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.

I'm not carrying my kids around so much these days, or when I do, it's on my shoulders,

but our editorial manager has an

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You ever meet an adult who can't tie their shoes? No, of course you haven't. Because eventually they

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or a 30-something until they figure out what they want to do with their life. But they do figure it out.

Pretty much everyone figures it out. So let's try to relax a little bit, okay? Let's try to give our kids

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Every person has their own timetable. Everybody is on their own journey. We don't control which

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