Fatherhood Is Leadership

Over the past two decades, Matt Sweetwood has become the nation's leading advocate for single dads everywhere. In 1996, after his wife's personality disorder turned violent, Matt was awarded full custody of their five children ages 18 months to 8 years old. Since then, he raised his children on his own, gaining expertise in a range of single parenting and custody issues, including dating while caring for children and the legal, social, academic, and institutional prejudices against men who are single parents. Today Matt's children are grown, and he is currently writing his first book, a free-ranging and heartfelt memoir of his experiences In this episode you will learn: How a single father of 5 raised his children How to transform adversity into success How to effectively prioritize the most important things in your life How fatherhood and running a family is similar to running a business You can find Matt here: msweetwood.com Twitter: @MSweetwood LinkedIn