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.

They don't learn anything important this way. Think of all the stuff you know, the skills you have, the movie

quotes you can throw out there mid-conversation. It's interesting, isn't it? You remember more

from a two-hour movie than from the museums you were dragged to. You learn more from the Wikipedia

rabbit holes you fell down than you do from a couple of decades in school. What's that about?

It's a reality that epitomizes the line from Plato that nothing taught by force stays in the soul. The Greek word for

school is scole and it means leisure. You learn best when you are at leisure, when you are relaxed,

when your mind is at ease. That's when it's open and most receptive.

And the same is true for your kids. They don't learn to be readers because you make them read.

They don't learn to love playing an instrument because you threatened them with consequences if they

didn't practice. They don't learn to be respectful because you yelled at them for being disrespectful.

They don't learn anything

by force, just like you, just like everyone.

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One meditation a day inspired to help you do your most important job,

which is be a great father.

These are meditations inspired by ancient wisdom, psychological research, and just great strategies from normal dads just like you.

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