The Dangers of Perfection
The Dad Edge Podcast
Larry Hagner
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 9 August 2018
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Do you go at life alone? If you're like 99% of the men out there, you probably are. Most men bear the weight of the world on their shoulders and tell everyone who asks that they're "good" and "fine". They don't want to ask for advice or help because their afraid of looking weak.
But the dangers of perfection are real and the stress that accumulates from internalizing our fears and worries seeps into everything we do as men, husbands, and fathers.
Thursday Throwdown is our short show with everyday, relatable dads. Today we have Dad Edge Alliance member Brian Auten on to share his experience.
He decided that enough was enough. Holding in negative emotions put him in a bad mood with his wife and kids. Pretending everything was okay made his life stagnant. He needed help, and he needed to be proactive about getting it.
For the show notes and links mentioned in this episode go to gooddadproject.com/thursday118.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | We are men. We are warriors. We are dads. Dads with a purpose. Dads with an edge. |
| 0:10.0 | We sharpen our skills so we can show up best for others. |
| 0:14.0 | We have one shot in life to be a dad. |
| 0:20.0 | Why not make it epic? |
| 0:29.0 | What's up gentlemen? Welcome to Thursday throwdown number 118 and know that that wasn't me farting that was me |
| 0:36.7 | rubbing on the desk even though I did have chili for breakfast just kidding |
| 0:42.1 | anyway hope you guys are having an |
| 0:44.0 | amazing week it's it's amazing to be at number 118 for Thursday throwdown if |
| 0:49.3 | this is your first time here this is our shorter show I do two shows a week. One is released on |
| 0:54.8 | Monday morning. It might be Tuesday. I don't know. It depends on where in the |
| 0:58.8 | world you are. We have a lot of listeners all over the place. Podcast is now downloaded in 184 countries, |
| 1:04.8 | which blows my mind. |
| 1:06.1 | So it could be Monday, it could be Tuesday, |
| 1:07.5 | it could be Wednesday, I'm not sure. |
| 1:09.2 | Second show I do is this one, which is Thursday Throwdown. |
| 1:12.4 | What Thursday Throwdown is, is it's a shorter show. What Thursday throw down is it's a shorter show. |
| 1:16.0 | It's to the point where I am interviewing the everyday dad. |
| 1:20.0 | The guys who have refused to go solo in life, |
| 1:25.5 | the guys who are living life with purpose and intention. |
| 1:29.1 | However, used to be probably just like you |
| 1:31.8 | in the life that you're living right now, which is if you're most men, |
| 1:35.2 | you're living life probably alone. You're living that life, what we always talk about, that life of |
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