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.

What shoes to buy your kids is always tough, right? Because they grow out of them so fast,

they beat the crap out of them. But I've really loved these Hoka Mach 6es that Hoka sent us. I've got a pair, my wife's got a pair, and my two boys, seven and five, all have matching pairs in the same color. I think it's hilarious. I didn't think I would ever be that person, but here I am. It's a light, fast, and undeniably comfy shoe.

It's got a kid's specific design, and the fit will free your kids' inner speedster for a daily fun.

To learn more about the kids' mock six shoe, visit today's show notes and check it out.

You wouldn't think of meditations by Marcus Aurelius as a parenting book.

But one former Chinese prime minister once said that all entrepreneurs, economists, and politicians should read it. And several American presidents have. General James Mattis said that every soldier

should read meditations. Actors recommend it to others in show business. Athletes recommend it to

others in sports. Writers recommend it to other writers and founders recommend it to others starting out of business.

But every parent should read it too. As Bland-Branchard would observe in 1984, few now care about

the marches and counter-marches of the Roman commanders. What the centuries have clung to is a notebook

of thoughts by a man whose real life was largely unknown, who put down in the

midnight dimness, not the events of the day or the plans of the morrow, but something of far more

permanent interest, the ideals and aspirations that a rare spirit lived by. Isn't that what we're

trying to instill in our children, that rare spirit that the greats live by, the essences of what it means to be a good person?

Isn't that what we want our kids to take and apply throughout their lives?

Yes, yes it is.

Now, of course, there are no guarantees.

Look at Marcus's own children as an example.

Marcus was wise and just, and still something went terribly

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