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

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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

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

and for sponsoring this episode. Don't do this to them. As a young girl, Anhella Merkel's father

was gone a lot. He had to travel to see his congregation. He had meetings

and church business to attend to. And like all of us, he was busy. He had work responsibilities,

spiritual responsibilities, adult responsibilities. And it took a toll on his family. The worst was when he

said he would be right back, Merkel later reflected,

but then it took hours for him to return. Often she would find herself waiting for hours in the

street, expecting him home at any minute, always to be disappointed. All of us do this in some

form or another. It would just be a minute we tell them as we run an errand.

Let me finish this quick phone call, we say, shushing them over and over again as they beg to play outside.

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