Lessons To My Children: Recent Episodes
Mike Wittig
Advice from a dad to help you crush life! The episodes are around 10 minutes, and packed with stories and common-sense lessons. New episodes released every Tuesday morning.
Want to stand out from the crowd, know more, and make better choices in life?
Want to be a leader?
Want to know the past so you can forsee the future?
Want to always have interesting things to say at parties?
Read.
It's the discipline that will get you to where you want to be, and help you reach your full potential.
If I can help you in any way, be sure to check out www.MikeWittig.com and send me a message. I'd love to hear from you!
Who are we? How did we get here? What is man? What is life? What is the meaning of life? What is our purpose?
These are questions that men and women have wrestled with since the beginning, and they are questions that have led them to several different perspectives or worldviews.
For many, the search for answers to life's greatest questions has led them to Jesus Christ.
In this episode, we discuss Christianity... a worldview or religion based upon the life and teachings of Jesus. Specifically, we will look into how one BECOMES a Christian.
You don't want to miss this important lesson.
If I can help you in any way, be sure to check out www.MikeWittig.com and send me a message. I'd love to hear from you!
Health doesn't seem like a big deal while you're young, but eventually it all catches up to you. Your health mistakes or health successes will compound over the years.
So, plan ahead.
Treat your body like it's the only one you will ever have... because it is!
If I can help you in any way, be sure to check out www.MikeWittig.com and send me a message. I'd love to hear from you!
We live in a microwave, instant-gratification society.
We want wealth, success, fitness, sex, the job of our dreams, food and our Amazon packages now!
In this immediate-gratification world, it is good to go back to the counsel of our forefathers and learn what they had to say to help us find lasting success in any area.
Sometimes, the race does not belong to the swift, it belongs to the one who is steady and sure over the course of decades.
Patience is a virtue.
Greatness is measured in decades.
Slow and steady wins the race.
If I can help you in any way, be sure to check out www.MikeWittig.com and send me a message. I'd love to hear from you!
You are your word.
If people can't trust you, then your words will mean nothing to them.
Your relationships, reputation, and prosperity depend upon your reputation... and your reputation depends upon your word.
Don't miss this important lesson!
If I can help you in any way, be sure to check out www.MikeWittig.com and send me a message. I'd love to hear from you!
If you do anything worthwhile, you're going to be criticized for it. That's just how it is. It's part of the human experience.
You can't control the criticism, but you can prepare yourself for it, and control how you respond to it.
In this episode, I will share some tips on how to navigate criticism and crush life in spite of those who dislike what you're doing.
You got this!
If I can help you in any way, be sure to check out www.MikeWittig.com and send me a message. I'd love to hear from you!
If everyone in American started over with only $100,000 to their name, what would it look like for everyone in 5 years?
Would there be financial equity?
Of course not!
The truth is that those who are currently wealthy now, would be wealthy then. And those who are poor now, would be poor then (with a few exceptions of course).
The difference is spending habits and financial IQ.
Don't miss this episode, because money is one of the most important areas of your life.
I have been blessed to have experienced great success in many different aspects of my life.
And in this podcast, you'll hear me share insights about what I've learned in these areas. Most of the insights come from failing and learning from that failure. Other lessons were passed down to me, and I am happy to pass them down to you as well.
We will talk about money, wisdom, love, God, virtues, investing, health, dating, fixing things, mindset, life-hacks and everything in-between.
So many people never had a dad mentor them. Too many have never heard classic "dad advice" that could have set them up to win in all areas of life... and that is why we started this podcast.
The episodes are short and to the point. I won't waste your time, but I may challenge the way you look at things.
The advice is practical and common sense oriented (a very "dad" way to look at the world).
If you apply what you hear, I promise you'll be better for it.
So, let's get started!
-Mike
There is a message that our culture desperately wants you to hear and receive.
This message can be seen and heard in movies, on the news, in songs, at school, in textbooks, and in advertisements.
This message is incessant and clear.
The message is, "YOU ARE A VICTIM."
But you should ask yourself why? Why is THIS the message they desperately want me to believe?
The answer might surprise you.
I have been blessed to have experienced great success in many different aspects of my life.
And in this podcast, you'll hear me share insights about what I've learned in these areas. Most of the insights come from failing and learning from that failure. Other lessons were passed down to me, and I am happy to pass them down to you as well.
We will talk about money, wisdom, love, God, virtues, investing, health, dating, fixing things, mindset, life-hacks and everything in-between.
So many people never had a dad mentor them. Too many have never heard classic "dad advice" that could have set them up to win in all areas of life... and that is why we started this podcast.
The episodes are short and to the point. I won't waste your time, but I may challenge the way you look at things.
The advice is practical and common sense oriented (a very "dad" way to look at the world).
If you apply what you hear, I promise you'll be better for it.
So, let's get started!
-Mike
Cutting corners to save a few dollars may seem like a good idea at first, but in the long run, it catches up to you, and your reputation suffers for it.
This is especially important when you borrow someone's item.
If you borrow a tool, a shirt, or a car, never return it damaged or worse than how you were given it. Instead, go out of your way to return it even better than how you found it.
So, dry-clean the shirt. Wipe down the tool. Fill the car with gas.
Do this, and you will stand out from the crowd and build a reputation that is worth far more than that tank of gas!
I have been blessed to have experienced great success in many different aspects of my life.
And in this podcast, you'll hear me share insights about what I've learned in these areas. Most of the insights come from failing and learning from that failure. Other lessons were passed down to me, and I am happy to pass them down to you as well.
We will talk about money, wisdom, love, God, virtues, investing, health, dating, fixing things, mindset, life-hacks and everything in-between.
So many people never had a dad mentor them. Too many have never heard classic "dad advice" that could have set them up to win in all areas of life... and that is why we started this podcast.
The episodes are short and to the point. I won't waste your time, but I may challenge the way you look at things.
The advice is practical and common sense oriented (a very "dad" way to look at the world).
If you apply what you hear, I promise you'll be better for it.
So, let's get started!
-Mike
It's easy to think that life begins and ends in Middle School and High School.
It's normal to believe that if life sucks in High School, it will suck for the rest of your life.
Many assume that because they're being bullied at school, their life is over.
I'm here to say that simply is not true.
High School is NOT life.
Your best days can be ahead of you!
This is not the end, it's not even the beginning. It's just a season that will pass. Better days are ahead.
I have been blessed to have experienced great success in many different aspects of my life.
And in this podcast, you'll hear me share insights about what I've learned in these areas. Most of the insights come from failing and learning from that failure. Other lessons were passed down to me, and I am happy to pass them down to you as well.
We will talk about money, wisdom, love, God, virtues, investing, health, dating, fixing things, mindset, life-hacks and everything in-between.
So many people never had a dad mentor them. Too many have never heard classic "dad advice" that could have set them up to win in all areas of life... and that is why we started this podcast.
The episodes are short and to the point. I won't waste your time, but I may challenge the way you look at things.
The advice is practical and common sense oriented (a very "dad" way to look at the world).
If you apply what you hear, I promise you'll be better for it.
So, let's get started!
-Mike
20 years ago, something happened to me that changed my life forever.
In this episode, we will draw some lessons from what happened to me so that you can avoid the kind of pain I experienced.
I have been blessed to have experienced great success in many different aspects of my life.
And in this podcast, you'll hear me share insights about what I've learned in these areas. Most of the insights come from failing and learning from that failure. Other lessons were passed down to me, and I am happy to pass them down to you as well.
We will talk about money, wisdom, love, God, virtues, investing, health, dating, fixing things, mindset, life-hacks and everything in-between.
So many people never had a dad mentor them. Too many have never heard classic "dad advice" that could have set them up to win in all areas of life... and that is why we started this podcast.
The episodes are short and to the point. I won't waste your time, but I may challenge the way you look at things.
The advice is practical and common sense oriented (a very "dad" way to look at the world).
If you apply what you hear, I promise you'll be better for it.
So, let's get started!
-Mike
Your choice of friends will make you or break you.
For the sake of your future, choose wisely!
I have been blessed to have experienced great success in many different aspects of my life.
And in this podcast, you'll hear me share insights about what I've learned in these areas. Most of the insights come from failing and learning from that failure. Other lessons were passed down to me, and I am happy to pass them down to you as well.
We will talk about money, wisdom, love, God, virtues, investing, health, dating, fixing things, mindset, life-hacks and everything in-between.
So many people never had a dad mentor them. Too many have never heard classic "dad advice" that could have set them up to win in all areas of life... and that is why we started this podcast.
The episodes are short and to the point. I won't waste your time, but I may challenge the way you look at things.
The advice is practical and common sense oriented (a very "dad" way to look at the world).
If you apply what you hear, I promise you'll be better for it.
So, let's get started!
-Mike
Here are some of the basics that so many people miss when it comes to their money, credit scores and credit cards!
Get this right, and life will be far easier (and less expensive) for you.
I have been blessed to have experienced great success in many different aspects of my life.
And in this podcast, you'll hear me share insights about what I've learned in these areas. Most of the insights come from failing and learning from that failure. Other lessons were passed down to me, and I am happy to pass them down to you as well.
We will talk about money, wisdom, love, God, virtues, investing, health, dating, fixing things, mindset, life-hacks and everything in-between.
So many people never had a dad mentor them. Too many have never heard classic "dad advice" that could have set them up to win in all areas of life... and that is why we started this podcast.
The episodes are short and to the point. I won't waste your time, but I may challenge the way you look at things.
The advice is practical and common sense oriented (a very "dad" way to look at the world).
If you apply what you hear, I promise you'll be better for it.
So, let's get started!
-Mike
You can be 'Jeopardy smart' and still fumble through life. There is far more to intelligence than just knowing facts and data.
I have been blessed to have experienced great success in many different aspects of my life.
And in this podcast, you'll hear me share insights about what I've learned in these areas. Most of the insights come from failing and learning from that failure. Other lessons were passed down to me, and I am happy to pass them down to you as well.
We will talk about money, wisdom, love, God, virtues, investing, health, dating, fixing things, mindset, life-hacks and everything in-between.
So many people never had a dad mentor them. Too many have never heard classic "dad advice" that could have set them up to win in all areas of life... and that is why we started this podcast.
The episodes are short and to the point. I won't waste your time, but I may challenge the way you look at things.
The advice is practical and common sense oriented (a very "dad" way to look at the world).
If you apply what you hear, I promise you'll be better for it.
So, let's get started!
-Mike
Get a loan. Go To College. Get a boring job in a cubicle with a manageable salary and benefits. Talk about sports or the Kardashians at the water cooler while on break. Live in a high-priced box in the city. Slowly pay off that school loan over the next 15 years. Spend more money than you make. Drink. Party. Complain. Virtue signal. Scroll social media constantly. And most importantly, consume, consume, consume.
This is the path that our culture pushes on you.
But, is this the correct path? Is college even worth it at this point?
Let's talk about it.
I have been blessed to have experienced great success in many different aspects of my life.
And in this podcast, you'll hear me share insights about what I've learned in these areas. Most of the insights come from failing and learning from that failure. Other lessons were passed down to me, and I am happy to pass them down to you as well.
We will talk about money, wisdom, love, God, virtues, investing, health, dating, fixing things, mindset, life-hacks and everything in-between.
So many people never had a dad mentor them. Too many have never heard classic "dad advice" that could have set them up to win in all areas of life... and that is why we started this podcast.
The episodes are short and to the point. I won't waste your time, but I may challenge the way you look at things.
The advice is practical and common sense oriented (a very "dad" way to look at the world).
If you apply what you hear, I promise you'll be better for it.
So, let's get started!
-Mike
Like you, I love winning and I love success, but there is something far more important than winning and succeeding. It's an old idea, but one that we need to recapture: living with honor.
Who you are as a person matters more than the scoreboard.
So, when the opportunity comes to sell out, hurt someone to get ahead, steal or lie, I urge you to count the cost. To remain in honor may not serve you, but it is the right thing to do regardless.
I have been blessed to have experienced great success in many different aspects of my life.
And in this podcast, you'll hear me share insights about what I've learned in these areas. Most of the insights come from failing and learning from that failure. Other lessons were passed down to me, and I am happy to pass them down to you as well.
We will talk about money, wisdom, love, God, virtues, investing, health, dating, fixing things, mindset, life-hacks and everything in-between.
So many people never had a dad mentor them. Too many have never heard classic "dad advice" that could have set them up to win in all areas of life... and that is why we started this podcast.
The episodes are short and to the point. I won't waste your time, but I may challenge the way you look at things.
The advice is practical and common sense oriented (a very "dad" way to look at the world).
If you apply what you hear, I promise you'll be better for it.
So, let's get started!
-Mike
We find ourselves in a world of disorder.
People are lost and confused, and nowhere is that more evident than with boys and men who have never been given clarity as to how they are supposed to act, and what they are supposed to be doing with their masculinity.
This confusion has been detrimental to our homes and to our communities, and it's time men step up and lead as God intended us to lead, and serve as God intended us to serve.
I have been blessed to have experienced great success in many different aspects of my life.
And in this podcast, you'll hear me share insights about what I've learned in these areas. Most of the insights come from failing and learning from that failure. Other lessons were passed down to me, and I am happy to pass them down to you as well.
We will talk about money, wisdom, love, God, virtues, investing, health, dating, fixing things, mindset, life-hacks and everything in-between.
So many people never had a dad mentor them. Too many have never heard classic "dad advice" that could have set them up to win in all areas of life... and that is why we started this podcast.
The episodes are short and to the point. I won't waste your time, but I may challenge the way you look at things.
The advice is practical and common sense oriented (a very "dad" way to look at the world).
If you apply what you hear, I promise you'll be better for it.
So, let's get started!
-Mike
"It's my money, I want it now!' -J.G. Wentworth
"Become a millionaire in 90 days!" -Finance Gurus
"Lose 30 pounds in 30 days!" -Instagram Weight Loss Influencers
The appeal of immediate success is so alluring. It's sexy! It sells!
I've been drawn to it, as have you.
It hooks us in, but is it true? Probably not.
Is there a better way? A tested and tried way that will actuality deliver? Yes!
What I will share with you in this episode is that ACTUAL path of success in any area of your life (financially, spiritually, relationally, physically).
What I share won't necessarily be popular, but I guarantee it will ring true.
Because it is true.
I have been blessed to have experienced great success in many different aspects of my life.
And in this podcast, you'll hear me share insights about what I've learned in these areas. Most of the insights come from failing and learning from that failure. Other lessons were passed down to me, and I am happy to pass them down to you as well.
We will talk about money, wisdom, love, God, virtues, investing, health, dating, fixing things, mindset, life-hacks and everything in-between.
So many people never had a dad mentor them. Too many have never heard classic "dad advice" that could have set them up to win in all areas of life... and that is why we started this podcast.
The episodes are short and to the point. I won't waste your time, but I may challenge the way you look at things.
The advice is practical and common sense oriented (a very "dad" way to look at the world).
If you apply what you hear, I promise you'll be better for it.
So, let's get started!
-Mike
It's the most important book in all of history, and I want to help you read it, understand it, and enjoy the journey!
I have been blessed to have experienced great success in many different aspects of my life.
And in this podcast, you'll hear me share insights about what I've learned in these areas. Most of the insights come from failing and learning from that failure. Other lessons were passed down to me, and I am happy to pass them down to you as well.
We will talk about money, wisdom, love, God, virtues, investing, health, dating, fixing things, mindset, life-hacks and everything in-between.
So many people never had a dad mentor them. Too many have never heard classic "dad advice" that could have set them up to win in all areas of life... and that is why we started this podcast.
The episodes are short and to the point. I won't waste your time, but I may challenge the way you look at things.
The advice is practical and common sense oriented (a very "dad" way to look at the world).
If you apply what you hear, I promise you'll be better for it.
So, let's get started!
-Mike
Social media clicks, ads, likes, comments, Facebook groups, messages, Yahoo news, emails, YouTube videos, click-bait articles, and tik-tok.
Do you ever get overwhelmed by it all?
The internet has a lot to offer, but there are many dangers, and the non-stop stimulation is changing the way our brains function.
In this podcast, we discuss the negative effects that the internet is having on our brains, and what we can do to avoid becoming a mile-wide and an inch deep in the way we process and think.
Book Remcomnedation: The Shallows by Nicolas Carr.
I have been blessed to have experienced great success in many different aspects of my life.
And in this podcast, you'll hear me share insights about what I've learned in these areas. Most of the insights come from failing and learning from that failure. Other lessons were passed down to me, and I am happy to pass them down to you as well.
We will talk about money, wisdom, love, God, virtues, investing, health, dating, fixing things, mindset, life-hacks and everything in-between.
So many people never had a dad mentor them. Too many have never heard classic "dad advice" that could have set them up to win in all areas of life... and that is why we started this podcast.
The episodes are short and to the point. I won't waste your time, but I may challenge the way you look at things.
The advice is practical and common sense oriented (a very "dad" way to look at the world).
If you apply what you hear, I promise you'll be better for it.
So, let's get started!
-Mike
You'd laugh if you could see how awful and awkward my first date was.
But you can learn from my mistakes, and perhaps even become a master of seduction... or at least, competent enough to get a second date.
I have been blessed to have experienced great success in many different aspects of my life.
And in this podcast, you'll hear me share insights about what I've learned in these areas. Most of the insights come from failing and learning from that failure. Other lessons were passed down to me, and I am happy to pass them down to you as well.
We will talk about money, wisdom, love, God, virtues, investing, health, dating, fixing things, mindset, life-hacks and everything in-between.
So many people never had a dad mentor them. Too many have never heard classic "dad advice" that could have set them up to win in all areas of life... and that is why we started this podcast.
The episodes are short and to the point. I won't waste your time, but I may challenge the way you look at things.
The advice is practical and common sense oriented (a very "dad" way to look at the world).
If you apply what you hear, I promise you'll be better for it.
So, let's get started!
-Mike
If you can live like no one else today (delayed gratification), you will be able to live like no one else tomorrow (success).
Don't miss this vital lesson.
I have been blessed to have experienced great success in many different aspects of my life.
And in this podcast, you'll hear me share insights about what I've learned in these areas. Most of the insights come from failing and learning from that failure. Other lessons were passed down to me, and I am happy to pass them down to you as well.
We will talk about money, wisdom, love, God, virtues, investing, health, dating, fixing things, mindset, life-hacks and everything in-between.
So many people never had a dad mentor them. Too many have never heard classic "dad advice" that could have set them up to win in all areas of life... and that is why we started this podcast.
The episodes are short and to the point. I won't waste your time, but I may challenge the way you look at things.
The advice is practical and common sense oriented (a very "dad" way to look at the world).
If you apply what you hear, I promise you'll be better for it.
So, let's get started!
-Mike