#209: Raising Men: What Navy SEALs Teach Their Sons
The Art of Manliness
The Art of Manliness
4.7 • 14.8K Ratings
🗓️ 13 June 2016
⏱️ 45 minutes
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A special Father's Day edition of the art of Manliness Podcast. Retired Navy SEAL Eric Davis talks to us about his book Raising Men: Lessons Navy SEALs Learned from Their Training and Taught Their Sons. We discuss lessons from SEAL training on teaching your kids personal responsibility, mental toughness, and leadership.
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| 0:00.0 | ["Bret McKay, and Welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast." |
| 0:13.2 | So Father's Day is this week, so I thought I'd do a special Father's Day edition of |
| 0:17.4 | the Art of Manliness Podcast. |
| 0:18.7 | And to do that, my guest today just published a book with advice on being a dab. |
| 0:24.8 | And he happens to be a retired Navy SEAL. |
| 0:26.4 | His name is Eric Davis. |
| 0:28.3 | His book is called Raising Men, Lessons Navy SEALs Learned From Training and Top to Their |
| 0:33.1 | Sons. |
| 0:34.1 | And today on the podcast, we discuss advice on being a dab, particularly for boys that Eric |
| 0:39.5 | learned from his time as a SEAL. |
| 0:41.8 | We're going to discuss how to teach your kids personal responsibility, how to make your |
| 0:46.0 | kids intentionally uncomfortable in order for them to grow. |
| 0:50.1 | We discuss leading from the front, providing a vision for your kids and respecting your |
| 0:56.1 | kids respect. |
| 0:57.1 | A lot of great advice if you're a dad out there or a dad to be, or even if you're not |
| 1:02.0 | a dad, the advice that we talk about on the podcast today is just all about how to be a |
| 1:06.6 | better man in general. |
| 1:08.5 | So without further ado, Eric Davis and Raising Men. |
| 1:14.4 | Alright, Eric Davis, welcome to the show. |
| 1:19.6 | Yeah, thanks for having me on. |
| 1:21.7 | So you're a retired Navy SEAL now author of a How to Parent book. |
| 1:27.7 | But before we get to that, let's talk about your career as a SEAL and what you did as |
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