Callousing Men

Leader @ home = Leader @ work
There is no work/life balance, you aren't two people.

We improve your home life, to the point where you see an increase in ROI with your career.

I know, shocking right? If your home life is unconditionally dialed in, all else in life improves.

Mentor For Dads

VII Clothing CO

Clothing with an actual cause. Printing a prodigal artist's work (https://www.instagram.com/vansaro/) onto t-shirts, using artwork to show you life may be a bed of roses, but last I checked, roses have pricks!

Brand Manager

LeadSquared

SDR Healthcare/Education

US Navy

Industrial Hygienist

Bay Area Air Quality Management District

Air Quality Instrument Specialist

San Diego County Air Pollution Control District

Air Pollution Control Assistant

Owaves

Brand Ambassador

Active Physical Therapy & Wellness Center

Manager, Sales And Business Development

Jet Propulsion Laboratory - NASA

Scientific Researcher

K. General Contractor

Environmental Consultant/Site Safety Manager

What I do: Take VERY FEW men and elevate their status to being great Dads
How I do it: I've done it myself, simply show you how to do it yourself
Result: Leader @ Home = Leader @ Anything Else

I solve your problems by sharing what I've learned from coming within hours of dying, working for NASA w/ zero degrees, yada yada...

I come equipped with serious life experiences and no certifications: need to see them? Go to a therapist.

Losing my marriage, house, cars, job, savings, health, surviving it and coming out healthier: 
this is what enables me to identify your weak points as a Dad.



When I'm not coaching, I'm busy with:
--Taking my daughter to gymnastics classes and practicing with her afterwards. 
--Training for my 3rd 100 mile ultramarathon.
--Watching Dave Chappelle and Joe Rogan being silly about serious things.
--Listening closely to Erin Brockovich about air/water/food quality.
--Playing drums, practicing baritone singing, learning new Mediterranean recipes from my mother.
--Reading scientific publications on bioavailability, epigenetics, exercise and gut-brain connection

"For a young woman to stand unapologetically in her conviction, to speak with giants, to feel compelled to share her heart and faith, to a man of faith, is all I could have ever asked for in a father."

"Last night as we were concluding the day I witnessed this BRAVERY when my daughter (unannounced or unscripted) gave her personal scriptures she just used on her church mission to @jordan.b.peterson and shared her testimony of Jesus Christ."

"The look on my face says it all."

"Their exchange was priceless."

"For a young woman to stand unapologetically in her conviction, to speak with giants, to feel compelled to share her heart and faith, to a man of faith, is all I could have ever asked for in a father."

"What a rad and powerful experience to witness."

"Proud is an understatement."

"God is good."

-Sean Whalen

Sero Kassabian, MPH

Professional working mothers of LinkedIn

Home or office?

Asked yesterday which title is worth pursuing more?

CEO or mother?

The result?

Most chose being a mother



Which gave rise to this question




What would women prefer to do it finances were in order?

That's what they have a job for, right, to cover the finances?



Well, what if they're covered, 100%?



Would you prefer to stay at home, to build a great family?

Heck, even come up with the next best biz idea THROUGH your family?

You know what I learned about work and family while swimming here?

Jack-diddly 💩  



But...


💡I did wonder what I was thinking at the age of 22

Head of the California EPA or family man? 🤔 

❌Choosing the first route was a colossal mistake

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As the head of the Cal-EPA...


❌It's impossible to act as a leader under their framework


Most you can do is pretend to be one and pretend you're not crippled


So...


All that's left is to keep the machine running 🤗 


In hopes that no one realizes you're not actually calling any shots 😬 



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Basically...

Towing a line with a big title, 

Good government pay 

And false sense of accomplishment

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Now...

In a family you're creating?

YOU ARE THE LEADER

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You don't need to pretend

You set the framework

And feels more human than machine

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THE FAMILY MEMBERS FEEL THE REASONS TO TOW THE LINE




Ideas for the next business come through time with family. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 

Career is built with family.






So why do most men choose the career over family?

I seriously don't have a good answer


P.S. Your bank account is incredibly unimpressive, but your ability to support your wife and take time out for your kids is impressive, especially when every voice around you tries defining men by their $$$

I'm the Chief Therapy Officer for everyone else, 
Deep inside the lives of many,
It's gradually destroying me, so why do I do it?

Serving others as a form of guilt free procrastination from self work

This seems to be a common theme not just amongst my Dad clients

But in my life as well

Feel good for helping others

Meanwhile, slowly rotting on the inside

Yeah... no.

No one has infinite energy for everything

So why do I and my clients do this?

Because we're making up for something not taught to us as kids

Self worth

P.S. Every Dad working at C-level whom I've spoken with has this problem. Seems to be very common amongst overachievers.

Laughed, at first.

Then remembered my job at 16, military surplus store...

Smell of empty grenades greeting you at the door 😁 

The bazooka seen above the cashier 😶  

Uncertain if its rocket was still live 😅 

Really made me ask for the first time 'WHERE do I want to work?'

✅ Country-side was the answer, every single time.

So this time, I'm listening to the scientists (aka me 🤓) 

If I could ditch tap water (aka move abroad or to another state),

So can you ✊  

❌You're chasing the wrong title

Especially women 

Ok, men too 😁 

Career titles over all else
Most partners slept with
Most countries visited
Better watch
Better car
Better
More



Infinite progress and beyond...



For who?
For what?
For ourselves?
Do we exist alone on this planet?



Everything seems to be encouraging us to be ourselves these days

💡Because serving others means many others make money

💡Rather than the $$$ being held by a few

💡Serving others means power becomes decentralized ✊ 

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Guess what creating a family is?

👉 The epitome of serving another

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So I'll ask,

Do you think your title is what really matters?

Do you think we'll be talking about your titles when you pass?

Or is the title of parent all that has, does and will ever matter most?

P.S. You don't have to be a parent to serve others, if you're serving and providing for a better community for kids to thrive in, you've got my support.

You can feel the love, even through metal and rock...

"Ray Burton, who was the father of Cliff Burton, used Cliff's royalties for the first 3 Metallica albums to fund kids scholarships at Castro Valley High School. Ray wanted to keep his sons name alive by putting kids through collage with his sons royalties for 30 years."

P.S. If you said I'd ever talk about Metallica as a Dad...

Can't sit here for more than 5 minutes w/o thinking of work?

You're proper f***ed


7-figure home, two vacation homes abroad, smiley family.
Can't sit still for more than 5 minutes in peace?
All my clients I bring here fail this test...


It's a sign 🛑 





$50k bet that you can't sit here for 1-hour and NOT think of work

I'm not worried about losing the $50k

Why?



Every 

Single

Dad


Everyone I've brought here realizes in the first 10 minutes just how hard this really is.



💡That it's their first time EVER facing themselves.💡




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❌It sucks to admit they're not at peace

❌They're not that loving

❌They actually don't like their job

❌That they lie... a lot

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In fact...

💡They admit they don't know who they are💡

Kinda weird this Dad has more financial wealth than I've ever had

Yet I'm the one feeling wealthy? 🤗 





7-figure home, two vacation homes abroad, seemingly happy family.

Can't sit still for more than 5 minutes in peace

You need help

P.S. No amount of mentorship or therapy or coaching will prove to you how badly you need this. It's on you to ask for it and chances are, I'm not the guy for you.

A near death experience did... not turn out how I expected.

I'm more terrified of death than ever and it's hampering everything.

Sound familiar?
Hopefully not.

In case it does...

A passing of a loved one
Unexpected lay off
Near death experience
Pandemic
Onset of new auto-immune disorders

Used to think these events were the start and completion of inner work

That simply by experiencing them, the work is magically done

And we can go live our lives in freedom, sunshine and rainbows, right?

Wrong

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Those life-altering events are merely the beginning of your journey

That the hardest part is yet to come, years after the experience

Years after the fallout, after the dust has settled.

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I have hurt many by doing this openly on here

I don't want to do that

I want to do the work

Before it does me in

How many more 100 milers, marathons, calisthenics, kettlebells, swimming and ice baths do I need until it's too late?

I'm no use to anyone 6 feet under.

Fear of death? 😈 

Or ice bath? ❄ 

I hate improving

But not as much as I hate my fear of dying as a mediocre man

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With that said

I hate ice baths from the bottom of my heart

So why do I do it?

Because I fear inaction more than I fear death

Ice bath it is.

P.S. Did I mention how much I hate ice baths?

Let's talk DEI and how a GREAT idea has been weaponized.

I now self-identify as a woman, why?

There are grants the US gov is currently handing out to only...

✔Minority
✔Female-led
✔Small, medium and large operations

So, I will be applying for this grant as a 

✅Minority
✅Female
✅For my small consulting side gig

This is ridiculous, right?

Those receiving grants will not need to account for their spending.

(FYI grant money is above $1 billion)

Being funded with zero expectation of accountability when our country is in the most debt it's ever been?

That does sound ridiculous.

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✊Diversity is strength

✊Inclusivity allows us to stay united

❌Nothing about this funding program is promoting diversity nor inclusivity

And equity just gets lost in all of it...

❌This is not DEI nor what it's intended for.

✔This is normalizing lack of accountability.

P.S. Anyone who pushes back at this saying you're not a woman?
✋How dare they dictate your gender. 
💡This hurts everyone and the ones who get hurt the most? 
👉Those who actually care about DEI for all, not just for some.

The fear of dying alone keeps a man up at night

And yet, the solution is right in front of us...

We are surrounded by the help we need

That coach you wish to find that could help?

That consulting you wish you could afford to hire?

That therapist you seek who would understand you so easily?

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YOU ALREADY KNOW THEM

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They're literally, figuratively and virtually right in front of you

Fear is really good and making us feel like they're nowhere in sight

And we have an obligation to show a better way of living

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Not just to ourselves

But to our kids

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I really wish my daughter was working out with us

But knowing I'm influencing any of the little ones I care about the most?

That helps me stay sane until the next time I see her.

Sane enough to not let the fear cripple me.

Fear of what?

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Fear of dying before I get to see my grandchildren

Fear of dying before I get to take our org to the billion $ level

Fear of dying before I get to help America, Armenia and the world

I fear death so much

Because I'm not ready to die

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So swing that kettlebell

Take that break to teach another

Discuss the topics deep in your heart

Drink that tequila

Enjoy the tacos

Pick up that surfboard

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You were born privileged,

So that to help all those who were not privileged.

Maybe that's why I live in fear?

I fear death as much as I fear not living up to my servant leader standards

Or maybe I just need salsa 🤗 

Here’s what it looks like when reframing your thoughts from ‘why am I awake’ to...


‘Thank God I’m awake’


You hear the alarm after you’ve woken up

What do you do?

Stay in bed?

Or take inventory of fears and still get up?

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You know my choice, what’s yours?

Happy Saturday you meat popsicles

P.S. I got my a$$ up, don’t deserve to sleep in, ever

Every human worth a grain of salt has done inner work
The first thing they address... fear

Finally coming to the conclusion:
Our own fear is the only thing in our way

Not $$$
Not our jobs
Not family
Not our health
Not government
Not the 2nd demic
Not ‘GMO mosquitos’
Not President ‘Falls A Lot’

Our fear is #1 at stopping us and spectacularly effective at it

So as I cried in the ice bath yesterday, thought to myself: how have others eliminated their self imposed fears?

Love is the most powerful force
No, John Lennon 😁 
I think it's peace...

Take acceptance of truth:

💡Be it truth of your love for work

💡Or truth of your performance in 🛌 

💡Or truth at 🏡 

Once it's accepted, improved on and valued...

You feel the peace of mind ☮ 

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Easy to love & value progress & success

It's hard to step back and simply enjoy the peace

P.S. Yes, I did find peace in looking at an Oxxo sign

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