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The Daily Dad
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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You Don’t Need The Third Thing
Praise is always nice, but it’s sort of pathetic how desperately we want it…for doing our job. Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure…
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Don’t Let The Wall Win
There’s a wall—a wall between you and your feelings, a wall between you and other people, a wall between you and this present moment.Give yourself the ultimate…
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Not Everyone Can Afford This (But You Can)
You could choose to be around more. You just won’t. You could choose to be more active, more aware, more involved…Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting…
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Did Our Wedding Vows Cover the Goats?
Ryan says he didn’t sign up for goats in the house, but Sam has the wedding vows to prove otherwise. Between looking back on ten years of The Daily Stoic and…
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Don’t Wish Away A Minute of Their Life
Don’t wish it away, no matter how frustrating this phase or this bedtime or this age is. 📚 Book mentiond: Travels with EpicurusThe new 10th Anniversary Edition…
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You’re Going To Wish You Hadn’t
Be here for it. Even the difficult parts. The new 10th Anniversary Edition of The Daily Stoic is out NOW! 👉 Grab your copy here…
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BONUS | Who Listens to an Audiobook Like That?
Between audiobook speeds and gym habits, Ryan and Sam have a few questions about how the other person operates.📚 Join the Quarterly Classics Book Club |…
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You Are Just Tired
You just have to let go of whatever the issue is right now. Come back to it tomorrow when you’re well-rested. Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting…
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It’s Happening To Us Too
That’s what kids do. They are always growing. While they were changing, aren’t we changing too? Aren’t we growing also?The new 10th Anniversary Edition of The…
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This Is How You Raise Resilient Kids
We have to be a resilient, flexible, well-rounded human being not just to survive the stresses of parenting, but if we want to raise kids for the real…
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Are We Destined to Become Our Parents? | Seth Wickersham
“Mirror, mirror on the wall, we become like daddy after all.” In today’s episode, ESPN senior writer and bestselling author Seth Wickersham joins Ryan to…
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Can You Say This For Your Kids?
At some point, success stops being about how much you can take on—how much you achieve. It becomes about what you’re willing to turn down.👉 Give yourself the…
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You’d Give Them Anything…Except This?
You’d give them anything. Except, you know, a little bit of patience right now👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community…
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Don’t Yuck Their Yum | Jefferson Fisher (A Daily Dad Favorite)
Communication expert Jefferson Fisher joins Ryan to unpack why every phase, especially in parenting, is fleeting, share wisdom passed down from their…
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This is What You Train For
Train like you’re training for the most important challenge of your life. Because you are.👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and…
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This Is the Most Important Decision You Make
Our moods and choices and the examples we set are always affecting our kids, changing how they see the world and how they see themselves. 👉 Give yourself the…
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The ONE Thing Your Kids Need Most From You
Your kids won’t always know how to ask for what they need most. In today’s episode, Ryan shares the one thing your kids need most and how the way you respond…
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Nothing to Be Ashamed Of
We should embrace that love and enthusiasm we naturally feel for them, and show it proudly.📚 Books mentioned: The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt and the…
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They’ll Get It Elsewhere…If They Don’t Get It From You
We want it. We need it. And when we don’t get it from our parents? Well, we try to get it from something or someone else.🎶 The Red Clay Strays - Wanna Be…
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If Anything, You Should Be Slowing Things Down
This is life. Not only is there not a finish line—the finish line is the thing we are desperately trying to avoid. 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of…
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This Is How You Get Them to Love Reading
We want our kids to love reading. We want them to love books. We want them to choose to pick up a book instead of an iPad or a phone or the TV remote. But what…
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These Are The Three Most Beautiful Words
Before you had kids, “I love you” was that powerful three-word phrase. But now there is another phrase even more beautiful...👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift…
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What Jet Li's Daughters Taught Him About Being A Father
Jet Li thought being a good father meant working hard and providing for his daughters. In today’s episode, he talks with Ryan about realizing money couldn’t…
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They’re Just Tired
Deal with it later, when everyone is in a better state of mind.👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily…
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They Just Wanna Be Loved
Don’t hold it back. Don’t make them fight for it.👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society…
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Make Sure They Have Their Time
You have work. You have your spouse. You have your kids. You have all the obligations of adulthood. All these things are important. How do you fit it all…
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This is All They Want
Your spouse, your kids, want you to try. Is that so hard?👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad…
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How to Decorate
Our own homes arenot for displaying antiques or art but for living.📚 Books mentioned: The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt and the Golden Age of Journalism by…
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Sam’s Unfiltered Take on Ryan’s 50K in Rome
Ryan told the story of running 50 kilometers through Rome, but what was the experience like for Sam and the kids waiting for him? In today's episode, Sam…
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Find A Way to Give Them Five More Minutes
Inevitably, it will catch us by surprise. It always does–even though we know our kids are growing up. 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools…
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This Is How You Protect and Benefit Them
Not all readers are great parents but all great parents are readers. We have to be.Turn the words into works 👉 Read to Lead: A Daily Stoic Reading Challenge |…
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Who Are You?
This is where the core memories are made, where the moments you won’t forget (and the stories you’ll tell) are created. 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of…
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Be Here for This Moment
How did the last month, the summer, go by so fast? 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society…
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Make Sure They Know This
“It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person,” Ralph Waldo Emerson once recounted, “‘Always do what you are afraid to do.’”👉 Give yourself…
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We Came Home From Italy and Ended Up in the ER
Ryan thought the chaos of traveling with kids was over once his family made it home. Then his son was admitted to the hospital. In this Part 2 episode, he…
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Rome With Kids Means More McDonald’s Than You Planned
Taking your kids to Rome means showing them the Colosseum, the Vatican, and 2,000 years of history. It can also mean travel delays, brutal heat, and more trips…
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We’re on Their Schedule
It takes forever. For them to make up their minds. For them to get over whatever they’re upset about. This is life with kids, isn’t it?👉 Give yourself the…
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You’re Going To Need Slack (Do You Have It?)
We need redundancies. We need backups. We need flexibility. 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad…
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You’re Going To Wish You Took This Seriously
You can do this without overreacting. You can do this without being anxious or needlessly stressed out. Treat what they’re telling you with good faith.👉 Give…
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What To Do When It’s Not What You Imagined
We should try to get better at not doing this, but we also should be kinder to our kids when they’re doing not only something pretty natural, but something…
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This Makes All The Difference
You wish your parents could have been different. Well, that wishing isn’t going to get you far. 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools…
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What Actually Builds Character in Kids? | David Cross
We spend years trying to give our kids what we didn’t have, only to turn around and worry that maybe they have it a little too good. Ryan talks with comedian…
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Maybe It’s Priceless?
Don’t you see how lucky you are? Don’t you see how rich you are?👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily…
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You Are Already Rich
As we chase wealth, we often forget that we are rich.📚Pick up a copy of Mark Twain by Ron Chernow at The Painted Porch: https://www.thepaintedporch.com/👉 Give…
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Tear Down That Wall!
There is a wall between you and your feelings. A wall between you and your family. It’s time for it to come down.👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting…
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Be Proud Of This
Whoever you are, whatever you do, you can be someone your kids respect, someone they can be proud of. 💡 We designed our How To Read Epictetus (A Daily Stoic…
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You’re Endangering Them For What?
Slow down. Be present. Be safe.👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here…
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6 Ways to Raise a More Resilient Child
Every parent wants to raise a kid who can handle hard things. But resilience isn’t built by protecting our kids from every struggle. In today’s episode, Ryan…
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You’re Not Going To Wish You Were Harder On Them
They are still so young, still figuring stuff out, still trying to make sense of their bodies and the world, still doing their best (even when they’re screwing…
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You Are Rich (If You Can Do This. If You DO This.)
You have to decide that the kids are the center of your life—not conferences, not meetings, not being ‘in the room where it happens.’ 👉 Give yourself the…
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Share This Fortune With Them
In a world full of misinformation and misdirection, isn’t this the inheritance we want to pass down? To show our children how to master their minds and hold…
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This is Why You’re Hurrying?
You want to make good time. You don’t want to be delayed. You don’t want to linger. But why?👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure…
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Teach Them How to Choose
Make sure they know how to decide, and to be OK with it, even if they decide wrong.👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and…
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Let Your Kids Read the Banned Books | Ryan and Sam Holiday
Of all the things parents have to worry about, their kid picking up a banned book shouldn’t be one of them. In today’s episode, Ryan and Sam talk about banned…
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Who Gets Your Evenings?
You work all day. What you do is important…and more important, it’s what pays for your whole life. But what happens when you get home?📚 Books mentioned: The…
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You Could Do More and You Know It
Who cares? Not you…because you assume someone else will care.📚 Book mentioned: Fair Play by Eve Rodsky👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools…
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Have You Tried An Audit?
It can be revealing, when you put it all down on paper. Whether it’s looking at your monthly spending or your daily eating habits, sometimes you don’t know…
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This is Costing You
Sure, more money is better than less…but only to a point, only within reasonable boundaries. Full episode with Ron Chernow: Apple Podcasts, Spotify…
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You Can Have Conditions
Our job is to support our kids, to root for them, to let them become who they are. But that’s not a blank check.👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting…
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Your Kids Might Be the Key to Your Creativity | Austin Kleon
Kids approach creativity with a freedom most adults have forgotten. In this episode, Ryan talks with bestselling author Austin Kleon about why having children…