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 must be diligent in their business. It matters far less what a person does in life than how they do it.

An exploitative corporate executive might have an expense account and a fancy title, but

we all admire the hardworking and selfless teacher more. And we certainly acknowledge that

whatever the difference is in salary, one contributes far more to society. In the book of

Proverbs, there is a line about a man diligent in his business. He standeth before kings, it says.

It's a beautiful image and one worth making sure that our kids are familiar with, because it's so

easy to get the wrong message, especially in a world of social media,

and it's easy to end up worshipping the wrong thing.

The athlete coasting on their natural talents.

They might still be rich, still be famous, but they've got nothing on the athlete who

claws their way back from injury, who made it first as a walk-in, then as a bench player,

and then broke through in the biggest season of their life. Tell your kids the story of the janitor, the guy who just

like the one at their school managed to build an $8 million fortune by saving and savvy investing

over the years. Tell them about the people who are mediocre students, but who, once they found

something they love, dedicated themselves to it completely and made incredible things. It doesn't matter

what business they go into. What matters is that they work hard at it. What matters is that they

realize their potential. What matters is that their work matters, that it's for a purpose they believe in,

that they believe it makes the world a better place.

And it's worth pointing out that all of this is true for you too,

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