Charlie Mackesy on the Importance and the Power of Kindness

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Dads, Society & Culture, Education, Parenting, Wisdom, Ryan Holiday, Kids & Family, Relationships, Fatherhood, Self-improvement

4.6 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, Ryan talks to author Charlie Mackesy about his #1 New York Times bestselling book The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, the process of writing and creating the book, how beautiful and rare it is to find contentment, and more.

Charlie Mackesy is the author of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse. The book has sold over 1.4 million copies and spent 55 weeks on the Sunday Times Bestsellers List top ten. He co-runs Mama Buci, which is a honey social enterprise in Zambia.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Daily Dad podcast. During the week, we bring you a daily meditation of the best parenting wisdom you can find drawing on history and philosophy and psychology and literature to inspire you to be a little bit better at the most important job you have.
0:22.5	And then on the weekends, I have sort of a wrap-up conversation with my friend, fellow dad,
0:27.3	and writing partner, Niels Parker.
0:29.0	We just explore what's going on in our lives, what we're struggling with as parents,
0:32.8	what we're doing well, what we want to do better, and what we've learned along the way,
0:36.9	and what we've learned in the way, and what we've learned in
0:37.8	the last week. So let's go. If you haven't been to my bookstore the painted porch yet in the
0:50.5	back, you'll notice there's a big section of sort of framed stuff. And one of the really cool things about being an author is you have lots of stuff to frame. I've had my assistant do this
0:58.3	all the time because I never wanted to do it. And that's why I was really excited to hear about today's
1:03.2	sponsor. Framebridge makes it easier and more affordable than ever to frame your favorite things
1:08.0	without leaving the house. You go to framebridge.com to upload your photo or they send you packaging to safely mail
1:14.6	in your physical pieces.
1:16.3	So instead of hundreds of bucks you'd spend at a framing store, their prices start at like
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1:33.1	framebridge.com and use the promo code Daily Dad to save 15% off your first order. Go to framebridge.com,
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1:46.5	Hey, it's Ryan.
1:47.8	Welcome to another episode of the Daily Dad podcast.
1:51.8	During the week, we do our daily meditations.
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