1410: How to Be a Great Dad
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 26 October 2020
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Sal, Adam & Justin go over 12 things that contribute to being a great dad (or a great parent for that matter).
- How nothing challenges you more to be a better person than being a dad. (3:42)
- The fatherless epidemic statistics and unintended consequences. (6:08)
- The 12 Most Important Factors that Contribute to Being a Great Dad. (13:48)
- #1 – Be present. (14:34)
- #2 – Show your children how to treat women/others. (25:59)
- #3 – Be the example. (37:07)
- #4 – The value of roughhousing with your children. (42:31)
- #5 – Provide a sense of security and safety. (48:04)
- #6 – The importance of being human and vulnerable. (54:18)
- #7 – Show unconditional love. (1:02:25)
- #8 – Teach discipline and structure. (1:05:30)
- #9 – Show physical affection. (1:09:11)
- #10 – Let your kids fail. (1:14:17)
- #11 – Show you are a united front. (1:18:44)
- #12 – Remember that your words have power. (1:23:54)
Related Links/Products Mentioned
- October Special: MAPS Anabolic and No BS 6-Pack Formula
- October Promotion: ALL MAPS Products 50% off!! **Promo code “OCTOBER50” at checkout**
- Visit ChiliPad for an exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners!
- Father Absence Statistics
- Mind Pump #872: Dr. Warren Farrell- The Boy Crisis
- The One Minute Manager
- Love and Logic Institute, Inc
- 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
- Mind Pump Podcast – YouTube
- Mind Pump Free Resources
People Mentioned
- Warren Farrell, PhD (@drwarrenfarrell) Twitter
- Joe De Sena (@realjoedesena) Instagram
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, real quick, this is Sal, one of the hosts of Mind Pump right now to the end of this month, October 31st. |
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| 0:22.3 | That's the word October and the number 50, no space. |
| 0:25.9 | If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, |
| 0:29.3 | there's only one place to go. |
| 0:31.8 | Mind, mind, up with your hosts. |
| 0:34.8 | Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews. |
| 0:39.1 | You're listening to Mind Pump, the world's number one ranked fitness health and entertainment podcast. |
| 0:45.1 | Now in this episode, we talk about how to be a great dad. |
| 0:49.8 | Had to be a great father. |
| 0:51.7 | Now Justin, Adam and myself, we're all dads. |
| 0:55.3 | We find a lot of value in fatherhood. |
| 0:57.5 | It's the most important thing that we think we do in the world. |
| 1:01.8 | It's a topic we like to talk about a lot off the air. |
| 1:04.7 | Now normally we're a fitness podcast, but we think this is also very important for a |
| 1:08.8 | lot of the guys out there. |
| 1:10.7 | Now a lot of the stuff we talk about in this episode, we think is valuable for everybody |
| 1:14.0 | to hear. |
| 1:15.0 | These are just good things to do to be a great leader and a great human being. |
| 1:20.2 | We go through about 12 points that studies show our important points of being a great father. |
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