Teach Them It's Figureoutable

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Daily Dad

Relationships, Education, Ryan Holiday, Society & Culture, Wisdom, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, Parenting, Fatherhood, Dads

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🗓️ 16 December 2019

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

There’s a story that occurs constantly in the biographies of many creative and brilliant people. It goes something like this: As a kid they had a question—maybe it was about how car engines work, or what Antarctica is like. It doesn’t matter if the question is about history or science or animals, because their dads all had the same response. They said, “I don’t know, but let’s go figure it out!” So they went to the library or the hardware store or the computer and they dug around and they found they answer.

What this experience did was instill the young versions of these notable figures with a few essential lessons that set them on their paths: 1) their fathers actually listened and cared; 2) curiosity is the starting point of a great adventure; and 3) there are places, like the library or the internet or some wise old neighbor, where answers can be found. Most importantly though, they learned something well-expressed in the title of Marie Forleo’s new book: they learned that “Everything is Figureoutable.” Problems can be solved. Ignorance can be eliminated. Answers can be tracked down. The unknown can be made familiar. Things can be discovered.

Your job is to teach that. Today and every day. It’s to actually listen to their questions...and then help them find the answers. That doesn’t mean give them the answers. It means teaching them how to figure things out for themselves. Teach them to love the process. Teach them to get excited about it. Teach them to head to the library or the laptop, the telephone, or their science teacher.

Everything is figureoutable. Big and small. But it takes someone to help them figure that out. It takes you.

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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.
0:34.5	Teach them that it's figure outable. There's a story that occurs constantly in the biographies of many creative and brilliant people. It goes something like this. As a kid, they had a question. Maybe it's about how car engines work or what Antarctica is like. It doesn't matter if the question was about history or science or animals, because their
0:55.4	dads all had the same response. They said, I don't know, but let's go figure it out. So they went to the
1:02.3	library or the hardware store, the computer, and they dug around, and they found the answer.
1:07.8	What this experience did was instill the young versions of these notable figures
1:13.0	with a few essential lessons that set them on their paths. One, their fathers actually listened and
1:19.4	cared. Two, curiosity is the starting point of a great adventure. Three, that there are places
1:25.7	like the library or the internet or some wise old neighbors
1:29.2	where answers can be found. More importantly, though, they learned something well expressed in the
1:35.0	title of Marie Forleo's new book. They learned that everything is figure outable. Problems can be
1:41.8	solved. Ignorance can be eliminated. Answers can be tracked down. The unknown can be
1:47.5	made familiar. Things can be discovered. Your job is to teach that today and every day. It's to actually
1:54.8	listen to their questions and then help them find the answers. That doesn't mean give the answers.
2:00.6	It means teaching them how to figure
2:02.7	things out for themselves. Teach them to love the process. Teach them to get excited about it.
2:08.8	Teach them to head to the library or the laptop or the telephone or their science teacher.
2:14.5	Everything is figure outable, big or small, but it takes someone to help them figure that out.
2:21.4	It takes you.
2:25.8	Hey, thank you for listening to The Daily Dad Podcast. Leave us a review in iTunes. It helps a great deal.
2:32.6	Really appreciate it. And of course, if you know any other dads who could benefit from these messages,
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