About

My first post gave a little background about the "why" of this blog, so I'm copying it here:

I first found my passion for data shortly after I returned to BYU after my mission. I created what I considered to be a pretty awesome spreadsheet to help automate and streamline some processes for the company I worked for. I got giddy just thinking about my spreadsheet and ways to make it do more things and solve more problems.
In all my jobs since then, my passion for analysis and development has continued to grow (wouldn't ya know it, my current job title is "Analyst and Developer"). I love thinking about ways to improve processes and display data in a meaningful way that makes it easy for people to do the right thing and make the right decision.
I also enjoy reading business-y books that explain human behavior, leadership, self-improvement, influence, and decision making. I counted up the other day, and I've read more than a dozen of these books over the years. Applying principles from these books has influenced my own professional development for the better.
Well, now I need my professional skills at home. I want to bring my passion for data to my mission for being a great dad. I want to take the principles I've learned in my readings and apply them my development as a husband and father.
I also want to be more passionate about the teachings of my Savior Jesus Christ. I feel the need to transform my book knowledge of the gospel into true conversion. I hope to discover and write about very practical and hands-on ways to live more fully as a disciple of Christ.
There are many nights when the struggles of parenthood leave me exhausted and I question my own abilities and goals. I feel like I've run out of answers, tried "everything" and don't see any "results." My purpose in this blog is to become a teacher of the very principles that I myself need to learn and internalize. In order to write about the tips and tricks of fatherhood, I need to live them.
My audience is myself and the imaginary reader who I will pretend is just like me and loves learning about the things I write. My anonymous reader will hold me accountable, and help me keep my goal to write at least once each week for the rest of this year. I also hope that there are other real dads out there who are also analytical, and who may draw some benefit from these thoughts. I would love to see this blog become a forum for sharing what works and celebrating successes.
While visualizations and algorithms alone won't make a man a better dad, I hope they can be one more tool in the toolbelt. Stay tuned for flowcharts, two-by-two quadrants, graphs and spreadsheets. Stay tuned for book reviews and research that I attempt to apply to the challenges I face every day as a parent of strong-willed children. Stay tuned for open and sincere exploration of gospel principles as I expose my struggles and how they can help a imperfect and sinful man develop God-like attributes.
I am passionate about using data to create solutions. I am the son of a perfect Father who has blessed me with these talents to build up His kingdom within my home. I am a father to three beautiful children who each in turn have unique gifts. I am a husband to an angel who is my inspiration to be a better man.
I am a data-driven dad.