Not All Readers Are Good Parents, But All Good Parents Are Readers
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🗓️ 11 May 2022
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Ryan talks about the value of developing a reading practice.
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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. |
| 0:14.7 | 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. |
| 0:34.3 | Not all readers are good parents, but all good parents are readers. |
| 0:39.5 | There was a famous exchange between the Stoic philosopher Musonius Rufus and the king of Syria. |
| 0:45.1 | The king traveled to ask Musonius, is it appropriate for a leader to study philosophy? |
| 0:50.1 | Not only is it appropriate, Musonius said, but for no one is it more appropriate. |
| 0:55.7 | What is the leader's duty? |
| 0:57.1 | Musonius asked. |
| 0:58.3 | And then he answered, to be able to protect and benefit his people. |
| 1:03.0 | Through countless situations that they have never been in before, |
| 1:06.0 | trying, difficult, stressful, baffling dilemmas and difficulties, unlike any they have ever known. |
| 1:11.3 | But you'll notice that this is nearly verbatim of what we say. |
| 1:15.8 | It means not just to have kids, but to be a parent. |
| 1:18.6 | A parent makes a commitment, a commitment to protecting and benefiting their children. |
| 1:22.9 | The person who intends to protect and help people, Musonia says, |
| 1:26.5 | must know what is good for a human being and what is bad, what is helpful, and what is helpful, and what is harmful, what is useful, what is harmful, what is harmful, what is useful, what is useful, what is useful, what is useful, what is beneficial, and what is detrimental. |
| 1:42.3 | And where does one go to arm themselves with this knowledge? |
| 1:46.0 | Well, one place is books. |
| 1:48.2 | Harry Truman famously said that not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers. |
| 1:53.2 | It's also true that not all readers are good parents, but all good parents are readers. |
| 1:57.8 | We have to be. |
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