The art of winning and losing. It’s hard to teach, painful to watch someone experience, but at the end of the day it’s an incredibly important skill for everyone to learn.
Category Archives: Collections
Parent Role 4: The Imaginationer
Being able to use your brain in imaginative ways helps with problem solving, creating experiences, and even creating result goals.
Parent Role 3: The Work Ethic Creator
A Collection Introduction | The Story Teller | The Chief Fun Officer | The Work Ethic Creator | The Imaginationer | The Sportsmanshipper | The Parenter I consider myself and my wife to be hardworking people. I very much like that quality about ourselves. When I mentally went through the Unwritten Parent Manual my parentsContinue reading “Parent Role 3: The Work Ethic Creator”
Parent Role 2: The CFO or the Chief Fun Officer
A Collection Introduction | The Story Teller | The Chief Fun Officer | The Work Ethic Creator | The Imaginationer | The Sportsmanshipper | The Parenter Fun is universally relatable. Joking, tickling, playing, anything that generates laughter just had to be a pillar of the Watkins house. Having fun and being happy are positive winningContinue reading “Parent Role 2: The CFO or the Chief Fun Officer”
Parent Role 1- The Story Teller
One of the first chapters in the unwritten Parent Manual passed on from my parents was the art of story telling.
Passion Personified
When you work for yourself you wear your passion on your sleeve.
The Grand Transition
Have you ever had butterflies in your stomach before a big match or test or a thing? Well, I had that for an idea.
The Proverbial Crossroads
By February 2003 I had to make a decision. Do I sell financial services…
My First Pink Slip
Getting fired is never fun. But sometimes a life changing experience awaits.
Work. I Hate Work.
Northeastern’s he co-op program showed me what I did not want to do after college. This was invaluable.