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.

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 the world. Thank you for listening, and I hope this helps.

Great is not the same as good. We watch sports with our kids. That's greatness, we say, of some fourth

quarter comeback win. They're the goat, we explain, the greatest to ever do it. We talk to our kids

about the work that went into that success, the practice, the sacrifice. Maybe we even talk about

the incredible rewards that follow such greatness. But it's important that we also remind them where this

skill fits in the overall scheme of things. There's a story about two Spartans who wrestled,

and when one was deemed the winner, it was said that the better man won. No, the Spartan replied,

the better wrestler won. There's a lot of great athletes out there who are absolutely

terrible in every other way. Some are abusers. Some are bad teammates. Some are anti-Semites. Some are

addicts or cheaters. In many cases, the imbalance required to manage their peak performance fuels

these vices. In other cases, their fame and power proved corruptive.

Perhaps their parents simply didn't take the time to do what you have the opportunity to do right now.

To remind them that success, that mastery in their field or on the field is only one element of true greatness.

Remind them that a lack of honor, decency, or discipline undermines achievements,

that in most cases those athletes end up beating themselves, depriving themselves of more championships

than their competitors could have ever hoped for. Remind them that the hardest and most

impressive and most rare achievement is being great and good.

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