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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. Keep celebrating these little wins. It wasn't long ago that you celebrated

everything. You didn't just mark the passage of every week and month as you proudly told people your baby's age.

She's 16 weeks. She's 13 months. But you actively looked for the most minor of accomplishments, too.

We were excited about them almost taking a first step. They almost slept through the night.

They almost wrote their name. They almost made it through their bathroom routine on their own.

We didn't take anything for granted. We noticed every little bit of progress, no matter how small. We treated them like a prodigy for doing the things that nearly every child does and then eventually almost every functioning member

of society figures out how to do too. At what point did that stop? When did we get so jaded?

Why don't we acknowledge the little stuff anymore? Sure, we celebrate accomplishments now,

but not the almost. We don't give them credit for doing more than they could

yesterday. We don't give them the almost preposterously generous interpretations anymore.

But the truth is they are getting better. They are making progress. They are getting closer every day

to the person we want them to be. They are learning. They are trying. They are struggling.

They are doing it. So let's let them feel that. Let's show them how we notice. Let's be a fan.

That's our job. Not just when they're little, but forever and always. And this idea of celebrating

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