What does Lean have to do with family? Today the thought leader on lean, Ash Maurya, talks about just that. One of my favorite quotes during the interview.... You can’t negotiate for time with a crying baby. I needed to be a lot more efficient with my time. Now I carve out my day systematically. Shownotes What do you tell people you do? I tend to give people a high level answer, and if people ask a question I’ll go in deeper. I say I’m an author, then say I write business books, and on … [Read more...]
The Slow Hustle with Peter Awad
Peter Awad of the Slow Hustle podcast joins us today. Peter’s mission and goals are similar to the 2 Cent Dad podcast in his focus on family and business and life’s mission. Here is what his website says Business is hard. It’s fun, exciting, crazy and also stressful, depressing, debilitating. It’s the ultimate of roller coasters. Theme parks have nothing on it. After talking with dozens and dozens of entrepreneurs, I realized I am not the only one feeling these extreme emotions. They are … [Read more...]
Feeling Like Machines Living Together?
There is a point that I arrive at with my wife that I hate and it’s routine. Not the good kind of routine where you are building positive habits... It’s the time when I feel like we are going through life helping each other simply get done what we need to get done. When we feel like we are just co-workers at a factory and putting out fires. And oh are there fires when you got three kiddos under 5 in a house. (But you already know that) The thing about it is, I don’t see it coming until BOOM! … [Read more...]
Ruben Gamez of BidSketch
Ruben Gamez is the founder of online proposal software BidSketch. We explore his work habits since starting his own business and "the resistance" which is a concept introduced by Steve Pressfield in his book The War of Art. Ruben's 2 Cents... Parenthood is like practice and every opportunity with your children is an opportunity to practice and get better Resources mentioned War of Art (book) Steven Pressfield DHH episode of the podcast … [Read more...]
Meaningfulness with Ben Toalson, Father of 6
Ben Toalson joins the podcast. If he sounds like a legit podcaster, it is because he is...he is on the Seanwes podcast as well as a podcast on parenting that he does with his wife. A designer by trade he shares the journey that took him to full time design freelancing and tons of nuggets along the way. Ben's 2 Cents... The piece a lot of men are still neglecting are themselves and the other areas of their life suffer because of it. … [Read more...]