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 we hope this helps. If it works, do it again.

We parents are like field goal kickers.

Just like if a certain shirt or a pair of socks brings a kicker luck, we're always looking for something, anything that will give us an edge.

Just like a free throw shooter going through a preposterous routine, we're religious

about ours too.

Oh, this book puts them to sleep.

We'll read it every single night. Oh, they were quiet in the car last time we gave them a packet

of goldfish crackers. We're on it. Oh, we had a good time as a family. Last time we rented this beach

cottage, we'll be vacationing there for the next 20 years. It's absurd. It's probably insane.

But hey, if it works, if it makes you feel better, why not? This parenting thing is so scary, the stakes so high, the feedback so

uncertain, we'll lean on anything, even ridiculous superstitions. If it works, it works, and we'll

stick with it over and over and over again.

Just don't let anyone get in your head about it. Parenting will change you if you put in the work

to be changed. I know I've been changed every single day for the last four years. I've been writing

this Daily Dad email. It's my favorite thing to write. It's made me better as a parent.

And now it is a book, The Daily Dad 366 It's my favorite thing to write. It's made me better as a parent. And now it is a book.

The Daily Dad, 366 meditations on parenting, love and raising great kids. 366 daily meditations

on parenting. Slice up the year in these little pieces. You start each day with something

really intentional designed to make you better, something to think about, something to help you

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