The Daily Dad
The Daily Dad
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.
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 in their hardest moments can shape who they become.👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Sep 26
18 min
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 Golden Age of Journalism by Doris Kearns Goodwin👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Sep 25
2 min
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 Loved👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Sep 24
2 min
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 parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Sep 23
2 min
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 do we do?Turn the words into works 👉 Read to Lead: A Daily Stoic Reading Challenge | Over five weeks, Ryan Holiday walks you through not only the system he's used for writing his bestselling books, but also the reading practice he uses in his life every day—to help him be a better professional, a better parent, and a better person: https://challenge.dailystoic.com/readtolead📚 Get Read to Lead: A Daily Stoic Reading Challenge & all other Daily Stoic courses for FREE when you join Daily Stoic Life | dailystoic.com/life👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Sep 22
2 min
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 of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Sep 21
2 min
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 give them everything they needed, how they challenged his ego, and why learning to listen changed their relationship.Watch this section of the episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00uPIh6mi_YWatch the FULL episode with Jet Li here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DpUjksFv9wGrab signed copies of Beyond Life and Death by Jet Li at The Painted Porch | https://www.thepaintedporch.com/👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Sep 19
10 min
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 Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Sep 18
1 min
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 here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Sep 17
1 min
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 in?💡The Stoic Parent: 10 Commandments for Becoming a Better Parent | Take the first step today by committing the next 2 weeks to becoming the best possible parent you can be! Get The Stoic Parent: 10 Commandments for Becoming a Better Parent & all other Daily Stoic courses for FREE when you join Daily Stoic Life | dailystoic.com/life👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Sep 16
2 min
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