Daily Dad on Robert Greene, Mentorship, and Being a Role Model
The Daily Dad
Daily Dad
4.6 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2021
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
On today’s episode of the podcast, Ryan talks about his relationship and recent visit with his mentor Robert Greene, the truth and importance of the saying “it takes a village,” why if you want your kids to be something you have to be that thing, and more.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | 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. |
| 0:12.9 | 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 |
| 0:23.8 | the world. |
| 0:25.0 | Thank you for listening, and we hope this helps. |
| 0:31.8 | Hey, it's Ryan. |
| 0:33.0 | Welcome to another weekend episode of the Daily Dad podcast. Sometimes we do interviews, sometimes we do |
| 0:40.2 | excerpts, sometimes we do articles, and then sometimes I just riff a little bit. And that's why I was |
| 0:46.7 | thinking about doing today. I just put Robert Green, the goat, greatest of all time, my mentor on a plane back to Los Angeles. |
| 0:58.7 | He came out and visited us for a few days. I saw him briefly over the summer when I was in Los Angeles, |
| 1:05.4 | but I haven't seen him here in Austin, not just since the beginning of the pandemic, but since he came to my |
| 1:12.7 | wedding in 2015, Robert is even more monkish than I am and is often so disciplined about |
| 1:22.9 | his work and his routine that he doesn't travel much. So we are very flattered and honored for him to come out. |
| 1:30.0 | We recorded some podcasts together, so that'll be coming. We worked on some projects together. |
| 1:35.5 | He signed a bunch of copies of his books for the painted porch, almost a thousand of them, |
| 1:41.3 | which is really generous and cool. |
| 1:46.9 | But it was just wonderful to see him. |
| 1:49.7 | A couple thoughts that I felt like sharing. |
| 1:52.7 | So Robert is the godfather of my children. |
| 1:56.3 | He doesn't have any children of his own. |
| 1:58.3 | So it's sort of a special bond they have. |
| 2:00.6 | And as it happens, Robert's actually writing about, he's writing this book right now |
| 2:02.4 | about the sublime, this sort of deeper state of consciousness, of connectedness, of presence |
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