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The Daily Dad

Do You Know When to Pull Them Close?

The Daily Dad

Daily Dad

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

4.6630 Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Can you let things go? Can you control your temper and frustrations? Do you know when it's time to push and when it’s time to pull them in close to you?


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0:32.3

Welcome to the Daily Dad podcast, where we provide one lesson every single day to help you with your

0:39.8

most important job, being a parent. I'm Ryan Holiday, and I draw these lessons from ancient

0:46.9

philosophy, modern psychology, practical wisdom, and insights from parents just like you all over the world.

0:55.3

Thank you for listening, and we hope this helps.

1:00.0

Do you know how many hours are in your career?

1:02.8

Like, how many hours are you going to work on the thing you work on?

1:06.9

I think about this a lot, right?

1:08.6

We've only got so many years, so much time to focus on the thing we're going to focus on, right? And so that choice, what we choose to do with our lives is in many ways one of the most significant choices that will make, right? You could say that the choice of your career is your biggest opportunity to make

1:29.3

a positive impact or a not positive impact on the world. This is what Steve Jobs was saying

1:34.9

when he said to that CEO, like, you want to sell sugar water or do you want to change the world?

1:41.4

What do you want to do with your life? What do you want to do with your career? And if you're looking for some advice on how you can have a positive impact with your career, how you can make the world a better place, you should check out 80,000 hours, who's the sponsor of today's podcast. It's a nonprofit co-founded by Will McGaskill, the Oxford Philosopher, and actually a past guest on the Daily Stoad podcast.

2:01.5

He and the team at 80,000 hours spent the last 10 years looking at the best available evidence

2:06.1

on how to have a fulfilling career, how to have real impact in the world.

2:10.4

And their free 80,000 hours career guide is full of concrete, practical advice that aims

2:15.9

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sure your work is making a positive difference. They explore how talented people can tackle

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