Welcome to the Daily Dad podcast where we provide one lesson every day to help you

with your most important job being a dad. These are lessons inspired by ancient philosophy,

by practical wisdom, and insights from dads all over the world. Thank you for

listening, and we hope this helps. Don't be all about business. Is there anything sadder than a

person whose work is their life? They neglect their family. They put in crazy

hours. They have no interest, no hobbies outside what they do at the office. Maybe your parents were

like this. Perhaps you are like this. Think of Marcus Aurelius. He had an important job. He was powerful.

He faced the temptations that all powerful and important parents have, one that we've talked about

before, where their kids end up feeling there was no room left over for them to have a parent.

And this is why Marcus Aurelius reminded himself in meditations to not be all about business,

because he could see what our friends who make work their life have trouble seeing. Very soon,

no one will care. Marcus liked to repeat to himself the names of the emperors who came before him

and marvel at how unfamiliar they were, how quickly they had been forgotten. The only real legacy

will leave is the one inside the lives we've brought into this world. What matters is who we are for our kids,

what we've done for them. That's why Archie Manning left football earlier than he needed to.

It's why Ruth Bader Ginsburg specifically scheduled time to spend with their daughter in those

early days of law school. It's why when DeGaul was with his family, he was with his family.

You can't be all about business. You can't put

these things in front of your kids because in the end, they don't matter and they don't last.

I think one of my favorite things about being a parent is sort of made me a kid again in a weird way.

So every night my wife and I have a bowl of Magic Spoon cereal. It's the

dessert we have. We try to generally eat healthy, but you know, you have these cravings,

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