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October 2017 Thrive Family Focus: Essentialism, with Greg McKeown

2018-09-13T23:43:36+00:00

October 2017 Thrive Family Focus: Essentialism, with Greg McKeown Welcome to the October Thrive Family Focus Interview! This month, Thrive community co-founder, Bill Blankschaen, sits down with best-selling author, Greg McKeown, to discuss Greg's latest book  Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less.    Have you ever felt the urge to declutter your life? Do you often find yourself stretched too thin? [...]

October 2017 Thrive Family Focus: Essentialism, with Greg McKeown2018-09-13T23:43:36+00:00

A Valuable Lesson from the Eclipse

2018-09-13T23:43:42+00:00

Note from Mark Timm, CEO Ziglar Family:  This week's post comes from Ziglar Family team member and family coach Jen Truitt.   Jen has been with Ziglar Family since its inception, bringing to the team both her expertise as a writer and her passion for helping people (and families) to discover and achieve all that God [...]

A Valuable Lesson from the Eclipse2018-09-13T23:43:42+00:00

Back-to-School Family Chaos? Try This!

2018-09-13T23:43:45+00:00

by Mark Timm, CEO Ziglar Family It’s that time again! Back-to-school season has begun all around the country, and whether your kids have started back already or won’t until after Labor Day, it’s time for families to get back into the school year routine again. To be honest, as much as we love the laid-back, [...]

Back-to-School Family Chaos? Try This!2018-09-13T23:43:45+00:00

Why Your Marriage Needs a Weekend Getaway

2018-09-13T23:43:49+00:00

Note from Mark Timm, CEO Ziglar Family:  This week's blog post comes from our Ziglar Family founding partner, Bill Blankschaen.  Proud husband for nearly 20 years and father of 6 awesome kids, Bill is an author, entrepreneur, and founder of StoryBuilders. He's worked with thousands of families as a school administrator, pastor, and counselor and [...]

Why Your Marriage Needs a Weekend Getaway2018-09-13T23:43:49+00:00

A Father’s Worst Nightmare… and Biggest Blessing

2018-09-13T23:43:53+00:00

by Mark Timm, CEO Ziglar Family It’s Father’s Day weekend, and as usual, a time for me to reflect on what has truly been one of the greatest blessings of my life:  being a dad. This year, though, I’ve been almost overcome with the emotion of what Father’s Day means to me, because just over [...]

A Father’s Worst Nightmare… and Biggest Blessing2018-09-13T23:43:53+00:00

How to Fish for the REALLY Big Ones – Without Bait!

2018-09-13T23:44:01+00:00

By Mark Timm, CEO Ziglar Family For as far back as I can remember, I would go fishing with my grandparents over the summer.  It started when I would get out of school just before the long Memorial Day weekend. First, my parents would take me to my great-grandpa Charlie’s for a week; after that, I would [...]

How to Fish for the REALLY Big Ones – Without Bait!2018-09-13T23:44:01+00:00

The 4-Letter Word Everyone is Using

2018-09-13T23:44:05+00:00

  By Mark Timm, CEO Ziglar Family   There is a 4-letter word so pervasive in society today that nobody even seems to notice its use anymore. Like all 4- letter words, it’s ugly and negative, and people tend to use it in frustration.  The word? B-U-S-Y. Busy has become an overused adjective that is [...]

The 4-Letter Word Everyone is Using2018-09-13T23:44:05+00:00

How Much Screen Time for Kids is Too Much?

2018-09-13T23:44:08+00:00

By Mark Timm, CEO Ziglar Family When I was growing up — and I’ll bet you can relate — the only real media that I was exposed to was television and radio, with TV being the more influential of the two. But in the 70s and 80s, even what was shown on television was pretty [...]

How Much Screen Time for Kids is Too Much?2018-09-13T23:44:08+00:00

Blessings at Your Family Meal Time

2018-09-13T23:44:14+00:00

Note from Mark Timm, Ziglar Family CEO: Today’s post is from guest blogger Julie S., an Australian wife (of 22 years) and mother of 7 beautiful children ranging in age from 21 down to 3 years old. Julie reached out to us in response to the Day 2: Communication challenge from the 7-Day Family Challenge. My [...]

Blessings at Your Family Meal Time2018-09-13T23:44:14+00:00

What’s Your Target?

2018-09-13T23:44:15+00:00

by Mark Timm, CEO Ziglar Family If I asked you if your life is balanced, what is your first thought? Most people immediately start to consider whether or not they have balance between work life and home life. But here’s the thing:  if those are the only two parts of life you’re focused on, you’re [...]

What’s Your Target?2018-09-13T23:44:15+00:00