by Jeff Price | Aug 22, 2013 | Life & Career Success, Marriage and Relationships
Why do we get married? I am pretty sure there are more philosophical and spiritual answers to this question but I think fundamentally it comes down to wanting to spend time with the other person. But for some people, quality time is their primary love language and it...
by Jeff Price | Aug 21, 2013 | Life & Career Success, Marriage and Relationships
As children we were lied to. Does this sound familiar? “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” I don’t know about you but while I never wound up in the hospital over harsh words I certainly wound up feeling a lot of pain...
by Jeff Price | Aug 19, 2013 | Life & Career Success, Marriage and Relationships
When someone who is divorced challenges Anthony Robbins by saying, “yes, but I gave them EVERYTHING,” Tony is known to respond by saying: “yes, everything but what they needed.” The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts by Gary...
by Jeff Price | Aug 19, 2013 | Life & Career Success, Parenting
Middle school is a tough time in a young man’s life. Recently, a popular television show on the Disney Channel, Good Luck Charlie, captured the middle school experience perfectly. In the episode Bob Duncan (played by Eric Allan Kramer), the family patriarch, is...
by Jeff Price | Aug 15, 2013 | Life & Career Success, Parenting
Have you ever noticed that boys seem to be constantly in motion? They can’t sit down for more than six seconds at the dinner table before they are up and moving, and always seem to be going some direction, or fidgeting or generally trying to be any place other...
by Jeff Price | Aug 13, 2013 | Life & Career Success, Parenting
As I was preparing to write this post tonight I was also getting the kids to bed when I was confronted by the frightening image you see posted here. This is a boy. A boy wants to be a force to reckon with and if that means wearing a Sith Lord mask, a Hulk fist while...
by Jeff Price | Aug 6, 2013 | 50 Books in 50 Weeks, Basic Success Principles, Life & Career Success
As anyone who is ever read any of Spencer Johnson’s work knows that whatever the topic of the book is is not literally what it’s about. It is always a metaphor for a mental change that you need to make. Peaks and Valleys: Making Good and Bad times Work for...
by Jeff Price | Aug 4, 2013 | Life & Career Success, Parenting
As kids get older, the National Bank of Dad dynamic will likely change. Kids will want more money for more stuff and for more expensive stuff. Plus, they will be old enough to have their own actual bank account, and usually by the time they are 12 they are asking for...
by Jeff Price | Aug 2, 2013 | Life & Career Success, Parenting
Part of teaching our kids financial intelligence is letting them make mistakes and live with the consequences of their decisions. We have to do this as adults (unless you’re a politician, then you can blame someone else), so our kids should learn it as well and...
by Jeff Price | Aug 1, 2013 | Life & Career Success, Parenting
It doesn’t really take kids that long to grasp the concept of money. They see you pull money out to buy things and quickly figure out that your money can buy things for them. But for the National Bank of Dad (or mom and dad, or mom, or whatever) to work, your...