“We have a critical role as parents to create memories for children, and put them in situations and environments where they’re creating memorable experiences.” Brett Rustand on DADicated

Brett Rustand is a 45-year-old military veteran and father of five who lives in Tuscon, Arizona. He and his wife both come from large families and have put a lot of effort into melding their individual experiences into their own unified family culture.

Brett’s military career completely changed direction upon the birth of his first son in Korea. He decided that, from that moment on, he would dedicate every day of his life to raising his children, and currently works in an industry helping veterans to get jobs.

In this session, we discuss working as a team within your family and our role as parents in deliberately creating situations that will form lasting memories for our children. He draws insightful parallels between functioning as a military unit and as a family and emphasizes the importance of showing vulnerability and giving children space to reconcile their own emotions.

The most powerful takeaways for me as a dad were:

- When children see themselves as part of a team with their own responsibilities, it helps them formulate their own identity and feel comfortable within their individual roles as part of a coordinated family unit.

- Constant communication routines are essential in maintaining strong and functional relationships both between spouses and as a family.

- It’s so easy to forget to take a step back and enjoy how wonderful an experience it is to help a little person develop and become a full-fledged human being. Realizing this and taking the time to do so is essential for our own perspective and parenting experience.

Thanks for listening, I hope you’ll enjoy this session!

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett-rustand-0b17977/

Website: https://crestins.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abitrusty/

Philipp Hartmann (host):

Web: www.philipp-hartmann.de

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipphartmann2

Dadicated: https://www.dadicated.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beingdad_official/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/philipphartmann

“The best advice I can give myself as a dad is to believe in your impossibles.” Ben Richter on DADicated

Ben Richter is an amazing man, dad and entrepreneur. He is a father of seven from two marriages who has learned to navigate the complexities of blending different family cultures with multiple children of different ages.

Ben has built one of the premier airport logistics companies and has managed to develop effective habits for balancing his work and family life. He emphasizes the importance of being fully present for your children by minimizing phone and work time when you’re together.

In this session, we discuss various valuable principles of fatherhood. Ben shares how he implemented “checkmark” systems from a relatively young age to teach children to consciously reflect on their behavior in a tangible and quantifiable way.

He explains how building positive communicative habits into our own and in our children’s everyday lives yield extraordinary results - and that difficulties are inevitable, but learning how to respond to them is what really counts.

Ben is truly inspirational in terms of his outlook on life and what he has achieved as a father and businessman and I thoroughly enjoyed our session together!

The most powerful takeaways for me as a dad were:

- Teaching children to exercise gratitude is a powerful way to influence their ability to respond to and to evaluate their daily lives.

- Focusing on incremental improvement on your performance as a parent is hugely rewarding, rather than focusing on missteps or regretting mistakes. Immediately focus on being the best version of yourself as soon as you walk in the door to be with your children.

- Daily and weekly recaps with a quantifiable checkmark system can engrain lasting positive behaviors in children.

I was on the fence about checkmarks for a long time but have to say that Ben’s perspectives made a lot of sense to me and have implemented a few of his ideas at home. So far this works really well.

If you find these concepts interesting I recommend you read “The Entitlement Trap: How to Rescue Your Child with a New Family System of Choosing, Earning, and Ownership” by Linda Eyre and Richard Eyre. It goes well together with this podcast and the concepts described are complementary and valuable.

Thanks for listening, I hope you’ll enjoy this session!

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benbrichter/

Website: www.airportlogistics.org

Philipp Hartmann (host):

Web: www.philipp-hartmann.de

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipphartmann2

Dadicated: https://www.dadicated.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beingdad_official/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/philipphartmann

“Growing up, people always asked where’s my dad, I would say in prison. But I always knew that that wasn’t the complete story. I wish I could say more to that when they asked me that, because they say your dad’s in prison people make assumptions. Yes, he was in prison, but he played a major part in my life.” - Darryl Woods Jnr on DADicated

Darryl Woods Sr. is 49 years old. He spent his 28 years and 11 months as a dad in prison. His son, Darryl Woods Jr., was born one year before his father was incarcerated. Their unique story and relationship they have today despite their difficult situation is nothing but amazing and inspirational.

Darryl Sr. grew up in one of the roughest parts of Detroit and was flung into a life of drugs and crime from a very early age. He was incarcerated at 18 years of age and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. He refused to succumb to a victim mentality and went above and beyond to be a present and a positive role model in his son’s life.

In this session, we discuss overcoming the difficulties of being a father figure from within prison, turning a hopeless situation into something positive for yourself and others, Darryl shares his experiences on the power of mental persistence and faith in overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

I am absolutely amazed at both their strength and perseverance, and the wonderful relationship they have built as father and son.

The most powerful takeaways for me as a dad were:

- Even under the most impossible circumstances, mental strength and a positive approach can prevail and yield astounding results in parenting.

- We can choose victimhood or the opposite for ourselves.

- Being there for your children takes many forms and this might not always just be physical.

To book my remote keynote on how we can empower dads in an effort to help facilitate family success please reach out via dadicated.com or simply use my LinkedIn (below).

Thanks for listening, if you like this one, please share the session.

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrylwoods1/

Website: https://www.startsmartlife.com/meet-darryl/ ; https://masteryourdaymasteryourlife.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darrylwoodsjr/?hl=en

Podcast: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/master-your-day-master-your-life-darryl-ea0oZicJNw9/

Philipp Hartmann (host):

Web: www.philipp-hartmann.de

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipphartmann2

Dadicated: https://www.dadicated.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beingdad_official/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/philipphartmann