Training smooth departures (M&M method)

✅ The biblical reason dads are called to bring order to their homes

✅ How to train your kids like a football coach (M&Ms included!)

✅ The power of a weekly family meeting to solve your biggest friction points

✅ Why setting "impossible" goals actually works

Chaos doesn't have to be the norm in your home. In Part 1 of this conversation, Army Ranger turned fatherhood coach Chris Cirullo unpacks the biblical call for fathers to bring order—and shares the practical systems he's built to lead his five sons with both fun and discipline. You'll also hear why setting impossible goals might be the key to real growth.

• God designed fathers to bring order and strategy to their homes—it's part of our calling, not just a nice-to-have.
• Training kids in specific behaviors with immediate rewards (like M&Ms) can save decades of frustration.
• Weekly family meetings with your wife help you identify and solve one key friction point at a time.
• Setting "impossible" goals narrows your options and forces clarity on what actually needs to change.
• What gets measured improves—but what gets measured and reported improves exponentially.

Chris Cirullo is a former Army Ranger with four combat tours in Afghanistan, a former collegiate football player, fitness coach, and tech startup leader. He now coaches men through Mission Fit and serves on the team at Forming Men. Chris and his wife Justine homeschool their five sons in Eugene, Oregon, and are expecting their sixth child.

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• Forming Men

1. "Minutes of training can sometimes save decades of headaches for a father."
2. "I have this innate responsibility as a father to bring order. We're not all great at it, but we do have to find ways to make efforts unto that end."
3. "Setting impossible goals is one of the most effective ways to actually make meaningful growth."
4. "What gets measured improves, but what gets measured and reported improves exponentially."
5. "God wanted to partner with Adam to bring about order in the world, and He stopped short of producing complete order so that man as a father and a husband could do some of that work."

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