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.

Teach them that all they control is how they play.

We talked recently about how as parents, all we control is how we play.

But at some point, your kids are going to have to be introduced to this same law of the universe.

When you start playing sports, they will learn that they don't control the weather or the

conditions on the field or the performance of their teammates. They only control how they play. When they start going to

school, they will learn that they don't control the material they're taught or the teaching style of their

teachers. They only control how they play. When they start working, they will learn that they don't

control what their boss or coworkers do.

They only control how they play.

The Stoics called it our chief task in life.

It was simply to distinguish between what we control and what we can't.

We must organize our understanding of the world into this categorization and focus on what we control. You control how you play,

not whether you win. You control how you play, not if other people like you. You control how you play,

not if the crowd cheers you on. You control how you play. That's it. Make sure you teach them that.

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