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How working at Waffle House made me a better husband

December 12, 2011 in Being a Husband, Character with 0 Comments

This past summer marked the 10 year anniversary of my short, but eventful “career” at Waffle House. First, I find it funny that places like Waffle House and McDonald’s use the word “career” on their job applications, knowing that the percentage of “career” employees they get is about the same as interest rates on a savings account at your local bank. Career and Waffle House typically do not go together unless you are in management because there is no denying that Waffle House does make someone money.

Ten years ago, I think I was pulling home $7.50 per hour at the “Awful Waffle” which will the “progression” of the economy would be equal to about $7.49 today. Continue Reading…

Ingenious Business Plan involving Tim Tebow

December 6, 2011 in Character, Characteristics of a leader, Manly Hobbies with 0 Comments

If you could package Tim Tebow leadership in a bottle and sell it to businessmen, husbands, and athletes you would be a gazillionaire. Tebow continues to answer the question of “What is a Leader?” “Tim has a presence about him that I’ve never been around before in terms of a guy in the locker room. I’ve played with some Hall of Fame players before, and it’s nowhere close to the aura that this guy has.” This quote is from Broncos cornerback Andre Goodman. When asked why Tim has such an aura, Goodman responded “I can’t explain; that’s not for me to explain.” Continue Reading…

What is a leader

October 20, 2011 in Being a Dad, Being a Husband, Character, Characteristics of a leader with 0 Comments

In today’s confused society, simple questions have to be answered and explained that were taken for granted a generation ago. “What is a leader?” is not overly simply but it has become overly confused. I am a new father and starting in the parenting stage of my own life, and I expect to have to explain things to my children that were not necessary to be explained to me. Instead of getting on a soapbox of forgotten truths, I will briefly talk about what it means to be a leader. Here are a few things that would fit the definition. Continue Reading…

Happy Wife Tip – How to be a good Listener

October 3, 2011 in Being a Dad, Being a Husband, Character, How To with 0 Comments

Being a good listener is not a natural strength for me, but I’m not sure it is truly “natural” for any of us. Obviously, we all know the difference in a good and bad listener. I have spent the majority of my life in the bad listener category, but am trying to commit listening treason by crossing over to the good. Continue Reading…

X Factor’s answer to “What is a Man?”

September 24, 2011 in Being a Dad, Being a Husband, Character with 0 Comments

This past week, I found myself watching Fox’s debut of American idol’s twin brother, called X factor. While I was a little shocked that the show was an almost exact blueprint of American Idol, I was a little more surprised at how Fox again has lowered their standards for the sake of ratings. The show featured quite a number of things that can be degraded by this article including one man dropping his pants which even the judges found offensive. Another man rolled on the ground while screaming a line of obscenities that became an almost solid 2 minutes of beeping noises to screen all members in the television audience who haven’t served in the Navy. The lesser offensive fault of Fox’s X factor that I would like to discuss in the constant center stage attention given to very feminine men. Continue Reading…

Characteristics of a Leader – Resolving Conflict

September 19, 2011 in Being a Husband, Character, Characteristics of a leader, How To with 0 Comments

There are many defining characteristics of a leader, but one of the most difficult is the ability to resolving conflict the right way. This takes humility, courage, and character. This answers the question “What is a leader”? These are defining qualities of a leader. Resolving conflict is a not only a challenge to manhood, but unfortunately, also a mystery to many men. For some reason, completing a triathlon, being a good listener, and swallowing our pride to ask forgiveness, all fall in about the same difficulty level for many men including myself. Though resolving conflict with another person, especially your spouse, is never easy, I don’t want ignorance to be an excuse any longer. Pride may be your failure in accomplishing this daunting task, but ignorance will not. Here are the key points to remember in resolving a conflict as laid out in the Bible and elaborated on in Douglas Wilson’s book Reforming Marriage. Continue Reading…