They’re Only Going To Ask You So Many Times
The Daily Dad
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4.6 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2021
⏱️ 2 minutes
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Summary
“They’re only going to ask you so many times: to get in the pool with them, to sit next to them, to help with their homework, to talk about the problem they’re having. No, not because you only get a certain number of summers and car rides and moments with your kids, like we’ve talked about. They’re only going to ask you so many times, because at some point they’re going to get the message.”
Ryan talks about why the urgency of the present should encourage you to be better to your kids, on today’s Daily Dad podcast.
The Boy Who Would Be King is out now, written by Ryan Holiday in the depths of the pandemic (not unlike the one Marcus ruled through), this new beautifully crafted book is available now. Go to dailystoic.com/king to order now and you’ll automatically get the free audiobook.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Daily Dad podcast where we provide one lesson every day to help you |
| 0:12.3 | with your most important job being a dad. These are lessons inspired by ancient philosophy, |
| 0:17.7 | by practical wisdom, and insights from dads all over the world. |
| 0:22.8 | Thank you for listening, and we hope this helps. |
| 0:31.1 | They're only going to ask you so many times. They're only going to ask you so many times |
| 0:37.2 | to get in the pool with them, to sit |
| 0:39.0 | next to them, to help with their homework, to talk about the problem they're having. No, not because you |
| 0:44.7 | only get a certain number of summers or car rides or moments with your kids like we've talked about. |
| 0:49.9 | They're only going to ask so many times because at some point they're going to get the message. |
| 0:56.1 | Dad is too busy. |
| 0:57.0 | Dad isn't fun anymore. |
| 0:58.2 | Dad can't be trusted. |
| 0:59.5 | Dad judges. |
| 1:00.7 | Dad actually isn't a good person to ask. |
| 1:04.0 | That message. |
| 1:05.3 | So you can't defer the opportunity to answer till later. |
| 1:08.5 | You can't afford to lose your temper because this is the |
| 1:11.0 | endth time they've asked. You can't give anything less than your best, your most present, your |
| 1:15.6 | most fun self, because this ask, this moment is it. It is your chance. You can't waste it. You |
| 1:23.6 | can't send them the wrong message. You have to seize it. You have to show them who you are. |
| 1:30.7 | My new book, The Boy Who Would Be King, it's an illustrated fable about the early years of Marcus Aurelius, |
| 1:37.4 | how this little boy was selected from obscurity and ruled the world and did so without being |
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