Looking for ways to connect closer to your kids and family? My guest will share some simple actionable steps you can start using today.Michael Anderson is a public speaker and children's book author whose mission and purpose is helping fathers gain the strategies to transform their relationships, do their inner work, and show up more powerfully for their families.To connect with Michael Anderson visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-anderson-44ba36ba/To get Michael's book No More Mistakes from the Jungle Tales series visit:https://www.amazon.com/Jungle-Tails-No-More-Mistakes/dp/B0D2BGH6YQSpecial thanks to InGenius Prep for sponsoring The Fatherhood Challenge. To learn more about InGenius Prep or to claim your free consultation, visit: https://ingeniusprep.com/get-a-free-consultation/?utm_campaign=2024+Podcast+Email+Marketing&utm_content=Fatherhood+Podcast&utm_medium=Fatherhood+Podcast&utm_source=Fatherhood+Podcast&utm_term=Fatherhood+PodcastSpecial thanks to Zencastr for sponsoring The Fatherhood Challenge. Use my special link https://zen.ai/CWHIjopqUnnp9xKhbWqscGp-61ATMClwZ1R8J5rm824WHQIJesasjKDm-vGxYtYJ to save 30% off your first month of any Zencastr paid plan.Transcription - Creating Stronger Bonds and Stronger Development---Looking for ways to connect closer to your kids and family?My guest will share simple actionable steps you can start using today,and he will be with us in just a moment, so don't go anywhere.Before we begin, I'd like to thank our proud sponsor of this episodeand the Fatherhood Challenge, Ingenious Prep.Ingenious Prep is the world's premier admissions consulting firm,proud to be officially recognized as the country's top college admissions consultants,helping students prepare for admissionsto top schools through individualized educational programsthat increase chances of admission by up to 10 times.Ingenious Prep students work with former admission officersto differentiate themselves from other competitive studentsin three areas colleges evaluate students in academics,extra curricular activities, and personal characteristics.Just this past admission cycle,Ingenious Prep students have secured 110 offers from Ivy League schools,268 offers from top 20 schools, and 904 offers from top 50 schools.Ingenious Prep's student success lies within the factthat Ingenious Prep is an all-in-one consulting firmoffering every service a family needs,whether it be test prep, tailored candidacy, building mentorship,academic mentorships, the leadership, and innovation lab,soft skills courses, writing courses, and other customized programsto develop their application persona to the most effective and authentic extentto share with colleges.Just click on the link in the episode descriptionto book a free strategy call with one of Ingenious Prep's college experts,or you can visit ingeniousprep.comthat's ingeniousprep.comand let them know you came from the Fatherhood Challenge.Welcome to the Fatherhood Challenge!A movement to awaken and inspire fathers everywhere,to take great pride in their role,and a challenge society to understand how important fathers areto the stability and culture of their family's environment.Now here's your host, Jonathan Guerrero.Greetings everyone, thank you so much for joining me.My guest is Michael Anderson.Michael is a public speaker and a children's book author,whose mission and purpose is helping fathers gain the strategiesto transform their relationships,and do their inner work and also show up more powerfully for their families.Michael, thank you so much for being on the Fatherhood Challenge.Yeah, this is awesome, Jonathan. Thanks for having me on, man.So Michael, what is your favorite dad joke?(laughs)Favorite dad joke?Oh man, I'm trying to think of all the, you know,I can't believe I say this joke because when my dad said it,I just rolled my eyes every time.But I am guilty of the classic when my kids say,"Dad, I'm thirsty."I'll say, "Well, nice to meet you, thirsty. I'm dad."And they have never once found it funny.(laughs)They've never once found it funny,but I do every time. I can't help myself.(laughs)I love it.I really don't want to eat it.I'm glad someone loves it because they love it.(laughs)Well, Michael, let's get right to it.What is the story behind how and why you got into the workof helping families connect and stay connected?I kind of, you know, I kind of like I stumbled into this.I was working in a different job, had a different career.I kind of thought I was going to be doing that for the rest of my life.My wife was going to school at the time.I think we had just had our first child, I think,just this baby, my wife was getting her undergrad in family studies.And she was telling me about things she was learning about marriage,about family, parenting, and I just started realizing thatthe stuff she was saying was way more interesting than the stuff I was doing as a career.And so I decided to go back to school and get and become a marriage and family ...
