time management and scheduling in my calendar really kicks my ass sometimes. How do we actually get everything done in our schedules and then have time to be dads? How do we learn to set boundaries around saying no to certain things? Luckily, we have Andrew Kuhn and ‘Coach’ Matt Drinkhahn on today’s two part episode talking to us about what’s proven to be effective in our calendars, where we fail, and how we learn from that. These two family men are successful business owners, and members of Front Row Dads. Matt is a coach for recovering perfectionists and highly functioning workaholics, while Andrew is the owner of a real estate investment company—and they’re absolutely killing it. They teach us about integrity in keeping our commitments, and knowing when to break the rules surrounding the boundaries you’

Hey guys. Hope you enjoyed part 1 of my interview with Philip Mott. In Part 2, we dig into different perspectives of unschooling, practicing patience and dealing with frustration. If you haven't listened to part 1, you can find that interview along with all of the show notes at FrontRowDads.com/298. Enjoy! Philip Mott Podcast Part 2 Highlights What’s a typical day look like with unschooling? How can things like Climb Night and Pokémon teach your kids? How to deal with the frustration of your own patience. What are the most asked questions about homeschooling? How do you manage your own voice around your beliefs, and how do you navigate the space of other people's judgments? Surround yourself with people who challenge your thoughts, and teach you to recognize the context from where you speak. What should they be doing vs. what are they doing. Learn the importance of your child's enjoyment and letting your kids be kids. Don’t compare your children to each other. Get the Full Show Notes Want access to the full

Guys, I just learned something that is so important and powerful to my heart... Instead of helping your kids see the world differently, try to see your kids’ world differently. This idea comes from my two-part episode with Philip Mott, which is all about homeschooling and consent based learning. Philip Mott is the author of Principles of the Patient Parent, and elementary teacher turned homeschooling father. He shares his struggles with school growing up, and how he started to associate learning with pain, frustration, and being looked down on— something I never want my kids to feel while learning. As someone who never quite vibed with the educational system myself, the thought of adopting a new model to educate my kids is pretty intriguing. In our conversation, we cover curiosity, consent, and recognizing the storyline of your kids. Philip teaches us that there shouldn’t be a difference between learning and living and wants to shift your mindset around how to educate your kids. If you’ve ever considered a di

Lately I’ve been wanting to wake up and have the first 10 minutes of my day to be full of nothing. Whether it’s refraining from opening my phone, making a to-do list, or sending off an email, I’d really prefer a moment to sit on the couch, or snuggle with my kids and listen to a children’s audiobook. And maybe we’re all moving a little too fast. As fathers, especially ambitious entrepreneurial dads, it’s easy to put speed into your family life; having a workaholic approach to parenting. But that’s not how it should be. What if we stopped trying to fill up that time, slowed down, and just experienced being in the moment?   On today’s episode, we have the very inspirational Carl Honoré, who talks about exactly that. Author of four books, a two-time TED speaker, broadcaster, journalist,  and voice of the Slow Movement, Carl has delivered his insight on the benefits of being slow to millions across the globe. A free-range child of the 80’s, Carl had a slow childhood, and tries hard to give that same upbringing t

Gentlemen, I want to share two quick stories with you today. This is a short episode about the lies that we tell ourselves and a realization that I had after our big move into our new home. After reading my friend John Ruhlin's Facebook post, it really hit home and inspired me to jump on the microphone today. I'm sure many of you can relate to this as well. Enjoy! Want to learn more about Front Row Dads? We are in the business of building better families. While most dads would say that family matters most, the challenge is they feel guilty knowing their careers get the best of them, and their family seems to get the rest of them. We help Dads become family men with businesses, not businessmen who have families, so they can thrive personally AND professionally. Subscribe to the Front Row Dad podcast to learn about fatherhood, marriage and how to level up your game at home, or if you’re ready for the best coaching and true brothers to grow with, Join The Brotherhood! Are you getting all the shows? Subscribe tod

Enjoy this clip from our most recent Online Summit about Happy vs Unhappy Achievers. Want to learn more about Front Row Dads? We are in the business of building better families. While most dads would say that family matters most, the challenge is they feel guilty knowing their careers get the best of them, and their family seems to get the rest of them. We help Dads become family men with businesses, not businessmen who have families, so they can thrive personally AND professionally. Subscribe to the Front Row Dad podcast to learn about fatherhood, marriage and how to level up your game at home, or if you’re ready for the best coaching and true brothers to grow with, Join The Brotherhood! Are you getting all the shows? Subscribe today! Want to leave a review? THANK YOU! http://FrontRowDads.com/review

Enjoy this clip from our most recent Online Summit about making sure that your personal development journey is making family a priority. Want to learn more about Front Row Dads? We are in the business of building better families. While most dads would say that family matters most, the challenge is they feel guilty knowing their careers get the best of them, and their family seems to get the rest of them. We help Dads become family men with businesses, not businessmen who have families, so they can thrive personally AND professionally. Subscribe to the Front Row Dad podcast to learn about fatherhood, marriage and how to level up your game at home, or if you’re ready for the best coaching and true brothers to grow with, Join The Brotherhood! Are you getting all the shows? Subscribe today! Want to leave a review? THANK YOU! http://FrontRowDads.com/review

Enjoy this clip from our most recent Online Summit where we're talking about the people you surround yourself with, the value of having a great support system in place and how that leads to success with your family and your businesses. Want to learn more about Front Row Dads? We are in the business of building better families. While most dads would say that family matters most, the challenge is they feel guilty knowing their careers get the best of them, and their family seems to get the rest of them. We help Dads become family men with businesses, not businessmen who have families, so they can thrive personally AND professionally. Subscribe to the Front Row Dad podcast to learn about fatherhood, marriage and how to level up your game at home, or if you’re ready for the best coaching and true brothers to grow with, Join The Brotherhood! Are you getting all the shows? Subscribe today! Want to leave a review? THANK YOU! http://FrontRowDads.com/review