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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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Don’t Be So Nice That…
Nobody likes confrontation. Nobody likes having to enforce our boundaries. Nobody likes having to have an awkward conversation with their parents. Or the boss…
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A Real Way To Be Happy
We talked recently about the fleetingness of happiness. The way that happiness changes and evolves, the way that it tends to ensue rather than exist as…
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Daily Dad On Connecting With Our Kids Through The Obstacles Of Life
On this episode of The Daily Dad Podcast, Ryan talks in depth about empire, philosophy, and natural feelings when it comes to our kids, as well as the…
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This Makes The Disruptions Worth It
These kids have changed your life. There are so many things you used to do that you no longer can. Traveling with no notice. Staying out all night. Sleeping on…
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Show Them How To Use That Energy
Joan Didion was bored. She was four or five. She was bothering her mother. She was asking for something to do.Her mother could have sent her away. Told her to…
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If It Works, Do It Again
We parents are like field goal kickers. Just like if a certain shirt or a pair of socks brings a kicker luck, Were always looking for something, Anything that…
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Like All Things, It’s A Process
Sure, you become a parent when you have a kid. It’s a biological thing. It’s a legal status. It’s codified on a piece of paper. But we all know that being a…
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You Can’t Do This For Them?
Think of all the things you’ve pretended to be interested in on a date. Think of all the hours you’ve spent at the office, what you’ve committed to and…
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Daily Dad And Scott Hershovitz On How Certain Parenting Behaviors Affect Our Children
Ryan talks to Scott Hershovitz about the Adventures in Philosophy with Kids, the common misconceptions about philosophy, how to apply philosophy to actual…
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Do You Really Care?
Do You Really Care?“A key point to bear in mind…You’re better off not giving the small things more time than they deserve.-Marcus AureliusIt seems like it’s…
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Let This Keep You Going
Ryan Holiday’s latest book, The Daily Dad comes out May 2. Preorder your signed and numbered first edition before they sell out! There are going to be moments…
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Do Not Concede The Narrative
Ryan Holiday’s latest book, The Daily Dad comes out May 2. Preorder your signed and numbered first edition before they sell out![COUNTDOWN CLOCK]None of us…
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There Is No Time For This Anymore
Parenting doesn’t have to change a person. As we said recently, plenty of people remain the same selfish, immature, irresponsible people they were before they…
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This Is What Happiness Is
Too many of us have the wrong idea about what happiness is. We confuse it with pleasure or fun. We confuse it with some sort of permanent state or an…
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Daily Dad And Wife Samantha Holiday On Parenting Is A Trip
On this weekend episode of the Daily Dad, Ryan talks to his wife Samantha about what their learning as parents, and the importance of making time for your…
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You Will Want A Crowded Table
You Will Want A Crowded Table“What a great spectacle it is when a husband or wife with many children are seen with these children crowded around…
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You Can’t Lose Track
Nothing takes up space in a parent’s head (or heart) quite like a kid who is struggling. “You’re only as happy as your unhappiest child,” the expression goes…
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Melt Those Negative Feelings Away With This
You’re upset because you just blew it in that meeting. You’re kicking yourself because you meant to get up early and ended up sleeping through your alarm and…
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The Garage Is The Graveyard
You notice it one day–the garage is full. Of strollers no longer used–first the single, then the double and the jogger. The chair you and your spouse spent so…
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Give Them This Grace
It’s important to remember that everyone was a kid once…and that no child is perfect. For instance, as a child Gandhi once stole some money from his brother…
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Daily Dad And Daniel Lubetzky On The Steps To Being Successful
On this weekend episode of the Daily Dad, Ryan talks to KIND Snacks Founder Daniel Lubetzky about the importance of being kind, culture and values in a…
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You Must Seed This Habit
In one of F. Scott Fitzerald’s funniest short stories, “Head and Shoulders,” a certifiable genius falls in love with a showgirl. The plot and moral of the…
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Their Needs Are So Modest
“Your kids are not keeping score on your career. They just want a parent who’s emotionally present and supportive of them.”-Ben StillerDavid Letterman was the…
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This Is A Tricky Balance
There is a joke about a kid who, not liking the ‘No’ he got from one parent, asked the other, in order to get a ‘Yes.’ “Never come between your mother and I,”…
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This is Who to Study
We spend a lot of time looking at the absolute worst parents. Not just because so many leaders and celebrities and artists seem to put their families…
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Do You Know? Do They?
Of course, this parenting thing is hard. It’s expensive. It’s an enormous amount of work and responsibility. And yet, we are the luckiest people in the world…
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Daily Dad And Amy Morin On Overcoming Mentally Challenging Situations
On this weekend episode of the Daily Dad, Ryan sits down with author Amy Morin in talks on how to find agency in your everyday life, overcoming mentally…
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Here Is Love
Relationships are tricky. Especially the ones we have built the modern world around. Monogamous. Long term. An equal partner in parenting and in professional…
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Work with Them to Find Their Lane
“As we bring up our children, we have to remember that we are caretakers of the future. By improving their education, we improve the future of mankind, the…
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Why Would You Do Anything To Undermine This?
We all know that confidence is important. Most of us wish we had more of it. We spend a lot of time trying to build it up in our kids. By encouraging them. By…
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What You’d Actually Do Anything For
We say we’d do anything for our family. We’d like to think if we were tested, if we had to make some terrible choice, if it really was a matter of life and…
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The Words To Notice
As a society, we have very attuned ears for what words are offensive. There are words that religious people find offensive. There are the words that…
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Daily Dad on Offering Dignity & Empathy While Finishing His Book
Ryan talks about being role models to our kids by showing respect, dignity and empathy for others aside from our personal opinions.✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad…
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Give Yourself Some Credit
It can be easy to question your parenting. To feel like you’re not doing good enough, that you’re not nearly enough. You see what other parents are doing, or…
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You Are So Lucky
The odds of any of this happening is literally incomprehensible. Some scientists have estimated that the chances of any one person being born are somewhere in…
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It Should Change You
Everyone says that becoming a parent changes you. The responsibility. The stress. The unconditional love. The cuteness. This is big stuff.But as the comedian…
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The Skill That Matters Above The Others
There’s so much we have to teach our kids. How to tie their shoes. How to drive. How to do math. How to throw a football and hit a baseball. How to put up and…
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This Is More Important Than Winning
It’s good that your kids participate in sports. It gives them confidence. It keeps them active. It shows them the value of teamwork. It gives them the thrill…
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Daily Dad on Being Grateful For The Time We Have
Ryan talks about the highs and lows of parenting and how to remain grateful for the time that you have with your kids.✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email…
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They Heard It From You
Have you ever heard your kids say something that just stops you cold? One of those remarks that instinctually makes you do a double take? It can be an…
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You Have To Recognize This
Eva Amurri had a privileged childhood. Her mother is movie star Susan Sarandon, and her father is Italian director Franco Amurri. She spent her early days on…
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Infuse This Into Your DNA
Early in his career, the neuroscientist Andrew Huberman worked mostly in isolation. In his lab, he kept a list of the scientists he loved and admired. “I would…
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Always Keep Your Eye Out
One of the great things about kids is that they keep you on your toes. Not just because you have to worry about them all the time, but because they give you so…
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There Is A Last Time To All Of It
There’s a meme that features the characters from the movie The Sandlot that says “At some point in your childhood, you and your friends went outside to play…
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Daily Dad on Pointless Power Struggles
Ryan talks to his friend and writing partner Nils Parker about the fine line between setting boundaries and getting upset about trivial things.✉️ Sign up for…
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If You Don’t Believe In Them, Who Will?
In 1982-83, Jim Valvano coached the North Carolina State basketball team to a National Championship title. The Wolfpack was a mid-ranked team that entered the…
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Are You Sharing This?
We’ve talked before about Jimmy Carter’s father. James Sr. was a flawed man, to be sure. He was strict and stern, often unaware of the way he loomed over his…
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You Can Be Safe Without Being Crazy
Sure, it’s a trend these days that parents are overprotective. We’ve got helicopter parents and snowplow parents and risk averse, paranoid parents. This is…
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Don’t Let Them Be Alone With This
In the classic novel, Bright Lights Big City by Jay McInerney the narrator flashes back to the scene of his mother’s deathbed. Battling cancer, aware the end…
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This Is The Greatest Form Of Love
You do many things for your children because you love them. You work hard to provide for them. You manage their education. You teach them the things they’ll…
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Daily Dad On Keeping Your Kids Safe
Ryan talks about the stresses of parenting and how to remain grateful for the time that you have with your kids.✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email…
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This Changes How They See The World
This is just my personality, we say. I just don’t have any energy when I get home from work, we complain. I’m in a bad mood today, that’s all. My parents…
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Remember Who Sets The Curve
It can seem like parenting is a rather perilous thing, right? The statistics come at you like daggers to your heart–how many kids die each year in this kind of…
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Why Do We Chase This?
It’s pretty widely agreed that too much of anything spoils a person. We read the cautionary tales of the rich families whose inheritance wrecks generations of…
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It’s A Bad Look
It never looks good when it comes to us via an ESPN headline or a viral tweet. Ja Morant’s dad getting into a fight at one of his son’s games. OBJ’s dad…
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We Are All Unprepared
In 1929, William Alexander Percy’s favorite cousin died. Then just a few years later, he lost his mother. Then his cousin’s wife died and he lost his own…
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Daily Dad On Saying No And Valuing Your Time
Ryan talks to his friend and writing partner Nils Parker about why it's important to say no to things that you don't need to do, how important the time that…
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The Only Thing To Get Put Out By
Jimmy Carter was a pretty buttoned up guy. He was known, even under the stress of the Oval Office, to be remarkably poised. The angriest an aide ever saw him…
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Don’t Get Caught Hanging Your Head
It’s one of the most beautiful and haunting songs ever recorded. The version written and recorded by Sting is pretty good, but the Johnny Cash version? It’s…
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Beware The Power You Wield
The things we say to our kids matter. The tone we use, the rules we enforce, the standards we hold them to–they feel it. They feel it profoundly. Kids always…