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Stephen Gillett is the co-founder and former CEO at Chronicle—an Alphabet company born out of X, The Moonshot Factory—and is an executive advisor to the CEO at Google. As one of the youngest CIOs of a Fortune 500 company in history, he was responsible for leading the technological transformation of Starbucks under Howard Schultz. Stephen's previous positions included CIO at Corbis, working directly with Bill Gates; President at Best Buy; and COO at Symantec. As an avid lifelong gamer, Wired also recognized him as an innovative Guild Master in World of Warcraft. Stephen lives in Silicon Valley with his high school sweetheart and their eight children.
In today's episode, Stephen joins the podcast to talk about the role gaming plays in his household, and how it's helped his family develop deeper connections.
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"It's very hard to be selfish in a family of 8." - Stephen Gillett
"Before you get furious, get curious." - Stephen Gillett
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Ali Jafarian is a serial entrepreneur and software engineer with over a decade of experience building technology. He built his first website back in 2005 when the internet was a place for tables and Flash. Since then he's consulted for Fortune 500's, worked with start-ups in various phases, and launched several online businesses of his own. Ali loves helping start-ups and small businesses with early stage development and growth.
In today's episode, Ali shares his advice for improving your environment and becoming an eco conscious family.
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Purdeep Sangha is an award-winning author, entrepreneur, life and business mastery strategist. He is also a husband and a father.
Purdeep Sangha is widely known as "The Strategist for Men In Business". He has a deep passion for helping men rise above. By giving them the tools, skills, intelligence and systems to remove roadblocks and bottlenecks so people can focus on growing their income and enhancing their life.
Today, he joins the podcast to discuss how to deal with different life experiences, cultivate presence, and energies by tapping into the secrets of true masculinity.
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For several months now, my 5-year old has been playing with Army Men characters.
We set up epic battles together, and then he typically tells me something like, "My guy is going to snipe your guy!"
His army always seems to win — by a long shot!
I've loved this time with him.
And then I saw a dark side.
Let me begin by saying...
I have no problem with my sons playing "Good guy, bad buy" games.
I have no problem with my sons talking about, or acting out fighting scenes, as they often do with toy sticks, swords or other weapons they manufacture.
I have no problem with my sons learning how to protect themselves and others, figuratively and literally.
I have no problem with any child learning about the warrior that lives within them, and all of us.
As a kid, I got tremendous value from studying martial arts. I loved the karate kid movie. I played cops and robbers.
In church I learned about evil, and the forces that stood against it.
What I do have a problem with is...
Senseless violence.
I do have a problem when fighting has no moral compass.
I have a problem with attacking others from a place of anger or revenge.
"An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind." ― Mahatma Gandhi
I see a problem when fighting becomes an addiction, an identity, and the only place to feel and fuel power.
"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster." ― Friedrich Nietzsche
I have a problem if peace isn't part of the conversation.
"Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world's problems?" ― Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes
As Ocean played more and more with the army men, I realized there was only one conversation happening.
That conversation was about dominating and destroying me.
He had only one story in his mind -- win at all costs.
While I want my son feel like a winner, in this case, I felt the story he was living out daily needed some expansion.
To add texture and open his awareness around this subject, my wife and I decided to add some new characters to the story.
For Christmas, one of his presents were army men who instead of carrying bazookas, were doing yoga :)
*Click here to see how Ocean reacted! It's priceless.
This Deserves Love with Philip McKernan
Philip Mckernan is a courageous husband and a father of two amazing kids. He is an Inspirational Speaker, Writer & Filmmaker. Philip has worked with entrepreneurs and business leaders all over the world.
Philip is the founder and is spearheading the One Last Talk™ movement. As a speaker, he has inspired and challenged the Canadian Olympic Team and The Pentagon to name a few. He has traveled to 80 countries around the globe, built an orphanage in Peru, written 5 books despite being dyslexic and created his first documentary film called Give & Grow.
Philip believes the path to a happy and fulfilling life is found through the meaning we derive in life through the WORK we do, our relationship to OTHERS and the most important relationship of all, the one with one's SELF.
Today, he joins the podcast to discuss how to build and cultivate a strong relationship with your children and recover from failures as a parent.
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Sean Wenger is the Executive Vice President of Client Services at Fathom, one of the nation's largest independent digital marketing agencies. Sean leads a high-performance team including many ultra-successful millennials.
He has a passion for entrepreneurship and has leveraged his strong track record with a Fortune 100 organization to expedite his experience and obtain significant leadership roles at a young age.
In today's episode, he joins us to discuss about the struggles of a person has to improve and progress in life as a parent.
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Scott Harrison is a husband and a father of two kids. He is the author of the New York Times Bestseller, Thirst: A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World.
He is also the founder and current CEO of the non-profit charity: water. For thirteen years, he has raised about four hundred million bucks and funded 44 thousand water projects in 28 countries.
In today's episode he joins the podcast to discuss about the life experience he has as a father of a middle-class family.
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Today I'm re-sharing The 5 Habits of Front Row Dads LIVE Masterclass that I held with Hal Elrod. If you missed it earlier in the year, now's your chance to listen (or re-listen!)
Hal and I speak about the relationship that a parent should strengthen with their children, the values that a person needs to prioritize, and the love that they have for themselves that could highly affect their mental, emotional, and physical health beyond their environment.
While this episode is a replay of our masterclass, the topics discussed will most definitely help you step up in achieving your family goals in 2020 - so it's very much relevant and I believe there's a ton of value you can take from this.
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