Maybe You Should Try Again?
The Daily Dad
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🗓️ 29 January 2026
⏱️ 2 minutes
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Summary
It might have been the wrong day. They may have been the wrong age. Maybe they were in the wrong mood, maybe you were in the wrong mood. Maybe you should try again?
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| 0:00.0 | 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. |
| 0:14.8 | I'm Ryan Holiday, and I draw these lessons from ancient philosophy, modern psychology, practical wisdom, and insights from |
| 0:23.4 | parents just like you all over the world. Thank you for listening, and we hope this helps. |
| 0:31.5 | Maybe you should try again? You bought the gloves and the ball and you took them out in the yard to |
| 0:36.9 | try to play catch. You were excited and you thought it'd be ball, and you took them out in the yard to try to play catch. |
| 0:38.2 | You were excited and you thought it'd be fun, and they hated it. |
| 0:42.5 | You tried for months to get them to ride a bike, and it just didn't happen. |
| 0:46.4 | You were excited to show them your favorite Christmas movie, and they screamed to turn it off five minutes in, somehow scared by it. |
| 0:54.0 | You got tickets to that play you've heard so much |
| 0:56.2 | about, thinking they'd enjoy it and they complained the entire time. You took the family on a trip |
| 1:01.6 | to this theme park or that resort, and it was an expensive disaster. You brought them to see your |
| 1:06.6 | favorite band, and they scrolled on their phone during most of it, ruining your time as well. |
| 1:12.6 | That's how it goes sometimes, emphasis on some, or perhaps an emphasis on time, because timing |
| 1:20.7 | is everything with kids. It may have been the wrong day, it may have been the wrong age. |
| 1:26.4 | Maybe they were in the wrong mood. Maybe they were in the wrong mood. Maybe you |
| 1:28.2 | were in the wrong mood. Maybe you should try again. Today could be the day that it happens. This could |
| 1:34.8 | be the year where the movie becomes a tradition. This time the trip could work out differently. |
| 1:40.6 | Maybe they'll listen to your favorite band and decide they're not so bad after all. |
| 1:47.1 | Maybe not, but only if you try again. |
| 1:48.6 | Only if you're patient. |
| 1:51.6 | Only if you give it another shot. Hey, thanks for listening to the Daily Dad podcast. |
| 2:04.5 | You can get this via email every day as well at Daily Dad.com. |
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