Best Brett Hartmann Podcasts (2024)

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68 Brett Rustand on the family as a team and forming lasting memories 1:08:58

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“We have a critical role as parents to create memories for children, and put them in situations and environments where they’re creating memorable experiences.” Brett Rustand on DADicated Brett Rustand is a 45-year-old military veteran and father of five who lives in Tuscon, Arizona. He and his wife both come from large families and have put a lot o…

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67 Ben Richter on navigating the complexities of a blended family 59:26

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“The best advice I can give myself as a dad is to believe in your impossibles.” Ben Richter on DADicated Ben Richter is an amazing man, dad and entrepreneur. He is a father of seven from two marriages who has learned to navigate the complexities of blending different family cultures with multiple children of different ages. Ben has built one of the…

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66 Darryl Woods Snr and Darryl Woods Jnr on forgiveness and building a relationship despite extraordinary circumstances 1:03:22

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“Growing up, people always asked where’s my dad, I would say in prison. But I always knew that that wasn’t the complete story. I wish I could say more to that when they asked me that, because they say your dad’s in prison people make assumptions. Yes, he was in prison, but he played a major part in my life.” - Darryl Woods Jnr on DADicated Darryl W…

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65 Tom Cullen on overcoming devastation and adapting to single parenting 52:38

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“The best advice I can give myself as a dad is that love is the baseline. The kids will always have my love. They need to know that. They need to feel that. I can be upset, sad, embarrassed, furious, all those things. But there will always be that base love. Of course I’ll always love them no matter what. But the key is that they know and feel that…

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64 Dave Galbenski on Learning While Teaching 51:48

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“The best advice I can give myself as a dad is being a dad is a journey, not a destination. It’s about progress, not perfection. Be present, and when present, be present." Dave Galbenski on DADicated.com Dave Galbenski is an amazing entrepreneur and thought leader in the field of law from Michigan. He is happily married and has one daughter who is …

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63 Dinis Prazeres on Leadership, Mindfulness & Teamwork 46:23

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Dinis Prazeres on DADicated.com: “The best advice I can give myself as a dad is to be kind to yourself and be mindful of what you focus on because what you focus on grows.” Dinis Prazeres is a father of two sons, 6 and 10. He met his wife, who is from Poland, while studying in France, and they currently live together in Canada. Dinis shares his jou…

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62 Financial literacy for children with Evan Harris 54:19

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“The best advice I would give myself is to recognize that my children are themselves. They are not a projection of me, nor were they me, or I am them at their current age.” - Evan Harris on DADicated Evan Harris is an entrepreneur who has been married for 25 years and has two sons, 13 and 16. As teenagers, they have already learned the ins and outs…

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61 Dr. Robert Brooks on Resilience in Children 1:11:56

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“The best advice I would give myself as a dad is to accept my children for who they are and reinforce their passions and islands of competence.” Dr. Robert Brooks has been married for 57 years, has two sons and is a grandfather of four. A clinical psychologist on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and former Director of the Department at McLean …

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60 Creating a successful family vision & instilling values with Robert Glazer 1:00:42

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“Be happy and healthy, be respectful, responsible, resilient, and be kind.” - Rob Glazer, Dadicated.com Rob Glazer is a very successful business owner who built a $20 million global business recognised as a best place to work by Inc, Fortune, Forbes, Entrepreneur, the Boston Globe and Glassdoor. He is also a father to 3 and avid outdoors family man…

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59 THE Rory Sutherland on not losing your marbles as a dad of twins, establishing trust and the fathers-daughter-bond 56:27

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“I think we make the business of parenting disproportionally difficult - if we assume that everything is within our control.” Rory Sutherland on DADicated.com Rory Sutherland is one of the most influential men in the advertising world, a charismatic speaker and Dad of twins. He’s the former Vice Chairman of Ogilvy Group, has served as Chair of the …

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58 Dr. John Rosemond - Renegade Parent Psychologist on Marriage Centred Parenting & Parent Authority 1:00:00

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“Children need equal amounts of unconditional love and unequivocal authority.” Dr. John Rosemond on DADicated.com John is 72, married for 52 years, 2 children and 7 grandchildren between the ages of 13 to 25. John is an American columnist, highly sought after public speaker, and author of 11 best-selling parenting books and often seen as controvers…

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57 Next-level serial entrepreneur, coach & autism dad with Michael Caito 58:10

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“Saying the right thing during a coachable moment to your children that builds their self-confidence can be the biggest difference-maker and change the trajectory of their whole life forever.” Michael Caito on DADicated.com Michael Caito is an amazing dad and serial entrepreneur who co-founded ”Restaurants on the Run”, scaled it to 10 markets, 600 …

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56 "Divorce changed me from a father to a dad" with Ron Blair 50:29

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“The best advice I can give myself as a dad is to stay present in the home,” Ron Blair on DADicated.com Ron Blair is currently going through a divorce and has 100% custody. His marriage and family culture are a tale of 2 distinct families which has impacted his parenting style. His dad is his hero and he wanted to emulate that for his 3 teenagers (…

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55 Losing your child to a rare disease. Daniel DeFabio on Menkes Syndrome 40:44

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“You may have a shorter life with your child but you still have a life with your child and some of this will be happy.” Daniel DeFabio on DADicated.com Daniel DeFabio is married and a father of two boys, Alex and Lucas. Sadly Lucas quite recently passed away at the age of 11.5 due to Menkes Syndrome, a rare disease he had been diagnosed with at the…

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54 Growing up in a Persian single-dad home in the U.S.A. with Shadi Almassizadeh 1:02:05

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“The best advice I can give myself as a dad is enjoy every minute, you never get those back and don’t take them for granted.” Shadi Almassizadeh on DADicated.com Shadi is the VP of architecture and engineering at Disney, he was born in Iran and grew up in America from age 4. His parents had an arranged marriage that failed so from the age 7 he was …

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53 Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) & Life Energy with Chris Jones 56:11

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“The best advice I can give myself as a dad is to be present with an open heart.” Chris Jones on DADicated.com Chris has been married to Yolanda for 22 years and they have two boys (16 & 13). Chris shares about his son’s Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) and how his condition has impacted him and the family. Chris’s insights on managing lif…

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52 Steve Biddulph’s incredible insights into “The Father Wound” & raising kids 1:01:25

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“The secret of family is to love what you have got. What you have got is better for you than what you would have made up for yourself.” Steve Biddulph on DADicated.com Steve Biddulph is one of the world's best known parent educators and best-selling parenting author. A psychologist for 30 years, he is now retired but continues to write and teach. S…

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51 Eric Naaman on dancing the stepfather-dance 51:58

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“How do I become part of this child’s life, without alienating the father, but still in the sense we need to become a family?” Eric Naaman on DADicated.com Eric Naaman, who grew up in war-torn Lebanon, is a leading entrepreneur, and loving stepdad to 12 year old Francois. He studied in the US, and is a successful entrepreneur now living in Canada. …

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50 Hao Lam: Street Kid, Refugee, Leading Education Entrepreneur & Dad 48:40

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“The best advice I can give myself as a dad is to spend one-on-one quality time with each son,” Hao Lam on DADicated.com Hao Lam’s story as a dad is powerful and super inspirational. Hao Lam is a refugee and dad of two sons (23 AND 20) from Vietnam, now living in Seattle. He has been married to his wife Lisa, for 27 years. As a youngster Hao spent …

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49 Don Britton sold his company to become a better Dad 55:59

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“The best advice I can give myself as a dad is finding as many different reference points to emulate becoming a better dad.” Don Britton on DADicated.com Don Britton (2 daughters, 1 & 5) is an amazing entrepreneur with a wealth of life experience who recently sold his company in a quest to spend more time with his family. Don grew up without his da…

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44 Mark X Cronin on his son’s Down Syndrome & Spreading Happiness 48:27

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“Stay humble and accept the humility that comes as a parent. There is so much we want to do for our children and there is so much we try to do, and in the end, they have their lives that they will lead and there is only so much we can do.” Mark Cronin, on DADicated.com Mark lives in Long Island and has been married for 38 years. He has 3 boys, Patr…

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43 Truly staying connected & living purposefully with Jeff Neufeld 52:55

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“The solutions will be simple, but the process is anything but.” Jeff Neufeld on DADicated.com Jeff Neufeld lives in Calgary, Canada, with his wife and 3 children who are 8, 5 and 1.5 years of age. Jeff once was a successful concert pianist performing in Europe and North America and now is the owner of a leading manufacturing company and an industr…

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42 Craig Rodney on Single-Dad-Hacks 1:02:14

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“I am 100% responsible for how I choose to walk through the door at the end of a day and parent my kids.” Craig Rodney, on DADicated.com Craig Rodney sold his agency and committed himself to being a full-time dad. He’s the primary parent to his boys (4 & 6), a situation which challenges the parenting narrative of our society. We talk co-parenting a…

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41 Bruno Monteferri: Big Wave Surfer & Changemaker Dad 1:15:07

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“Do not take anything for granted and you will change the way that you live every day of your life.” Bruno Monteferri on DADicated.com Bruno Monteferri (37) is from Peru, married to Christel. Together they have a 2 year old daughter. Bruno is an impressive changemaker, conservationist, lobbyist, filmmaker and environmental lawyer. Talking to Bruno …

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40 Don Lamont has 7 daughters & 20 grandchildren 1:16:56

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Don Lamont lost his first wife to breast cancer when his youngest daughter was four years of age. Don is an amazing serial entrepreneur and a wise family leader. He is 59 today and married to his second wife Ronda. In the session Don tells us how he managed to deal with the pressure of losing his wife and bringing up his daughters together with tru…

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39 Michel Kripalani on his wife’s brain tumor & superhero families. "Live as if you're dying." 1:01:29

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“To a child the word LOVE is spelled T-I-M-E.” Michel Kripalani on DADicated.comThis session is one of my favourites and it’s very powerful.Michel Kripalani is the President & CEO of Oceanhouse Media, an app development company, ranked by Inc 500 as one the Fastest Growing Private Companies in 2013. Michel also founded a virtual reality, augmented …

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38 True masculinity & and authentic fathering with Craig Wilkinson aka the “Dad Coach” 1:03:37

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“My best advice to myself as a dad is to realise how valuable I am to my children and how much my presence is needed in their lives and just be present and engaged.” Craig Wilkinson on DADicated.comCraig Wilkinson from South Africa is a powerful dad who has truly applied himself to his cause of being a dad and empowering other fathers. Craig has tw…

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37 Perspectives of an outlier dad. Arel Moodie’s journey from welfare to successful entrepreneur 59:34

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Arel Moodie is a Jewish person of colour (white mom and a black dad) who grew up in the projects in New York witnessing gang violence and fatherlessness all around him. Arel has built a million-dollar company and made Inc. Magazine’s “30 under 30” list. President Obama has personally acknowledged him for his work.Arel has two boys (7 and 5). Arel s…

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36 A Christian “Arab Dad’s” perspective with Dr. Suhail Jouaneh from Jordan 57:10

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“By profession I am a dental surgeon by profession I am a mental surgeon.” Suhail Jouaneh on DADicated.com Dr. Suhail Jouaneh is a leader, coach and businessman from Amman in Jordan. He is a business facilitator and executive coach having organized thousands of workshops and trained more than 20,000 people from over forty countries. Suhail is well …

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35 Rich Mulholland on becoming a dad after divorce, winning the stepmom-lottery and “Chicken Shapoodles” #dadcepies 1:05:34

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“How is the most important job the one we have the least information for?” Richard Mulholland on DADicated.com Richard Mulholland, an amazing entrepreneur, storyteller, insanely creative and of course a very interesting Dad. I love Richard. He is funny, intriguing and smart and his will to self-optimise is astonishing. I truly enjoyed listening to …

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34 Rorke Denver: Dad of two, U.S. Navy SEALs Officer & Trainer, assault team leader with 200+ combat missions 56:52

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"If you avoid pain you’re not inoculated for when hard things happen.” Rorke Denver on DADicated.com Commander Rorke Denver is a highly decorated assault team leader with over 200 combat missions as a NAVY Seal. Rorke has run every phase of training for the U.S. Navy SEALs and led special-forces missions in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America an…

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33 Arthur Gillis: learnings from a blended family by a seasoned entrepreneur dad & grandad 1:14:31

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“As fathers we sometimes have to be benevolent dictators, even if our children are grown-ups, they are still children.” Arthur Gillis on dadicated.comIf this podcast helps you being a better parent, please consider leaving a review and share it with another parent or two. I truly love getting feedback from you, in fact it makes my day!Arthur Gillis…

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32 Dr. Mark Schillinger on boys to men initiation and how to be happier, healthier and holier 1:11:01

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“As a dad I just didn’t want to go through the rest of my life not being whole with my son.” Dr. Mark Schillinger on DADicated.com This is one of my favourite sessions so far. Dr. Mark Schillinger is 67 years of age, has 2 kids, one son and one daughter and is based north of San Francisco. He refers to his family setup as “successful divorced famil…

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31 Coley Harris left his 2 year old son Ahmarr David behind to serve a 16 year sentence 1:01:14

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In 1994 Coley Harris went to prison to serve a 16 year sentence; he left behind his 2 year old son Ahmarr Melton. The two were separated for 14 years and have since both been working on their relationship. Today both of them work with youth from underserved communities focussing on the issue of father absence due to incarceration. The session is ve…

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30 Jason Goldberg on the role of fathering shaped by a biblical world view 1:06:09

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Jason is a devout Christian, he is married and has one son. Jason is one of the best business strategists I know, he is also a successful venture capitalist, leader and entrepreneur. In business his mission is to create jobs and impact by scaling impactful firms. In the family sense his mission is to be living in the manifest presence of God so tha…

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29 Sander Raeijmaekers a Dad’s view of postnatal depression (PPD) 1:09:15

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Sander is a dear friend of mine. He is 41 years old and has one daughter together with his partner Babiche. Sander has always been a big inspiration for me as a dad. His wife struggled with postnatal depression after Lou was born and it was very valuable for me to hear first hand how they managed that situation. Sander is a humble, warm man with a …

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28 Eric Fox on his daughter’s coma & his wife’s cancer 58:53

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“You never really know how much people are willing to do or are prepared or want to help until it’s needed.” Eric Fox on DADicated.com (Eric’s daughter went through a long coma, wasn’t breathing on her own for the first five weeks and she had a 3% chance of survival).Eric Fox is a stay-at-home Dad of two, married since 1999, living in Dubai. In 201…

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27 Conrad (“Caveman”) Stoltz: 3x Visualisation-Ninja DAD, 7x World Champion, 2x Olympian athlete and multiple African Champion 1:13:04

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“The hardest thing I have ever tried to do was to truly, truly emotionally connect.” Conrad Stoltz, 7x world champion, 2x Olympian Athlete, 5x African Champion, 5 Times South African Champion - DAD of three!Conrad Stolz, aka the “Caveman” is an exceptional triathlete from South Africa. He’s a powerful man and humble dad of three kids, Sina 4.5, Zan…

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26 Being a single dad, step dad & entrepreneur with Todd Palmer 40:59

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“First I was a boy raising a baby. Then I was a man raising a boy on my own while raising and growing a business. Sometimes that overlap was great, sometimes it was quite messy.” Todd Palmer, entrepreneur, single-parent dad and now also step-dad, on dadicateddotcom. Todd Palmer became a single-parent at the age of 24 in a time where chances for get…

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25 Dr. Michael Trautmann’s fatherhood journey & one life changing day and night with his own Dad 56:45

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Michael Trautmann is a strong man with the ability to inspire and lead people to success. He is a serial-founder, entrepreneur and Dad who has two sons, Oskar and Moritz, 21 and 24. The session is meaningful, powerful and moving and we both had a good cry together towards the end. Michael truly leads with vulnerability as he shares deep personal ex…

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24 David Bacon was born a great uncle (in case you are trying to figure that one out: his sister was already a grandmother when he was born) 58:23

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As we do this session I am in lockdown with four three year olds and two four and a half year olds, so times are interesting. Dave Bacon is an amazing man and Dad. Dave’s thoughts about Being a Dad are remarkable and his own story is remarkable as well - for instance each his dad, himself and his son were all born in a different century. Dave and h…

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23 Dr. Malik Mohammed a journey from homeless child to “Scholar Warrior Dad” on a mission is to improving the human condition 1:02:01

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This next session truly left me in awe. It is powerful and inspirational.Dr. Abdul-Malik Muhammad is a father, husband, educator, transformational leader, entrepreneur and author. He has been married to Christina for 25 years and became a dad at the young age of 20, a second time at 25. Interestingly his step-father and his wife’s father stay with …

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22 Marc Rousso on being a dad during personal bankruptcy 45:08

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Marc Rousso has two children; his shares are uplifting and practical and they are very important as we are stuck in a downturn economy caused by the explosive global deceleration we are currently experiencing.Marc built his business from nothing to a decent property company. As Marc and his wife had their first child, Lehman Brothers hit, he went b…

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21 Dr. David Zelman: parenting & living in the present for the future 1:00:10

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Dr. David Zelman is 72 years old, married for 40 years, three children and two grandchildren. David has been doing “Transcendental Meditation” for 50 years. Through his work in the last four decades David has achieved enlightenment.David is a behavioural psychologist and received his PhD back in 1976. He has done extensive work with families and ch…

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20 Balancing life in business, family & personal growth (and dealing with an eight year old daughter) with Jeremy Ames 54:08

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Jeremy Ames is 42, married and has 2 kids. He lives in Idaho in the U.S. and is a serial entrepreneur. Jeremy’s current business, Guidant Financial, has helped over 18.000 entrepreneurs put more than 4 billion USD to work, mainly in small businesses or franchises. In 2007, Jeremy was honored as the National Young Entrepreneur of the Year by the Sma…

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19 Warren Farrell the father of the men's movement & author of “The Boy Crisis” 51:53

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Warren Thomas Farrell is 77. He is an American educator, activist and author of seven books on men's and women's issues. All of his books are related to men's and women's studies, including his March 2018 publication “The Boy Crisis”.Farrell initially came to prominence in the 1970s as a supporter of second wave feminism; he served on the New York …

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18 Alan Haefele on being a dad of a child with autism 1:03:12

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Alan Haefele is an entrepreneur from South Africa. He has been married to Christy for 14 years and together they have four children. Three boys and one baby girl. Alans oldest son has autism.Alan’s shares, explanations and insights were truly valuable and personally I learnt a lot from his experience shares. Alan takes us through his own journey as…

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17 Richard Walton "Being Dad" in the jungle 1:02:31

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Not only is Richard a successful serial entrepreneur and dad of 4 kids - three girls and one boy. I could tell immediately that Richard has done some deep introspection about being a father, family and values in his life. Richard is a man who follows his heart and therefore seems to make really good decisions in his life when it counts. At one stag…

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13 “The Iron Cowboy” James Lawrence on parenting, Birth & natural consequences 45:13

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My next dad, James Lawrence aka “The Iron Cowboy”, is truly inspirational. James holds numerous world records and has achieved some pretty mind blowing results with his body and his mind. He is best known for doing 50 consecutive full Iron Mans in 50 American States. 50!What many people do not know is that James has always made a point of including…

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16 'Who' over 'what' with Brandon Dempsey 53:32

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Brandon Dempsey is a super-passionate Dad of two kids. He had 13 siblings growing up. He’s a serial entrepreneur currently running two companies. Brandon is also an Iron Man, author, speaker, professor, a non-profit leader, an adventurer and he runs a couple of nonprofits.All of this is only possible because Brandon his truly highly focussed and ha…

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