How Much Do You Want It
The Daily Dad
Daily Dad
4.6 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 28 December 2022
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Summary
Every parent knows that kids make a great excuse. When people ask us to do something we’d rather not do, if we need a way to get out of a commitment we mistakenly agreed to, we have the perfect out: Sorry, something came up with the kids. Sorry, I can’t, I have to grab the kids.
If we’d actually wanted to, we’d have found a way. But they don’t know that!
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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. |
| 0:12.4 | 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. |
| 0:24.1 | Thank you for listening, and we hope this helps. |
| 0:32.3 | If you want to improve your relationship with your kids, one of the best ways you can do that |
| 0:37.1 | is by improving your most important relationship, which is your relationship with your kids. One of the best ways you can do that is by improving |
| 0:38.2 | your most important relationship, which is your relationship with yourself, whether it's body |
| 0:43.1 | issues, whether it's eating issues, whether it's childhood traumas from early in life, whether |
| 0:49.1 | it's a work addiction, a drug addiction, whether it's how you see yourself and that affects how you act in your marriage, |
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| 1:47.0 | How much do you want it? Every parent knows that kids make a great excuse. |
| 1:51.0 | When people ask us to do something we'd rather not do if we need a way to get out of a commitment we mistakenly agreed to, we have the perfect doubt. |
| 1:59.0 | Sorry, something came up with the kids. Sorry, I can't. Got to grab the kids. If we actually wanted to, we have the perfect doubt. Sorry, something came up with the kids. Sorry, I can't. |
| 2:02.1 | Got to grab the kids. If we actually wanted to, we'd find a way, but they don't know that. |
| 2:07.1 | Yet this strategy cuts both ways. We have to be aware of how much we use this excuse to our detriment, |
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