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The Daily Dad
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The audio companion to DailyDad.com’s daily email meditations on fatherhood, read by Ryan Holiday. Each daily reading will help you find the wisdom, inner strength, and good humor you need in order to be a great dad. Learn from historical figures and contemporary fathers how to do your most important job. Find more at dailydad.com.
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Suddenly, They Won’t Care
Yesterday00:02:25Tap to summarizeThey’re growing up before your eyes. Make sure you see it.👉 Join The Daily Dad Society: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcribe →This is How You Brighten A Place Up
2d ago00:02:11Tap to summarizeYou might think your house is a mess. You might be a little embarrassed to have people over. But you shouldn’t be.👉 Join The Daily Dad Society: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcribe →You’re Not Supposed to Be Enough
3d ago00:02:41Tap to summarizeWe are not meant to parent alone. We are not enough people to possibly handle this responsibility alone.👉 Join The Daily Dad Society: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcribe →It Feels Good For a Moment…And Then Horrible
4d ago00:03:02Tap to summarizeHas there ever been a parent who didn’t yell, who didn’t lose their cool? Probably not.🪙 Carry The Daily Stoic Pause & Reflect Medallion as a reminder to pause. A pause creates space. A pause creates clarity. A pause can change everything. | Grab The Daily Stoic Pause & Reflect Medallion at dailystoic.com/pause👉 Join The Daily Dad Society: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcribe →How Much Longer Will They Want To Do This?
5d ago00:02:32Tap to summarizeThere are a million reasons not to go. But it’s worth asking, as you run through these excuses, how much longer will they want to do this?👉 Join The Daily Dad Society: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcribe →A Father’s Most Important Legacy | Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling
1w ago00:13:16Tap to summarizeIn honor of Father's Day weekend, Ryan talks with Lieutenant General (Ret.) Mark Hertling about fatherhood, legacy, and the lessons we hope our children take with them. During a wartime deployment, Mark began writing a journal for his sons in case he did not return home. What started as a way to leave them guidance became a reflection on character, failure, leadership, and what it really means to be a father.Lieutenant General (Ret.) Mark Hertling served 38 years in the U.S. Army, rising from tank platoon leader to commander of U.S. Army Europe and the Seventh Army. His career included combat tours in Desert Storm and Iraq, where he commanded the 1st Armored Division, prepared U.S. and allied forces for deployment, and helped support military transformation across Eastern Europe.📚 Grab a copy of If I Don't Return: A Father's Wartime Journal by Lieutenant General (Ret.) Mark Hertling 👉 Follow Mark Hertling on Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/mark_hertling/Join The Daily Dad Society before Father’s Day and get $60 off your yearly membership with code FATHERSDAY: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcribe →Your Worries Are Your Problem
1w ago00:02:22Tap to summarizeLet them live their life. Let them make mistakes. That’s the whole point.📚 Book Mentioned: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion👉 Join The Daily Dad Society before Father’s Day and get $60 off your yearly membership with code FATHERSDAY: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcribe →You Have To Give Them Access
1w ago00:03:00Tap to summarizeWe want to make sure our kids have opportunities in life. But sometimes, we neglect one of the easiest ways to help them get ahead.👉 Join The Daily Dad Society before Father’s Day and get $60 off your yearly membership with code FATHERSDAY: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcribe →This is Why You’ll Miss It
1w ago00:03:02Tap to summarizeYou’ve got a long commute to school and then the office. They never sleep. There’s drama in the mom or dad group. It’s a lot. It’s also nothing!📚 Books Mentioned: A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck👉 Join The Daily Dad Society before Father’s Day and get $60 off your yearly membership with code FATHERSDAY: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcribe →You’ve Got Yourself a Wild Animal
2w ago00:03:21Tap to summarizePlato, with total seriousness (and probably a bit of humor too), said that “of all the wild things, a boy is the most difficult to handle.” A lot of parents would agree to that.🎙️ Check out Richard Reeves episode on the Daily Stoic Podcast | Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube📚 Grab a copy of Of Boys and Men by Richard Reeves at The Painted Porch | https://www.thepaintedporch.com/👉 Join The Daily Dad Society before Father’s Day and get $60 off your yearly membership with code FATHERSDAY: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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