Welcome to the Daily Dad podcast, where we provide one lesson every single day to help you with your most important job, being a parent.

I'm Ryan Holiday, and I draw these lessons from ancient philosophy, modern psychology, practical wisdom, and insights from

parents just like you all over the world. Thank you for listening, and we hope this helps.

I was very excited when this came in the mail, not just as an investor, but as a fan of MagicSpoon cereal, which I have eaten so many boxes of over the years.

They just rolled out these new cereal bars, which you can check out.

And there's a cookies and cream one.

And when I got them, the first thing, not only did I eat one and my kids eat one,

but then we had to save some for my father-in-law who also loves Magic Spoon, you know, when you were a kid, you loved eating sugary cereal, and you knew it probably wasn't good for you when it was called something like Cookie Crisp, or it had a picture of your favorite candy bar on it. I wouldn't give my kids that stuff today, but I do give them magic spoon because healthy breakfast doesn't

have to be boring. sure your favorite candy bar on it. I wouldn't give my kids that stuff today, but I do give them

MagicSpoon because Healthy Breakfast doesn't have to be boring. MagicSpoon has amazing flavors.

You'll love, they'll love without the bad stuff. You can go to MagicSpoon.com slash Daily Dad to grab

a custom bundle of cereal and be sure to use our promo code Daily Dad at checkout to save five bucks off your order. And MagicSpoon is so confident in their product, it's backed with a hundred percent happiness guarantee. If you don't like it for any reason, they'll refund your money. No questions asked. Remember to get your next delicious bowl of guilt-free cereal at MagicSpoon.com slash Daily Dad. Use the promo code Daily Dad to save five bucks off

and try these cereal bars, man. They're really good. Thank you to MagicSpoon for sending them to me

and for sponsoring this episode. Being a fan isn't easy. It was a time when women did not have

jobs, let alone become published authors, not respectable

women anyway.

And yet there Jane Austen's father was the first person to submit her writings to a publisher.

As I am well aware of what consequence it is to have a work of this sort make its first

appearance under a respectful name, I apply to you, he wrote,

to a well-known publisher, according to Claire Tomlin's book, Jane Austen, Life. Being a fan of your

kids is not just rooting for them at the occasional soccer game. It's not just telling them they're

special. It's also putting yourself out there, taking risks for them. It's being willing to

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