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Zen Parenting Radio

It’s Not What Happens, It’s How You Deal With It

Zen Parenting Radio

Todd and Cathy Adams

Education, Philosophy, Parenting, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, Society & Culture

4.8636 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2011

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Don't even let you mom try to convince you otherwise

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to Zen Parenting Radio.

0:05.2

This is Todd Adams.

0:07.5

And this is Kathy Adams.

0:09.3

I'm playing the guitar because two weeks ago we asked our audience to come up with a ditty,

0:13.8

and no ditty has been in.

0:15.9

We have not received any suggestions.

0:19.3

No ditty.

0:19.8

So I say, Zend Parenting Radio.

0:23.2

All right, that's it.

0:24.2

And he's playing on our daughter's new pink guitar that she's been playing every night before bed.

0:29.9

The reason I had enough confidence to do that is one is if you want to be good at something,

0:34.0

you need to make an idiot out of yourself, or at least you need to be willing to make an idiot out of yourself.

0:38.5

And I have a boss named Jim who is more than willing to make an idiot out of himself every

0:43.7

time we go to a convention.

0:45.2

He embarrasses himself, he dresses up and drag.

0:47.9

He's a crazy, crazy dude.

0:49.6

But you know what?

0:50.2

He's successful at what he does, so he has the guts to do it. Well, not only that, but I always say to your boss, Jim, I always say you bring humor to

0:56.9

your industry.

0:57.9

Absolutely.

0:58.5

You bring lightness.

0:59.3

And the industry that I'm in is precast concrete, and it is at times a very boring industry.

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