Kids & Family
It's week 4, or 5, or 43 of our quarantine and to help keep our sanity we've brought in fellow dad, author, entrepreneur and awesome human being Ryan Berman, father to Herman Berman (dog), aged 10, Micah (human boy), aged 7, and Mackenzie (human girl), aged 4. He is the founder of Courageous, a creative change consultancy that has worked with some of the world's largest brands and focuses on helping them become more courageous. His best-selling book 'Return on Courage: a playbook for courageous change' addresses this head-on. Berman also has his own "Courage Brand" called Sock Problems: an altruistic sock company that socks different problems in the world. In case you don't read to the end, a few things we wanted to share:* Ryan was generous enough to share his Personal Values Assessment which you can access here: https://corporaterenegade.d.pr/MRZ849* You can learn more about Ryan's company by visiting https://www.couragebrands.com/What are we discussing? * Being courageous as dads during a scary time. Ryan shared his philosophy on courage and defined it as taking action on your dreams. Living a courageous life allows us to have more space and time to be present with our kids. * Attention + Belief = Dad. Ryan's formula about how to carve out meaningful time for our children…giving them our attention and having belief in our kids, all while figuring out what our own values truly are. * Some Good News. We spend some time talking about episode 2 of Some Good News, as brought to you by Jim Halbert, aka Jon Krasinski. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOe_y6KKvS3PdIfb9q9pGug* Did Quibi launch at the worst possible time? We discuss the new streaming service and why adding more choice may mean fewer eyeballs watching the new platform. https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/04/quibi-app-downloads-day-one* Where the #DadSquads at? Moms are famous for their groups of fellow moms. Dads are often left by the wayside. We discuss why dads need friends now more than ever. https://www.parents.com/parenting/dads/as-dads-we-need-parent-friends-just-as-much-as-moms/* Finally, we discuss an article from Ryan, where he shares why we need creativity now more than ever. https://blog.leadercast.com/blog/creativity-in-a-time-we-need-it-mostSome final thoughts that came up during this episode: How do you turn this time into something that is proactive? How do you handle the moral fatigue we are all facing? What do you do when you can't control 85% of your life right now? What do you do with the 15% you can control? Find something worth fighting for. This is the great reset of our lives. Do the thing you want to do. As always, please send your thoughts, love and hate mail, and articles you want to be discussed on the next episode of Dad Chat by sending an email to greg@ambitious.com or sending a text to 321.351.3363Please stay safe. Practice Social Distancing. And for god's sake, wash your hands. Until Next time… #dadchat http://Instagram.com/gregrolletthttps://instagram.com/msgfarb