Life on Purpose

The man in the painting on the front cover is my father. A quintessential people person who wasn't interested in just being one of the crowd; the color scheme of his first house is a rich example! This meant in his late twenties, getting off the road well traveled and finding the unique opportunities on the path that he wanted to take. Anyone starting to build a career, a family, or both, needs a process and a plan, just like what my parents wanted, discovered, and used to set their own course. Sadly, though, most don't have a plan; they never learned it was necessary, or even how to properly go about it. This book shows you how while escorting you alongside the authors' family experiences using a simple deliberate approach he learned growing up with his parents and siblings. Here is what you'll discover and learn: APPRECIATE how your family has influenced you, and contributed to what you are now getting out of life. From this understanding, you can better design the successful family characteristics you want your own family to have. DISCOVER how you can help your children have extraordinarily rich sibling relationships as part of a true family team! UNDERSTAND how your powerful mind interacts with your personality traits and external influences, and is used to set and control the path you want for you and your family. REALIZE that change is the only thing we can be sure of, and that parents can truly turn uncertainty and uprooting into an advantage in their children's lives. LEARN that your young children and early teens can understand complicated concepts — literally, the rules of life. You must know them yourself, and get to work as early as possible teaching them to your children. ARE THESE IDEAS AT WORK IN YOUR FAMILY? If not, you can get started right away, applying the tools in this book and have a life and family on purpose!

The man in the painting on the front cover is my father. A quintessential people person who wasn't interested in just being one of the crowd; the color scheme of his first house is a rich example! This meant in his late twenties, getting off the road well traveled and finding the unique opportunities on the path that he wanted to take. Anyone starting to build a career, a family, or both, needs a process and a plan, just like what my parents wanted, discovered, and used to set their own course. Sadly, though, most don't have a plan; they never learned it was necessary, or even how to properly go about it. This book shows you how while escorting you alongside the authors' family experiences using a simple deliberate approach he learned growing up with his parents and siblings. Here is what you'll discover and learn: APPRECIATE how your family has influenced you, and contributed to what you are now getting out of life. From this understanding, you can better design the successful family characteristics you want your own family to have. DISCOVER how you can help your children have extraordinarily rich sibling relationships as part of a true family team! UNDERSTAND how your powerful mind interacts with your personality traits and external influences, and is used to set and control the path you want for you and your family. REALIZE that change is the only thing we can be sure of, and that parents can truly turn uncertainty and uprooting into an advantage in their children's lives. LEARN that your young children and early teens can understand complicated concepts — literally, the rules of life. You must know them yourself, and get to work as early as possible teaching them to your children. ARE THESE IDEAS AT WORK IN YOUR FAMILY? If not, you can get started right away, applying the tools in this book and have a life and family on purpose!

This book has been at the tip of the author's fingers his whole adult life. The book was titled, and the cover was sketched twenty to thirty years before he actually put fingers to keys this year. He understood early on, that having been exposed to the "rules of life" and his other family ideas, at such a young age was not only unusual, but if it could be written about and put to use, it would be a serious advantage in life. He began writing about this unique experience the week after Covid-19 forced the world into hiding. He wrote for thirteen weeks straight and was thrilled to finally get this out; a goal he had that was hiding from his conscience for years and even in retirement. He officially retired from a paycheck seven years ago at fifty seven; another goal of his from about thirty years earlier, too. His wife of thirty-nine years, his three children and spouses and four grandchildren, are his greatest treasure and he thanks God every day for the gift of family and the joy of faith.